JAPAN Law and Practice Contributed by: Junichi Ueda, Etsuko Hara, Nobuto Shirane, Takahiro Hayase, Yutaka Shimoo and Miki Goto, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune is a full-service law firm with more than 600 professionals, which is best known for serving overseas companies doing busi - ness in Japan since the early 1950s. The team’s com - bined expertise enables it to deliver comprehensive advice on all legal issues that may arise in the course of a corporate transaction (including those related to M&A, finance, capital markets and restructuring/ insolvency) and litigation/arbitration. Most Anderson
Mori & Tomotsune lawyers are bilingual and experi - enced with communicating, drafting and negotiating across borders and around the globe. The firm’s main office in Tokyo is supported by offices in Osaka, Na - goya, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, Jakarta, Hong Kong, London and Brussels. The firm’s associate, Risa Sakayori, helped write this article.
Authors
Junichi Ueda is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune and has nearly 20 years’ experience in the fields of labour and employment law, dispute resolution, data protection law, and general corporate and commercial
Nobuto Shirane is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune and represents clients in transactions driven by IP rights and technology, including technology licences, joint ventures, strategic alliances and joint
transactions, with an emphasis on various labour and employment matters. Junichi graduated with an LLM degree from Vanderbilt University in 2012 and from University College London in 2013. He was admitted to practise law in Japan in 2004 and in New York in 2013. Junichi is also a member of Japan’s Management Lawyers Council (Keiei Hoso Kaigi).
development agreements. He also has significant experience with IP litigation and proceedings before courts, the patent office and customs offices. Nobuto graduated with an LLM degree from Columbia Law School and was admitted to practise law in Japan in 2010 and in New York in 2018.
Takahiro Hayase is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune and has a thorough knowledge of a variety of domestic and cross-border corporate matters and fields, especially executive compensation and
Etsuko Hara is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune and has broad experience in the antitrust field, including multi-jurisdictional merger filings and arrangements for strategic alliances. She is also experienced in
employee incentive plans. He also has broad experience in commercial dispute resolution and corporate crisis management. Takahiro has an LLM degree from Harvard Law School and was admitted as a lawyer in Japan in 2010 and in New York in 2018.
cross-border distribution, licensing and franchise agreements. Etsuko graduated with an LLM degree from Columbia Law School and was admitted as a lawyer in Japan in 2001 and in New York in 2007.
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