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米谷 三以 Kazumochi KOMETANI

米谷 三以
米谷 三以

Kazumochi KOMETANI

  • Of Counsel
  • Tokyo

Kazumochi Kometani has outstanding experience in handling WTO dispute settlement cases addressing a variety of governmental measures and assessing the consistency of a variety of governmental measures with international economic laws.

Kazumochi Kometani previously served at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for more than 15 years in high-ranking positions including as General Counsel for International Legal Affairs and as Director of the International Legal Affairs Office.  In these positions, he took a leading role in dispute settlement cases under the WTO Agreement and other international economic laws in more than a dozen cases involving antidumping measures, safeguard measures, export restraints, import restrictions and, local content requirements.  He also advised the Ministry on the consistency with the WTO Agreement and other international economic laws, including various EPA/FTAs and investment treaties, of a variety of governmental measures of foreign countries and Japan.

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Education

1995
The University of Michigan Law School (LL.M.)
1987
The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)

Professional Experience

General Counsel for International Legal Affairs, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Visiting Professor and Lecturer, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo
Nishimura & Asahi
Council Member, The Japan Association of International Economic Law
Director, International Legal Affairs Office, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Professor (Practitioner), School of Law, Hosei University
Nishimura & Partners (currently Nishimura & Asahi)
Director for International Legal Affairs, WTO Compliance and Dispute Settlement Office, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Director for Trade Negotiation, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Legal Affairs Officer, Legal Affairs Division, World Trade Organizaiton
Deputy Director, Trade Agreement Administration Division, International Economy Department, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Deputy Director, Distribution Industry Division, Industrial Policy Bureau, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D.C.
Nagashima & Ohno