ABOUT
Kentaro Hirayama is the founding partner of Hirayama Law Offices, a boutique antitrust/competition law firm, which advises clients on a wide range of antitrust matters, including transactions and agency investigations. Kentaro is especially experienced in negotiations with the regulator the Japan FTC. His advice on strategies regarding negotiation and discussion with the Japan FTC is based on his experience as an investigator, and is deemed by clients and peers as practical and to the point. He also serves as an associate professor of one of the oldest traditional national universities, and thus his firm has been able to provide advanced strategies, such as retention of renowned professors for expert opinions on cutting-edge issues, in civil antitrust litigations, and the Japan FTC’s investigations.