December 1, 2021 Firm News

Colin Trehearne, international dispute resolution specialist, joins Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Mr. Trehearne is a dual-qualified Canadian lawyer and English solicitor, and an international dispute resolution specialist. After graduating from the University of British Columbia, he began his career at Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP with particular experience in oil and gas matters. In 2013, he joined Herbert Smith Freehills in Tokyo with a focus on international commercial arbitration and public international law. He relocated to London in 2018, having joined dispute resolution boutique Boies Schiller Flexner.

Mr. Trehearne is an experienced lawyer who has represented clients in a wide variety of international disputes fora, including onshore and offshore litigation, international arbitration, and in respect of multilateral development bank proceedings. He has worked with clients across numerous industry sectors including space tourism and rocketry, automotive, mining, high-tech manufacturing, energy, overseas and portfolio investment, and construction. He is a former associate professor of Keio University Law School in Tokyo, and has written for Oxford University Press.

With the addition of Mr. Trehearne to our firm, we continue to strengthen our international disputes team, and look forward to providing the highest quality representation to our clients in all forms of international dispute resolution.