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LL.M. and LL.D. Alumnus Appointed to University of Tokyo

September 30, 2019

In September 2019, alumnus Simon Vande Walle was appointed professor of law at the University of Tokyo, where he teaches competition law. Simon obtained his LL.M. degree from Kyushu University in 2002. After completing a second LL.M. at Georgetown University in the U.S., he joined the Brussels and New York bars and started working as a lawyer in the Brussels' office of Linklaters.

He practiced law for several years and then returned to Kyushu University, where he obtained his LL.D. degree, with a thesis comparing private antitrust litigation in Japan and the European Union. He continued his research as a research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science at the University of Tokyo and then joined the European Commission. As a case handler in the Commission's Directorate-General for Competition during the terms of Commissioner Almunia and Commissioner Vestager, he handled numerous competition law cases and contributed to the development of EU competition policy.

Graduating Class of 2019

September 9, 2019

The Graduation Ceremony took place on September 6, 2019.

42 International Students from 17 countries. (Bangladesh, Belgium, China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, USA , Vietnam) were conferred "Master of Law".

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