Professional Experience and Expertise

For over 11 years worked in the in-house IP department of a major Japanese innovator pharmaceutical company. Specialized in IP licensing, IP due diligence, joint research collaborations with US universities, strategic biopharma alliances and spin out of new companies with novel technologies and inventions.

Cases and Matters Handled

Managed ANDA and patent litigations in the US, including negotiation of settlement agreements. Provided global compliance program management and education in the pharmaceutical and manufacturing industries.

Professional Career

October 2023
Joined Chuo Sogo Law Office (Tokyo Office)

October 2022 – September 2023
UD Trucks Corporation (Saitama)

September 2011 – September 2022　
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Tokyo)

September 2010 – August 2011　
Corel Japan Ltd. (Yokohama)

July 2009 – August 2010　
Itoh International Patent Firm (Tokyo)

September 2007 – June 2009　
White & Case LLP (Tokyo)　

May 2007
Passed the examination of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

June 2003 – August 2007　
Ohebashi Law Office (Osaka, Japan)

September 2001 – April 2003　
Crosby Heafey Roach and May (merged into Reed Smith in January 2003)
(San Francisco, California)

December 2001　
Admitted to the State Bar of California

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