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Kojiro Fujii delivers presentation at the Committee on International Monetary Law of the International Law Association’sTokyo Meeting

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Kojiro Fujii delivers presentation at the Committee on International Monetary Law of the International Law Association’sTokyo Meeting

Date
November 30, 2023
Venue
Bank of Japan

Kojiro Fujii delivered a presentation titled “International Economic Rules Regarding Cross-Border Data Transfer and Restrictions for National Security” at the panel session, “Contemporary challenges in international economic law” at the Committee on International Monetary Law of the International Law Association (MOCOMILA)’s Tokyo Meeting, held at the Bank of Japan on Nov. 30, 2023.

Speakers

藤井 康次郎

Kojiro Fujii specializes in the fields of competition law and international trade law. He also covers emerging areas of digital policy/regulations and public policy/regulations, such as those related to sustainability. His expertise in these areas is frequently recognized by international and domestic legal publications. Kojiro also is regularly ranked by Chambers (Band 1 International Trade, Japan and Band 2 TMT, Japan) and Who’s Who Legal (Competition). He achieved the highest ranking in the “International Trade and Economic Security” category of Nikkei’s “Most successful lawyers” (as voted by Japanese companies and peer lawyers) in 2022; he was recognized by Asian Legal Business as one of the Top 15 Technology, Media and Telecommunications Lawyers in Asia in 2023; and he was shortlisted for the FT Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia-Pacific as the Most Innovative Practitioner for his work covering those areas in 2024.

In addition to his career at N&A, he served as the deputy director of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, where he handled several important WTO disputes on behalf of the Japanese government. He also worked at a highly reputable international law firm in Washington DC, where he focused on antitrust matters.