Yukihiro Terazawa is a partner of Ito & Mitomi. He concentrates his practice on high-tech, e-commerce and IP transactions, entertainment, and general corporate matters including corporate compliance risk management, M&A, antitrust and unfair competition matters, and international/domestic litigation, including IP litigation.
Mr. Terazawa serves as a adjunct professor of film production at the Graduate School of Film Producing in Japan where he provides lectures regarding Japanese film financing and Hollywood film producing practice. He is a frequent lecturer on intellectual property rights, e-commerce, privacy (protection of personal information), and entertainment law to the Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association, graduate universities, and specialized training colleges related to image studies. He is a deputy chairman of the Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association's Study Group of Intellectual Properties.
Mr. Terazawa was appointed recently to two advisory positions with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication ("MIAC") and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ("METI"). He will serve on the committee addressing "Dispute Resolution Board for Telecommunication Business Entities" as a mediator at MIAC and serve as a panelist on a workshop for building a standard process system in animation creation at METI.
Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster, Mr. Terazawa was a partner of O'Melveny & Myers LLP. He is a member of Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association and Japan Patent Attorney Association.