Walter L. Ames

Of Counsel

 

EDUCATION
J.D. Harvard Law School, 1979
PhD, Anthropology, The University of Michigan (1976)
B.S., Anthropology, Magna Cum Laude, Brigham Young University (1971)

BAR ADMISSIONS 
California State Bar

COURT ADMISSIONS
State of California

FOCUS
Business Strategy
International Business Transactions (including M&A)
Foreign Direct Investment
International Law
Foreign and Domestic Labor and Personnel Issues
General Business Advisory
Japanese Law
Criminal Law (Law Enforcement)

INDUSTRY EXPERTISE
Healthcare: Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Diagnostics;
Media and Entertainment: Broadcasting; Films (Theatrical and Home Entertainment); Internet; Social Media
Consumer Goods and Services

OTHER EXPERIENCE
Business Strategy Consulting: Bain & Company (Menlo Park, CA and Tokyo)
Executive Search: Russell Reynolds (New York and Tokyo); Heidrick & Struggles (Tokyo)

ACADEMIC HONORS
National Science Foundation Fellowship
Fulbright-Hays Fellowship
Social Science Research Council Fellowship (Funded by the Ford Foundation)
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration Fellowship
Felix Frankfurter Scholarship

PUBLICATIONS
"How to Buy a Japanese Company," Harvard International Law Journal
Police and Community in Japan, University of California Press

LANGUAGES
Japanese (Fluent speaking, Reading)

 

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