PEOPLE弁護士等
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Shoichi Sugiyama 杉山 翔一
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Admitted in Japan
(Daini Tokyo Bar Association), December 2012
LEGAL EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION
November 2018 - March 2019 Visiting Scholar at University of Zurich
January 2013 -present Field-R Law Offices, Tokyo
December 2012 The Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan
March 2010 The University of Tokyo - School of Law, Tokyo
J.D.
March 2008 The University of Tokyo – Faculty of Law, Tokyo
LL.B.
MEMBERSHIPS & ACTIVITIES
  • Director/Member of Japan Sports Law Association
  • Member of Academy for International Business Transactions
  • Member of Japan Competition Law Forum
  • Chair of the International Relations at Japan Sports Law Association (2023-)
  • Mediator at Singapore International Mediation Center (2023-)
  • Arbitrator at Arbitration Center of Daini Tokyo Bar Association (2023-)
  • Secretary of Japan Human Rights Watch Foundation (2022-)
  • International Paralympic Committee, Anti-doping Panel (2022-)
  • International Paralympic Committee, Anti-doping Panel (2022-)
  • Adjunct lecturer, Bachelor of Law at Rikkyo University (2022)
  • International Fencing Federation, Anti-doping Panel(2021-)
  • IOC Certificate Safeguarding Officer in Sports (2021-)
  • Director of Japan Safe Sport Project (2020-)
  • Adjunct lecturer, Sport Organization and Governance at Tsukuba International Academy for Sport Studies (2020-)
  • Deputy Secretary of Japan International Mediation Center (2019-)
  • Deputy Secretary of Japan International Dispute Resolution Center (2019-2023)
  • UNESCO High-level panel of legal experts on Anti-Doping(2019)
  • Adjunct lecturer, Sports Law and Dispute Resolution at Keio University LL.M. (2018-)
  • Adjunct lecturer, Sport Science at Nihon University (2016-2023)
  • Adjunct lecturer, Bachelor of Law at Chuo University (2014-2023)
  • Case Manager at Japan Sports Arbitration Agency (2014-2023)
PUBLICATIONS
  • PAPER / JOURNAL(All titles translated into English for convenience)
  • Doping at the Mega Sport Events - from the Japanese perspective, Legal Response to Doping(Dike Verlag)
  • Pro Bono Service during the Tokyo 2020 Games, Causa Sport 3/2021 (Dike Verlag AG, 2021)
  • Ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games – The Fight against Doping in Japan and in Switzerland at a Glance, Causa Sport 3/2019(Dike Verlag AG、2019)
  • Termination of Coach Contracts due to Bad Sporting Results and the Legal Consequences before Japanese National Courts, Football Legal #11(June 2019)
  • 「FIFA RSTP Article 12bis/Circular.1468」Football Legal #3(May 2015)
  • Web Articles

  • Sports Law In 2024– Key Issues To Watch In Asia, Africa & Oceania, LawInSport(January 2024)
  • Key Sports Law Cases And Developments 2023 – Africa, Asia & Oceania, LawInSport(December, 2023)
  • Sports Law In 2023 – Key Issues To Watch In Asia, Africa & Oceania, LawInSport(January 2023)
  • Key Sports Law Cases And Developments Of 2022 – Africa, Asia & Oceania, LawInSport(December 2022)
  • Sports Law in 2022 – Key issues to watch in Asia, Africa & Oceania, LawInSport(January, 2022)
  • Key Sports Law Cases And Developments Of 2021 – Asia, Africa & Oceania, LawInSport(December, 2021)
  • The Results and Evaluation of Pro Bono Services at the Tokyo 2020 Games, LawInSport(November, 2021)
  • The current state and future challenges of the Japan Sports Arbitration Agency, LawInSport(July, 2018)
  • Must athletes prove how a banned substance entered their body to establish lack of intention?, LawInsport(October, 2017)
LECTURES (All titles translated into English for convenience)
  • Recent cases related to the doping controversy, Mongolian International and National Arbitration for Sport, Sports and Anti-Doping Arbitration Seminars (April 2023)
  • An Overview of the Japan Sports Arbitration Agency, Mongolian International and National Arbitration for Sport, Sports and Anti-Doping Arbitration Seminars (April 2023)
  • Sports Dispute Resolution in Australia and Japan, ANZSLA & Japan Sports Law Association (November 2022)
  • The Transfer System in Nippon Professional Baseball, Sydney University Global Sports Law: Hot Topics in Australia and Japan (September 2022)
  • How does the Ad Hoc Division work in the covid environment? Sports Lawyers Association & Japan Sports Law Association (April 2022)
  • Organizational Responses to Remedy –what’s happening now in terms of safe sport entities/interventions and what have organizations learned, Safe Sport International, Global Conference 2022 (April 2022)
  • Doping at Mega Sporting Events - From Japanese Perspective, Kyoto University & Zurich University, Joint Workshop on Legal Responses to Doping (March 2022)
  • Australian Open 2021 & Tokyo 2020 Response to COVID, Australia and New Zealand Sports Law Association (June 2021)
  • Athlete Abuse and Remedies in Japan-Challenge to Establish a Center for SafeSport in Japan -, World Players PDM Conference 2021 (May 2021)
  • Athlete Abuse, Center for Sports and Human Rights, (October 2020)