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Kenji Ito (asialaw)

Mori Hamada (asialaw)

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Distinguished Practitioner
Practice Areas:
Competition/antitrust (asialaw)
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
English
Japanese
Biography
Kenji Ito has engaged in a wide range of competition matters including a number of high-profile cases. He has extensive experience in advising antitrust aspects of various M&As and business collaborations, defending government investigations, leading internal investigations, litigating follow-on civil actions, managing complex international regulatory matters, and navigating corporate crisis. He has been regularly engaged in antitrust counseling in various industries. Legal publications such as GCR, Who’s Who Legal, Chambers, Legal 500, and Best Lawyers recognize him as one of the leading lawyers in Japan.
Practice areas
  • Crisis Management / Compliance
  • Competition / Antitrust
Academic qualifications
  • Kyoto University (LL.B., 1995)
  • Irokawa Law Office (1997-2001)
  • Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 2002)
  • Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Washington DC (2002-2003)
  • Japan Fair Trade Commission (2003-2005)
Address:
Tokyo
Japan
Tel:+81 3 6266 8515 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.morihamada.com/en/people/kenji-ito