Satoshi Ogawa

Practice Areas

His practice focusses on antitrust and competition law, covering all aspects of competition-related work for both domestic and multi-national clients such as antitrust investigations by competition authorities, merger filings, private lawsuits, strategic business collaborations, compliance with competition laws, IP licensing, and distribution agreements.

While working as the Secretariat for the OECD Competition Division, he had been involved in various discussions with competition authorities around the globe, as well as in advanced competition-related research and formulation of best practices. With experience both as the OECD Secretariat and as a private practitioner, he is particularly recognised for his expertise in negotiation with competition authorities, competition-related work with international dimension in the context of both transactional and investigatory work and for advanced antitrust and competition law matters such as digital market/platforms and trade and competition law.

Career

Competition Division, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2015-2017);

Research collaborator at the JFTC’s Competition Policy Research Center (2018-present);

Non-governmental advisor (NGA) to the International Competition Network (ICN) (2018-present);

Japan Housing Finance Agency Contract Review Committe (2020-present);

Partner of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu since 2022;

Adjunct Lecturer (Competition Law BP/WP), Keio University Law School (2025-present)

Professional Memberships

Daiichi-Tokyo Bar Association and Japan Association of Economic Law.

Publications

Competition Issues in Aftermarkets, OECD Secretariat Background Note (2017) (co-author)

Commitment Decisions in Antitrust Cases, OECD Secretariat Background Note (2016) (co-author)

Inventory of provisions in inter-agency co-operation agreements (MoUs), OECD Secretariat Paper (2016)

Education