Shuji Yanase has been Of Counsel at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu since 2006. From 2000 to 2005 Mr. Yanase was Chairman of the firm. He has been practicing law for over forty years, and his principal areas of practice have been: international financing and securities; M&A; joint ventures and other international transactions; and include, in the most recent decade, international dispute resolution.

He is a member of the Board of Visitors of Columbia Law School, the Private International Law Association of Japan, the Arbitration and ADR Law Society of Japan, and Rotary International.