■ Career

1999	Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
1999	The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan(53rd Class)
2000	Registered with Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association
2000	Joined Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
2006	Graduated from Duke University School of Law(LL.M.)
2006	Visiting Attorney at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles Office
2008	Part-time Lecturer, Graduate School of Law, Sophia University
2010	Arbitrator Candidate, Dai-ichi Bar Association Arbitration Center and Financial ADR Arbitrator Candidate
2011	Consumer Systems Division(Assistant Director), Consumer Affairs Agency, Government of Japan
2013	Joined Hibiya Sogo Law Offices
2016 –	Part-time Lecturer, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University(Teaching "Antitrust Law Practice" in the Doctoral Program Advanced Legal Professional Training Program, "Top Lawyers Program(TLP)")

■ Publications

Toshiaki Tada et al., Competition Law Index (2025)

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

"Points to Note Regarding the Antimonopoly Act and Subcontract Act in Outsourcing Work to Freelancers" (Co-authored) Business Law Journal, November 2022 issue, p.47

"Overview of Freelancer Guidelines and Key Considerations in Transactions (Part 1) — From the Perspective of the Antimonopoly Act and Subcontract Act" Business Law Journal, September 2021 issue, p.114

"Amendments to the Antimonopoly Act and Future Prospects: Suspension of Enforcement Following the Abolition of the Enforcement Exemption System," Jurist No. 1467 (2014), p.26

"Act Partially Amending the Consumer Safety Act (Act No. 77 of 2012)" Toki no Hourei (2013)

"Article-by-Article Commentary: Consumer Safety Act [2nd Edition]" (Co-authored) Shoji Houmu (August 2013)

"Obtaining Discovery Abroad" Japan Chapter (Co-author) (Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association)

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