Leon Wolff is Professor of Global Business Law at the Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan. He is a three-time graduate of the University of Queensland with first class honours and university medals in Arts and Law (BA and LLB) and a Master of Arts in Japanese Interpreting and Translation (MAJIT). He also completed a Master of Laws in Asian and Comparative Law at the University of Washington as a Fulbright Scholar, and a Master of Education (Higher Education) at the University of Sydney.
He is a NAATI-accredited interpreter and translator, a NMAS-accredited Mediator, a lawyer admitted in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).
Leon’s research focuses on Japanese law and society, with publications on corporate governance, employment rights, legal system reform and litigiousness in Japan.
Leon co-founded the Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL) where he remains affiliated as the ANJeL Senior Research Fellow and External Advisor.