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Mr. Hirai was admitted as an attorney in 1990. Mr. Hirai's practice currently involves mainly management of a venture company. Mr. Hirai possesses broad experience in negotiating and drafting international license agreements for various types of intellectual property, with a special focus on cutting-edge technology such as biotechnology and software. Then, Mr. HIrai moves to focus on managing a venture company as a board member and CEO... Mr. Hirai has an LL.M degree from the University of Washington, School of Law. He spent 2 years at the University of Washington, including 9 months of research study at CASRIP as a research fellow. He concentrated on biotechnology, with a special focus on the comparative study of biotechnology protection in the United States and Japan and has written several articles on the issue of protection of biotechnology. Mr. Hirai also spent several months at an IP firm in Seattle and was involved in U.S. IP practices.

Primary location: Tokyo Japan