Osamu Umejima rejoined White & Case in October 2003 after a two-year hiatus working at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of the Japanese Government. He assists clients with international trade matters, including WTO rules and dispute settlements, and antidumping, countervailing and other trade-related measures in the United States, EC, Japan, and other trading partners. He also advises on FTA and other custom issues, including country of origins, custom duties and classification, and import and export regulations. His experience in the government also enabled him to have successfully lobbied Japanese government agencies on regulatory issues on behalf of corporations and trade associations. These governmental agencies include the METI, the Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transportation, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery.

He started practicing international trade and corporate law at White & Case in 1992 in Tokyo, but his first experience on international trade matters goes back to 1989. Upon joining White & Case, the practice areas he worked in were corporate, contracts, antitrust, labor, and intellectual property. He moved to the Washington, DC office of White & Case in 1995, where he practiced U.S. trade laws, including the antidumping law, countervailing law, and Section 337. Mr. Umejima led various antidumping cases on behalf of Asian respondents, and appeared before the US Department of Commerce, the International Trade Commission, the Court of International Trade, and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal. In 2000, Mr. Umejima returned to the Tokyo office of White & Case, where he continued practicing international trade and corporate laws, until he joined to METI in 2001.

Before rejoining White & Case, he assumed the position of Director – Antidumping and Related Rules in Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau at METI. He coordinated and argued in various antidumping and countervailing duty cases before the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization on behalf of the Japanese government, including disputes on US – CRS Sunset Review, US – CDSOA ("Byrd Amendment"), and other disputes in which Japan participated as a complaining party or as a third party. He has also handled negotiations for the Antidumping Agreement under the Doha Development Agenda of the WTO.

Currently, Mr. Umejima is a member of the following advisory committees of the Japanese government:

• FTA Rules of Origin Round Table
• METI Doha Anti-dumping Rule Negotiation Round Table
• METI/RIETI WTO Dispute Settlement Panel Working Group
• METI Trade Remedy Measure Council

Mr. Umejima has been listed in Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers as a top tier (Band 1) individual in Japan since 2008 for International Trade/WTO issues and is also mentioned as a key individual in its Global Practice section. He is also listed as a leading lawyer in The International Who's Who of Trade & Customs Lawyers 2011.

Bars and Courts
District of Columbia Bar
New York State Bar
US Court of International Trade
Registered Foreign Attorney in Japan (Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi)
Administrative Scrivener in Japan (Gyosei Shosih)

Education
LLM, New York University School of Law, 1989
LLB, Hokkaido University, 1982

Professional Associations and Memberships
Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
Tokyo Administrative Scrivener Association

Publications
"Chapter 8: Market Access under TPP from a Legal Perspective", TPP and Japan's Decision: Putting an End to on the Fence Politics, Bunshindo, February 2013
"Chapter 19. Countries with insufficient judicial review activity: Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand and Thailand", Domestic Judicial Review of Trade Remedies, Cambridge University Press, January 2013
"Market Access in Goods and Rules of Origin under TPP and their Effects" Jurist, July 2012 (See http://www.yuhikaku.co.jp/jurist/detail/018646)
"Advantages of TPP - from Viewpoint of Supply Chain", Business Homu, April 2012 (See PDF)
"Restatement on WTO Dispute Settlement Cases on Anti-dumping and Countervailing Measures", Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, March 2012 (See meti.go.jp/meti_lib/report/2012fy/E002073.pdf)
"Research on WTO Plus Provisions for Anti-dumping Investigation Procedures and Measures in Free Trade Agreements", Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, March 2012 (See meti.go.jp/meti_lib/report/2012fy/E002072.pdf)
"FTA Utilization Guide Updated", Japan Machinery Center, March 2011 (See jmcti.org/jmchomepage/fta_guide/index.htm)
"Improvements on Tariff Schedules and Rules of Origins in FTAs – For User-Friendly FTAs," Analyses and Recommendations on FTAs in Asia Pacific Region – Enlarging and Deepening FTA Network, Japan Machinery Center for Trade and Investment, April 2010
"EPA/FTA Best Practice Guide in Enlarged Asian Free Trade Areas," Japan Machinery Center for Trade and Investment, March 2010
"Case Study on US – Korean DRAM Countervailing Duty Investigation" and "Case Study on US – Softwood Lumber Dumping Final Determination," Case Book WTO Law, Yuhikaku, July 2009
"United States — Measures Relating to Shrimp from Thailand (DS343) and United States — Customs Bond Directive for Merchandise Subject to Anti-Dumping/Countervailing Duties (DS345)" in Research Report on WTO Dispute Settlement XIX, Japan Fair Trade Center, March 2009
"FTA Utilization Guide," Japan Machinery Center, December 2008 (See jmcti.org/jmchomepage/fta_guide/index.htm)
"DSU Article 21.5 Panel Report of US – Softwood Lumber Dumping Final Determination," in Research Report on WTO Dispute Settlement XVIII, Japan Fair Trade Center, March 2008
"Introduction of Self-Certification for Flexible Operation of FTA Rules of Country of Origin," in Economic Trend, September 2007 issue, issued by Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)
"WTO Appeal Manual for Japanese Companies," International Trade and Investment Committee Report, Japan Machinery Center, June and December 2007
"Analysis of the WTO Dispute Settlement: US – AD Measures against Mexico OTCG (WT/DS282/R, and WT/DS282/AB/R) in Research Report on WTO Dispute Settlement XVII, Japan Fair Trade Center, March 2007
"Analysis of the WTO Dispute Settlement: US – Korean DRAM Countervailing Duty Investigation (WT/DS296/R, and WT/DS296/AB/R) and EC – Korean DRAM Countervailing Measures (WT/DS299/R)" in Research Report on WTO Dispute Settlement XVI, Japan Fair Trade Center, March 2006
"FTA Rules of Origin - Considerations from the Business Point of View" in JMC Journal, November 2005 issue, issued by Japan Machinery Center for Trade and Investment
"Overview of Japan-China-Korea Trade Conflict and Possible Actions by Japanese Companies," Japan Machinery Center, June 2005
"Overview of Thai Anti-dumping Regime" and "Overview of Indonesian Anti-dumping Regime" in Research Report on Asian Anti-dumping Regime, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, March 2005
"Analysis of the WTO Dispute Settlement: United States – Final Dumping Determination on Softwood Lumber from Canada" in Research Report on WTO Dispute Settlement XV, Japan Fair Trade Center, March 2005
"Overview of U.S.-China Trade Conflict and Possible Actions by Japanese Companies," Japan Machinery Center, August 2004

Translations 
"US/EC Manual to Minimize Antitrust Risks," Tokyo Legal Mind, July 1995 
"Guide to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code," Journal of the Japanese Institute of International Business Law, Vol. 21, No. 6 1993

Languages
Japanese
English

Citizenship
Japan