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Yohei Yamasaki

Yohei Yamasaki

Osaka Hiroshima

Partner
Osaka Bar Association

Practice Areas

  • M&A, Corporate
  • International Transaction
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Antitrust/Competition Law
  • Intellectual Property

Biography

1985 Born in Kyoto
Mar. 2004 Doshisha High School
Mar. 2008 Doshisha University Faculty of Law (LL.B.)
Mar. 2010 Doshisha Law School (J.D.)
Dec. 2011 The Supreme Court's Legal Research and Training Institute (64th term)
Jan. 2012 Midosuji LPC
May 2017 University of California, Los Angeles (LL.M., Specialization in Media, Entertainment and Technology Law and Policy)
Dec. 2017 Dorda Rechtsanwälte GmbH
May 2018 Midosuji LPC
Jun. 2019 Admitted to the New York State Bar
Jan. 2020 Partner of Midosuji LPC (- present)
Sep. 2021 Outside company auditor of Farmers HOLDINGS Co., Ltd. (- Sep. 2023)

Publications

  • “Revision of Block Exemption Regulations (BER) and Guidelines on the applicability of Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to horizontal co-operation agreements under EU Competition Law” (Business & Law LLC, October 2023)
  • “Effective Stakeholder Engagement in Human Rights Due Diligence – Strategies for Japanese Companies based on the Latest Developments in the EU” (“Lawyers Guide – Most Important Legal Issues Raised by Companies -” Business & Law LLC., July 2023)
  • “Revision of Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and Guidelines on Vertical Restraints (Vertical Guidelines) under EU Competition Law” (Business & Law LLC, January 2022)
  • Legal Practice for Disciplinary Actions -Q&A and Case Study (Shin Nippon Hoki, Publishing Co., Ltd. in September 2014), Joint Author

Lectures

  • “Legal Risk Regarding Overseas Business ~What Is Compliance System on Risk Aversion?~”(March, 2019)
  • “Actual Practice of the Amended Act on the Protection of Personal Information of Japan and GDPR”(Joint Webinar by Midosuji LPC and Taylor Wessing LLP, in July 2021)
  • “Basics and Actual Practice of Contracts in English for Japanese Companies Operating Overseas – Points to be Noted When Executing Contracts in International Business Transaction –” (Midosuji LPC, Resona Bank, Saitama Resona Bank, Kansai Mirai Bank and The Minato Bank as the co-hosts, and ABC-Platform (Asia Business Creation Platform) as the sponsor, March 2022)
  • “Actual Practice in Company’s Responses to International Competition Laws – Recent Trends in U.S. Antitrust Regulation -” (joint seminar by Midosuji LPC and Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, November 2022)

Languages

Japanese / English