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Chie Yakura

Work Department

IP Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and Investigations

Position

Partner

Career

Chie has more than 20 years of experience representing both Japanese and non-Japanese corporations before Japanese courts in a wide range of litigation matters with an emphasis on intellectual property, antitrust/competition law and product liability, as well as complex cross-border commercial disputes. Chie has also led large-scale international investigations involving antitrust, anti-corruption, and other compliance matters. She has handled cases in a variety of industries, including software, hardware, consumer electronics, e-commerce, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, transportation, real estate, and manufacturing.

Languages

Japanese

English

Memberships

The Japan Federation of Bar Associations

The Japan Patent Attorneys Association

New York State Bar Association

Education

Kyoto University, LL.B. (1999)

Columbia Law School, LL.M. (2005)

The London School of Economics and Political Science, LL.M. (2006)

Bar Admissions: Japan (2000) and New York (2005)

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