Rikita Karakawa

Bio:

2008 University of Tokyo (LL.B.)

2010 University of Tokyo Law School (J.D.)

2011 Admitted to the Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association, joined Abe, Ikubo & Katayama

2018 University of Chicago Law School (LL.M.)

2018-2019 Kirkland & Ellis LLP (San Francisco), Visiting Attorney

2019 Admitted in the State of New York

2019 Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek PartGmbB (Düsseldorf), Visiting Attorney

2019 Steptoe & Johnson LLP (Brussels), Visiting Attorney

Rikita Karakawa has been involved in wide variety of domestic and international cases, including cases relating to restructuring, intellectual property, competition law and corporate law. He also has extensive experience in dispute resolution such as negotiation and litigation.

With regard to restructuring, Mr. Karakawa has been engaged in cases of in-court procedure and out-of-court private rehabilitation, representing industry-leading companies as well as middle-sized enterprises as clients, which has given him abundant experience in this area. Also, as for intellectual property, Mr. Karakawa has been representing domestic and international clients in patent infringement litigation as well as patent invalidation trials. In addition to patent law, he also advises clients on copyright and trademark law on a daily basis.

Recently, Mr. Karakawa has been focusing on competition law. Through secondment to international construction machinery manufacturer and law firms abroad, he has been involved in competition law cases such as international merger filing as well as international cartel investigation and class action lawsuits.