Hiroshi Oda

Professor Hiroshi Oda is the Sir Ernest Satow Professor of Japanese Law at the University College London (UCL). He is now affiliated with Waseda University (Tokyo). He has been the Japanese representative to the ICC Court of Arbitration (Paris) since 2003 and a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. His activities focus on Japanese and Russian law, namely arbitration, natural resources law, and commercial law. Professor Oda has...See more

Professor Hiroshi Oda is the Sir Ernest Satow Professor of Japanese Law at the University College London (UCL). He is now affiliated with Waseda University (Tokyo). He has been the Japanese representative to the ICC Court of Arbitration (Paris) since 2003 and a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. His activities focus on Japanese and Russian law, namely arbitration, natural resources law, and commercial law. Professor Oda has advised Japanese companies in major Russian energy projects and has also advised Japanese clients in various international disputes. In 2012, he was awarded a Medal of Friendship from the then president of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev for his contribution to the study of Russian commercial law. He has held various visiting professorship in the US and Europe, such as Cornell Law School, University of Munich, University of Fribourg, and, currently, University of Vienna. See less