Yusuke Takamiya

Practice Areas

Partner, . Main practice area: competition/antitrust.

A wide range of legal advice on antitrust and competition laws, such as merger controls, cartel and leniency matters, unilateral conducts, distributions, licensing and cross over fields of IP and competition laws. Significant expertise on cases that require multilateral responses (e.g., EU, US and China). Regularly collaborates with leading international law firms around the world.

Career

Admitted in Japan (2008); New York (2017)

Served as Research Assistant to Professor Eleanor M. Fox (2015-2016); International Visiting Attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (DC 2016-2017); International Competition Consultant at the United States Federal Trade Commission (2017); Visiting Researcher at the Competition Policy Research Center of the Japan Fair Trade Commission (2017-2019); Member of the Study Group of the Japan Fair Trade Commission on Guidelines for Activities by Business Operators to Achiebe a Green Society (2022-); Visiting Recturer at Rikkyo University (2023-)

Professional Memberships

Japan Federation of Bar Associations; Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association; International Bar Association; Inter-Pacific Bar Association; American Bar Association; New York State Bar Association; and Competition Law Forum of Japan

Publications

"Application of Antitrust and Competition Laws to Business Activities, Taking Into Account Perspectives on Sustainability" (2022), "Japanese Anti-Monopoly Act Annoted 2nd Edition" (2022), "Moncaq Dominance Comparative Guide - Japan Chapter" (2022), "Internal Investigations and Merger Reviews: A Handbook for Antitrust Counsel" (2022),"The International Comparative Legal Guide - Vertical Agreements and Dominant Firms - Japan (2021)"; The Legal 500: Cartels Country Comparative Guide 2021: Japan Chapter (2021), and other articles.

Personal

The University of Tokyo (LLB 2005, JD 2007); New York University (LLM 2016); King’s College London (PG diploma in EU Competition Law 2017); Kobe University (Ph.D. 2023)

Education