Jiri Mestecky

Jiri Mestecky serves as a Partner and Registered Foreign Attorney at KITAHAMA PARTNERS since April 2003, where Jiri is recognized as the first foreign attorney to achieve partnership at an Osaka law firm, specializing in international transactional work in Intellectual Property, Information Technology, and Commercial and Corporate matters. Concurrently, Jiri holds the position of Arbitrator at the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association and has served as a Special Advisor at the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan since January 2016, receiving various accolades, including the ACCJ Kansai "Special Contribution Award" in 2012. Jiri has extensive experience in academia as an Adjunct Professor at multiple institutions, including Kwansei Gakuin University and Konan University, and previously practiced as an attorney at Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, LTD. Jiri's educational background includes a J.D./M.A. from Washington University School of Law and studies in East Asian Languages and Economics from the University of Florida.