Kenji Kawahara

Biography

Dr. Kenji Kawahara specializes in antitrust/competition law. He had worked in private practice (Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (Japan), and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP) and also had worked for governmental enforcer side governing energy sector (Electricity and Gas Market Surveillance Commission, METI, Japan) and big-techs (Digital Market Policy Office of Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI, Japan, enforcing the Digital Platforms Transparency Act.) He holds an LL.B. from University of Tokyo, a J.D. from University of Tokyo, an LL.M. from Georgetown University, and a Ph.D. in law from Kobe University. His main research interest is antitrust/competition law issues over unilateral conducts by businesses with market powers including digital platforms, and he is looking into cases in U.S. and EU to compare with Japanese legal discussions with his experience of legal practice in this area.