Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Competition and Antitrust/Consumer Protection Dispute Resolution Risk Management & Compliance Corporate and M&A International Practice Intellectual Property Law Administrative Law

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.

2024 - Present                                                                                                                                        Part-time Lecturer, Kyoto University Law School (Seminar on Competition Law Cases)

2021 - 2023                                                                                                                                              Visiting Professor, Kyoto University Law School (Seminar on Competition Law Cases)

2017 - 2020                                                                                                                                              Part-time Lecturer, 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

2009 - 2010 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (Silicon Valley office)

Japanese and English

Osaka Bar Association, Japan Federation of Bar Associations (2002) New York (2010) Certified Fraud Examiner (2016)

2009　UC Berkeley School of Law (LL.M.)

2001　Kyoto University (LL.B.)