Koya Uemura
Partner- 03-6888-1141
- 03-6888-3141
Practice Areas
Key Practice Areas
Merger Control JFTC Investigation / Proceedings, Leniency and Litigation Corporate Compliance, Anti-Corruption and Investigations International Competition Practice Distribution Issues/Premiums and Representations Act/Subcontract Act/Unfair Trade Practices Act Interplay of Intellectual Property and Competition Law Corporate and Commercial Law M&A Corporate Governance Competition Compliance
Related Practice Areas
Employment Law and Compliance Employment Litigation and Dispute Resolution IP Licensing and Transactions Commercial Litigation International Litigation and Arbitration Alternative Dispute Resolution
Merger Control JFTC Investigation / Proceedings, Leniency and Litigation Corporate Compliance, Anti-Corruption and Investigations International Competition Practice Distribution Issues/Premiums and Representations Act/Subcontract Act/Unfair Trade Practices Act Interplay of Intellectual Property and Competition Law Corporate and Commercial Law M&A Corporate Governance Competition Compliance
Employment Law and Compliance Employment Litigation and Dispute Resolution IP Licensing and Transactions Commercial Litigation International Litigation and Arbitration Alternative Dispute Resolution
Practice
Koya Uemura is a partner working primarily in the field of antitrust and competition law. His practice includes advising on various areas of Japanese and international competition law, including merger control, cartel investigations and abuse of dominant position.
He has extensive experiences of representing his clients (including foreign and domestic electronic manufacturers, natural resource companies, high-tech companies, and pharmaceutical companies) in investigation of the Japan Fair Trade Commission. He has also advised telecommunication companies in the field of competition law.
He has extensive experiences of representing his clients (including foreign and domestic electronic manufacturers, natural resource companies, high-tech companies, and pharmaceutical companies) in investigation of the Japan Fair Trade Commission. He has also advised telecommunication companies in the field of competition law.
Practice Groups
・Corporate Transaction Group
・Litigation Practice Group
・Litigation Practice Group
Publications/Lectures
| Publications | |
| ・ | "Multiple Transfer of Claim and Countervailing Requisites," Business Jitsumu Houmu (May 2002) (co-author) |
| ・ | "Common Law" Trademark Protection in Japan? (August 2003, Illinois State Bar Association Intellectual Property Section Newsletter Vol. 43, No. 1) |
| ・ | "Intellectual Property & Antitrust," (Japan chapter) (Global Competition Review, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 editions) (co-author) |
| ・ | "Antitrust Issues Surrounding Information and Communication Field," The Lawyers (November 2007) |
| ・ | "The Impact of Leniency System Amendment on the Future Practice - How the Expansion of the System will Complicate Companies to deraign over Breaches," The Lawyers (January 2010) |
| ・ | "Anti-Corruption Regulation," (Japan Chapter) (Getting the Deal Through, 2010) (co-author) (Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through - Anti-Corruption Regulation 2010 (published in April 2010; Contributing Editor Homer E Moyer, Miller & Chevalier Chartered). For further information please visit www.GettingTheDealThrough.com.) |
| ・ | "Pharmaceutical Antitrust," (Japan Chapter) (Getting the Deal Through, 2010) (co-author) (Global Competition Review, 2010 edition) (April 2010) (Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through - Pharmaceutical Antitrust 2010, (published in May 2010; contributing editor Marleen Van Kerckhove). For further information please visit www.GettingTheDealThrough.com.) |
| ・ | "False Report in Leniency Application - Lessons from the Shutter-Cartel Case," Business Homu (September 2010) |
| ・ | "Leniency Regimes," (Japan chapter) (European Lawyer Reference, 2010) (co-author) |
| ・ | "Impact of the New U.S. Horizontal Merger Guidelines and the New E.U. Horizontal Co-operation Agreements Guidelines on Japanese Antitrust Practice," NBL No. 949 (March 2011) |
| Lectures | |
| ・ | "Avoiding the Legal Risks of Doing Business in China: The New Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law and EU & US Examination of Cartel Activity in the PRC" （2008） |
| ・ | "US, EU and China Competition Law Seminar" (2009) |
| ・ | "Touchstone for Globalization - Examine M&A Strategies for domestic demand oriented companies" (2010) |
| ・ | "Antitrust Enforcement Investigations: Recent Changes Around the Region," participated as speaker at the IPBA Conference 2010 (May 2010) |
| ・ | "Current issues in international merger policy and practice," participated as panalist at the IBA Annual Conference 2010 (October 2010) |
| ・ | "International trend of Anti-monopoly Act ~Recent topic and Practical Advice~," participated as speaker at a seminar organized by Nippon Keidanren (October 2010) |
| ・ | "Japan's Recent Merger Investigation of Foreign Companies," participated as speaker at the 2nd Asia Pacific Regional Forum Conference(November 2010) |
| ・ | "Latest developments of Cartel Regulations in the US," participated as speaker at a seminar organized by Financial Management Forums, Inc. (December 2012) |
Education
Kyoto University (LL.B., 1995); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, 1996-1998; graduate study, at the New York University School of Law (LL.M., 2002). Associated with Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Chicago, September 2002 - August 2004.
Professional Admissions
・Japan (1998)
・New York (2003)
・New York (2003)
Professional and Academic Associations
・Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association
・American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust
・International Bar Association
・Inter Pacific Bar Association
・Japan Competition Law Forum
・Adjunct Lecturer, Hitotsubashi Law School (2011 - present)
・American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust
・International Bar Association
・Inter Pacific Bar Association
・Japan Competition Law Forum
・Adjunct Lecturer, Hitotsubashi Law School (2011 - present)
Languages
・Japanese (first language)
・English
・English
