Mori Hamada

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.

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Background

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)

Major Activities

Member of Japan Association of Economic Law; Member of Study Group Regarding International Enforcement of Competition Law, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2008); Vice President of Japan Competition Law Forum (2023-)

admitted in Japan, 1997; New York, 2003