VASCO DA GAMA OFFICES

Partner, VASCO DA GAMA OFFICES
Attorney at Law
Admitted in Japan (Dai-Ni Tokyo Bar Association)
Twitter account：http://twitter.com/shinsukeb

Careers

March, 1993	Graduated from Keio University, LL.B.
October, 1995	Passed National Bar Examination in Japan
April, 1996	The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (50th graduating class)
April, 1998	Admitted in Japan (Dai-Ni Tokyo Bar Association) Joined Ushijima Law Office (present: Ushijima & Partners)
January, 2001	Established Field-R Offices as a co-founder partner
August, 2008	Established VASCO DA GAMA OFFICES as a co-founder partner

Practice Areas

Law Practice

• Entertainment Law
• Sports Law
• Media Law
• Internet Law
• License Law ( including Character License, Corporate License)
• Finance Law
• International Law
• Corporate Law
• Litigation

Others

• Media Relations
• Risk Management
• Internet Media Matters
• Sports Management

Titles and Memberships

Directors

• Director and Operating Officer of COOKPAD Inc.（http://cookpad.com/）
• External Director of ROCKDUM ARTISTS（http://www.chage-aska.net/）
• External Auditor of BrainPad Inc（http://www.brainpad.co.jp/）
• External Auditor of Adobaru Inc
• External Director of COLOPL, Inc.（http://colopl.co.jp/）

Others

• Arbitrator of Japan Sports Arbitration Agency（http://www.jsaa.jp/）
• Lecturer of TTS Sports Management School（http://www.sports-soken.com/）
• Member of Japan Sports Law Association（http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jsla/J/mokuji.htm）
• Member of Japan Society of Sports Industry（http://www.spo-sun.gr.jp/html/index/）
• Member of Sports and Entertainment Project Team in Work Restructuring Committee of Japan Federation of Bar Associations
• Completion of MPA Musical Copyright Controller Training Course (2000)
• A council for the screening and scrutinizing process of National budget organized by Government Revitalization Unit (2009)
• Member of the contract compliance committee at the request of Urban Renaissance Agency(2010)
• Member of the investigative commission on Urban Renaissance Agency(2010)
• A council for the screening and scrutinizing business of independent administrative agency organized by Government Revitalization Unit(2010)
• A council for the screening and scrutinizing process of budget of Takamatsu city (2010/8/1)
• A council for the screening and scrutinizing process of budget of Osaka city (2010/8/22-23)

Publications and Journal Articles

Publications and Journal Articles

• The Process of Introduction of the Professional Baseball Agent System, Status of Implementation and Future Issues"(Journal “Liberty & Justice” published by Japan Federation of Bar Association, September Issue, 2001)
• “For the Future of Japanese Professional Baseball” (participation as a planner, published by Heibonsha Limited, 2001)
• “Athlete and Publicity Rights” ( July & August Issue of “Sports Journal for Coach”, published by Japan Sports Association, 2003)
• “What's Image Right ? -Athlete and Publicity Rights” ( “Rights Now”, April, 2004)
• "Case Study of Legal Work"( coauthor publication, “Sports MBA” published by SOBUNKIKAKU, 2006)

Serialization (Of Past)

• "Practical Sports Management Dojo"(in “Sports Management Review” published by PRESIDENT Inc. and Data Stadium Inc.)
• "The condition of SUTAOTA"(in “ROCKS” published by Shibuya Publishing Bookseller)
• "SENSHU-KAI(Japan Professional Baseball Players Association) TSUUSHIN"(co-author publication “Baseball Magazine”)

Lectures

• “The Implementation and History of Professional Baseball Agent” (symposium planned by Operation Control Committee of Nagoya Bar Association, 2001)
• “Japanese Professional Sports: Actual Condition and the Rule of Law”(BBL seminar planned by Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, 2002)
• “The Course for Sports Related License” (Sports Management School-Tokyo University Undou-kai, Doushisha University, Chukyo University, Ritsumeikan University and Tama University 2003-present)
• “Law and Practice of Entertainment Fund” (Keizai seminar, 2004)
• “Sports Business: Challenge to the New Age”(Keizai seminar, 2005)

Personal Performance

• Member of the national team for MUDIAVOCAT(World Cup Football for Lawyers)(2000,2002,2004,2006,2010)
• Member of the national team for Japan-Korea lawyer’s football match (2001,2002,2003,2005,2007)