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梅林 啓
梅林 啓

Kei UMEBAYASHI

  • Partner
  • Tokyo

Kei Umebayashi is a partner at Nishimura & Asahi and previously worked at the Special Investigative Section of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, where he obtained extensive experience and know-how in criminal investigations.
 He is expert at gathering evidence and conducting hearings.
 He mainly handles cases in which the executives or officers of a company leaked, intentionally or accidentally, the company’s confidential information, including customer data and business secrets.
 He deals with matters conducted by Japanese authorities, including the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC) and the Fair Trade Commission.
 Additionally, he gives valuable advice concerning a variety of other matters, such as insider trading, antitrust law, leniency applications under antitrust law, and inquiries by the US Department of Justice, European Commission and other foreign authorities when a company is targeted by them due to alleged violations of antitrust laws.

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Education

1989
The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)

Professional Experience

Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics 
Outside Auditor, ITOHAM YONEKYU HOLDINGS INC. 
Member of Task Force organized in the Railway Bureau of MLIT 
Member of Task Force (final inspection issue) organized in the Road Transport Bureau of MLIT 
Member of Task Force (fuel consumption issue) organized in the Road Transport Bureau of MLIT 
Part-time professor of Keio University Law School 
Member of the Independent Committee of Japan Sport Council  
Counselor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications 
Partner of Nishimura & Asahi
Resigned from Public Prosecutor, Registered as an Attorney-at-Law, Joined Nishimura & Asahi
Executive Assistant to Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
Public Prosecutor, Secretarial Division, Ministry of Justice 
Public Prosecutor, Chiba District Public Prosecutors' Office 
Public Prosecutor, Criminal Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Justice 
First Secretary, Japanese Embassy, U.K. 
Public Prosecutor, Criminal Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Justice 
Public Prosecutor, Tokyo, Fukuoka, Yokohama and Shizuoka District Public Prosecutors' Offices