| Education |
Keio University, B.A. in Economics 1982, LL.B.
1984
Harvard Law School, LL.M. 1992
Legal Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, (Completed
1988). |
| Bar Admissions |
Japan (Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association, 1988)
New York (1993). |
| Work Experience |
Kamiyacho International Law Office 2000 to
present
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP., New York 1992-1993
Komatsu, Koma & Nishikawa 1988 -2000 (partner since 1997). |
| Practice Focus |
General corporate law (including cross-border
joint ventures and licensing), regulatory laws (including banking
law, privacy laws and pharmaceutical laws) and competition laws
and international civil litigation brought outside of Japan. Many
of Keiko Ohara’s clients are multinational corporations. |
| Lectures and Publications |
Keiko Ohara has spoken on areas of comparative
study of US and Japanese laws, privacy laws and international litigation
to college students, clients and at bar associations.
She has co-authored "Practice and Theory of Joint Venture Agreements"
(Hanrei Times (2006)) and “International Business Strategy
and Joint Ventures” (Shoji Homu (2005)) and authored an article
titled "Joint Venture and Antimonopoly Law" (1080 Hanrei
Times 35 (March 15,2002)). |
| Bar Association Activities |
“Committee on Reform of Legal Practice,
International Sub-Committee” Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association
(1998 to 2002).
“Committee on Foreign Lawyers and International Legal Practice”
Japan Federation of Bar Associations (2001 to Present).
“Committee on Foreign Special Members and International Legal
Practice” Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association (1998 to Present)
(Served as Chairperson from 2003 to 2006). |
| Languages |
Japanese and English.
Having spent her childhood
years in the U.S.A., Keiko Ohara speaks English with native fluency. |
