HIBIYA SOGO LAW OFFICES

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Ryuta Kawai 川合 竜太：Partner

■ Career

1990.9Graduated from Waseda University, Faculty of Law
1993.4The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan(47th Class)
1995.4Registered with Daini Tokyo Bar Association
1995.4Joined Ushijima & Partners
2001.1Joined Hibiya Sogo Law Offices
2005.5 Graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, School of Law (LL.M.)
2005.8Worked at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York office
2006.7Registered as a New York State Attorney
2006.10Returned to Hibiya Sogo Law Offices
2019.7Chairperson of the Bidding Monitoring Committee, Geospatial Information Authority of Japan ( – 2021.3)

■ Publications

"Practical Considerations and Issues in the Freelance Act" (Co-authored)Kosei Torihiki No. 887(September 2024 issued)

"Antitrust and Subcontracting Law Considerations in Outsourcing to Freelancers" (Co-authored) Business Law Journal, November 2022 issued

"Overview of Proposed Antitrust Law Amendments to Curb Competitiveness of Giant Platform Companies and Implications for Japanese Firms" Business Law Journal, October 2021 issued American Bar Association, International Antitrust Cartel Handbook, First Edition (Japan section) (2019)

U.S.: Standing for Plaintiffs in Antitrust Damages Actions Against Platform Operators —Application of the Illinois Brick Rule NBL No. 1159 (December 1, 2019 issued)

"United States: Starting Point for Statute of Limitations in Public Prosecutions for Bid-Rigging Conspiracies and Cartels United States v. Grimm, 735 F3d. 498 (2d Cir. 2013)" NBL No. 1046 (March 15, 2015 issued)

"Price Reduction and Undercutting" Jurist No. 1473 (November 2014 issued)

"Case Where Penalty Surcharge Provisions Applied to Leading Entities in Unfair Trade Restrictions - Kochi Bid-Rigging Case" Jurist No. 1449 (January 2013 issued)

Tadashi Shiraishi & Yusuke Nakano (Eds.), "Case Law: U.S. & EU Competition Law" (Co-authored), Shojihomu (March 2011 issued)