Advisor Wataru Kobayashi
(Not admitted to the bar)
Location ： Osaka Office
Professional Summary
Wataru Kobayashi worked at the Japan Fair Trade Commission for many years, where he was responsible for regulating practices under the Antimonopoly Act and the Subcontract Act. He also worked at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Consumer Affairs Agency, where he was involved in the enforcement of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions and the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations.
Education & Professional Experience
2023
Retired from the Fair Trade Commission
2022
Secretary-General, the Fair Trade Commission
2021
Director General of Economic Affairs Bureau, the Fair Trade Commission
2020
Director General of Investigation Bureau, General Secretariat, the Fair Trade Commission
2018
Deputy Secretary General, the Consumer Affairs Agency
2016
Deputy Director General, Investigation Bureau, the Fair Trade Commission
2014
Director of Personnel Division, Secretariat, the Fair Trade Commission
2012
Director of Management and Planning Division, Investigation Bureau, the Fair Trade Commission
2009
Director of Mergers and Acquisitions Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, the Fair Trade Commission
2006
Hearing Examiner, General Secretariat, the Fair Trade Commission
2004
Director of Consumer Policy Division, Commerce and Information Bureau, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
2003
Director of the Subcontracts Inspection Office, the Fair Trade Commission
1986
Tokyo Metropolitan University (LL.B.)
Joined General Bureau, the Fair Trade Commission (General Affairs Division, Secretariat)
