About Harukuni Ito
Harukuni Ito
is a partner at Atsumi & Sakai who regularly acts for clients from the pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology industries in licensing transactions and disputes. He has over 20 years of practical experience in litigation, arbitration and commercial transactions related to intellectual property rights. He has handled numerous transactions involving the drafting and negotiation of various transaction documents including licensing agreements in the life sciences field. He has also handled multiple international arbitration proceedings related to pharmaceutical licences. Ranked in Chambers Asia-Pacific Life Sciences (2024–25), he is also a Member of the Licensing Executives Society Japan.