Kagenori Sako

Kagenori Sako is a partner in Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners. His practice areas comprise a range of antitrust / competition, dispute resolution, compliance, IP and corporate law.

His antitrust / competition practice covers all areas of antitrust and competition law, including cartel defense, private antitrust litigation and merger clearance. He regularly represents clients in administrative and criminal antitrust investigations by the JFTC, and has served as lead coordinating counsel for clients under investigation in multiple jurisdictions, including the United States, the European Union, Canada, China, Korea, India, Singapore and Brazil. In addition to cartel investigation, he has handled a variety of unfair trade practices under the Japanese antitrust law including abuse of a superior bargaining position.

In addition to his work in the antitrust area, Kagenori has represented clients in various commercial dispute matters, including complex commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution procedures. He also has extensive experience in conducting complex investigations in a variety of industries, and in advising corporate boards in connection with investigations.

Education & Professional Experience

• 2009 – 2010 – Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (Silicon Valley office)
• 2009 – UC Berkeley School of Law (LL.M.)
• 2001 – Kyoto University (LL.B.)

Activities

• 2017 – 2020 Part-time Lecturer, Kyoto University Law School (Seminar on Competition Law Cases)
• 2021 – Present Visiting Professor, Kyoto University Law School (Seminar on Competition Law Cases)
• 2016 – Present Part-time Lecturer, Kobe University Graduate School of Law
• 2016 – 2021 Part-time Lecturer, Kyoto University

• The Japan Association of Economic Law
• Kansai Study Group on Competition Law
• Antitrust Law Practice Study Group, Osaka Bar Association
• Antitrust Law Section, American Bar Association
• Academy For International Business Transactions
• Japan Competition Law Forum