Profile
Takashi Isono handles international and tax-related matters, business succession, and matters related to religious corporations, with a focus on dispute resolution. He also handles general civil cases, litigation involving construction/real estate, labor and employment matters, medical malpractice cases, consumer organization cases, and other types of matters.
Recent Cases
- Product liability dispute between a leading Japanese company and Chinese company
- Tax litigation matters
- Case involving tax accountant’s liability
- Employment litigation with the other party (plaintiff) exceeding 100 workers
- Rendering legal advice to the Shinshu Otani-ha sect and Shingon sect of Buddhist temples
- Matter regarding the management of a large cemetery in Nara
- Matter regarding the effective use/development of land owned by a temple in Kyoto
- Criminal case regarding multinational transaction involving foreign defendant (acquitted)
- Inheritance of the decedent who is an American citizen living in Japan
Education & Professional Career
| Jan 2016 | Joined Kitahama Partners |
| Dec 2015 | Graduated from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan; Admitted to practice in Japan |
| May 2014 – Sep 2014 | Intern at Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong (Malaysia) |
| Mar 2014 | Kobe University Law School (J.D.) |
| Mar 2012 | Ritsumeikan University (LL.B.) |
Memberships
- Inter Pacific Bar Association
- Japanese Association for Religious Studies