Kei Amemiya is a partner of Ito & Mitomi. His principal expertise in antitrust/antimonopoly law is complemented by a broad range of experience in international business transactions and corporate matters. He has also counseled clients in litigation matters in Japan and the United States, and has handled a number of cartel, monopolization, unfair trade practice and related administrative fine (kachokin) cases as well as merger reviews.
Mr. Amemiya has been actively working as a Non Governmental Advisor ("NGA") for the International Competition Network ("ICN"), a forum for approximately 100 national competition agencies worldwide. Currently, as the only Japanese NGA to serve under a long-term commitment, he is not only attending various ICN conferences and making presentations, but also advising the Japanese Fair Trade Commission ("JFTC"), which is the competition authority in Japan, and ICN committees on major issues such as merger review and cartel investigation from the private counsel viewpoint.
Mr. Amemiya has written or co-written several articles on the subject of antitrust law, has authored numerous articles and has made various presentations in English and Japanese, and is often quoted in domestic and international media.
Mr. Amemiya is a member of the Tokyo Bar Association and the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, as well as the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association and International Bar Association. He is also a member of the Antimonopoly Department of the Tokyo Bar Association and of the Competition Law Forum. In the Global Competition Review and PLC Global Counsel Handbooks, he is listed as a highly recommended Japanese competition specialist.
Mr. Amemiya previously served as Investigator at the JFTC. When he joined the organization in 2001 he was the first attorney to be hired under a special law offering legal expertise in JFTC's investigations and administrative hearings.