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Kollect Partners LPC
The Park Rex Yoyogi 2F
1-47-9 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo
151-0053
Japan
- +81-3-3370-2521
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- http://shiraki-law.com/
Profile
Atsushi Shiraki is an Associate Professor at Waseda University Law School, one of Japan's leading law schools, and a family lawyer admitted in Japan, New York and Maryland. Combining academic authority with practical experience, he provides expert opinions on Japanese family law and civil procedure to foreign courts and counsel. He represents clients in divorce, custody and Hague Convention matters spanning Japan and the U.S., advising on jurisdiction, forum strategy and cross-border evidence alongside U.S. counsel. He also teaches transnational litigation law at Temple University Beasley School of Law, Japan Campus. A former Fulbright Scholar, he holds an LL.M. from the University of Pennsylvania and an S.J.D. from the University of Hawaiʻi, and was a Visiting Scholar at Columbia Law School. He has published over 40 books and articles on conflict of laws, New York divorce law and transnational litigation, including a Japanese practitioners' guide to cross-border family cases (2024).
Languages Spoken: English / Japanese
Practice Areas: Child Care/Public Law, Child Custody/Residence/Visitation/Contact, Child Support, Cohabitation, Divorce, Finance: Capital Provision, Finance: Pensions/Superannuation/Retirement and Employment Benefits, Finance: Property Issues, Hague Convention/Child Abduction, Mediation, Modification/Variation: Child Custody, Modification/Variation: Child Support, Modification/Variation: Property Division, Modification/Variation: Spousal Support, Pre-nuptial/Post-nuptial Agreements, Relocation/Removal from Jurisdiction, Same Sex Partnerships, Spousal Support/Maintenance/Alimony
