Kyotaro Ozawa (formerly, Hemmi) is an associate in the Litigation department and is based in the firm’s Tokyo Office. His practice focuses primarily on litigation, with particular focus on intellectual property litigation and government investigation.  He is experienced in various stages of litigation, including managing pre-suit investigation, taking and defending fact and expert depositions, and presenting arguments and examinations at hearings and trials. 

Mr. Ozawa is bilingual in written and spoken English and Japanese.

Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Mr. Ozawa was an associate at another multi‑national law firm in its New York office.  As a litigator in New York, he regularly made appearances in various New York courts, representing clients at trials as lead counsel and presenting arguments at more than thirty hearings.  

Mr. Ozawa joined Paul Hastings in 2018. He is admitted to practice in New York and is a Registered Foreign Lawyer in Japan.

• Silver - Litigation Japan, IAM Patent 1000 (2024)
• One to Watch, Patent Practice The Best Lawyers in Japan (2024)
• Recommended, Litigation Japan IAM Patent 1000 (2022-2023)
• Rising Star, Intellectual Property Japan The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2020, 2023)
• The World's Leading Patent Professionals, Japan: Foreign – IAM Patent 1000 (2019-2020)
• Her Justice – 2016 Commitment to Justice Awards