Practice Areas - Intellectual Property
- General Corporate
- Venture Capitals
| - Mergers and Acquisitions
- Start-ups
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| Education | Kyoto University (A.B., 1991; LL.B.); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (1991-1993); New York University School of Law (LL.M., 1997) |
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| Admitted | 1993, Japan; 1998, California and New York |
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| Memberships | Tokyo Bar Association; American Bar Association (Intellectual Property Law Section); Japan Federation of Bar Associations. |
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| Languages | Japanese and English |
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| Biography | Associated with: Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Law Offices (formerly Mori Sogo Law Offices), Tokyo, Japan, 1993-1996; Morrison & Foerster LLP, 1997-1998; Kirkland & Ellis LLP (Chicago office), 1998-1999; Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati P.C., 1999-2003; Kirkland & Ellis LLP (San Francisco, Palo Alto and Los Angeles offices), 2003-2009, where he was a partner since 2005. |
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| ISLN | 900762336 |
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