Chambers Review
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Life Sciences - Japan
What the Team is Known For
Atsumi & Sakai is sought after for its expertise in the pharmaceutical, medical devices, biotechnology and health technology industries. The firm provides Japanese and international businesses with a range of advisory capabilities on agreements, intellectual property and associated disputes.
Strengths
They provided an answer that matched the direction we had in mind, with a careful explanation of the points that we were not sure about.
Work Highlights
Atsumi & Sakai represented KAKEN Pharmaceutical in its negotiations with Eisai on a pharmaceutical product transfer agreement.
Notable practitioners
Harukuni Ito is a well-regarded practitioner who regularly acts for clients from the pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology industries in licensing, distribution, R&D and product transfer agreements, as well as disputes.
He is familiar with licence agreements, Japanese law and negotiations with US companies.
Some of the contracts are in English, but Harukuni reviews them without any problems.