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 com - panies doing business in Japan since the early 1950s. The team’s combined expertise ena - bles 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 restruc - turing/insolvency) and litigation/arbitration.
Most Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune lawyers are bilingual and experienced with communicating, drafting and negotiating across borders and around the globe. The firm’s main office in To - kyo is supported by offices in Osaka, Nagoya, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Lon - don and Brussels. The firm’s associate, Tomomi Yoshikawa, helped write this article.
Authors
Junichi Ueda is a partner at Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune and has nearly 20 years’ experience in the fields of labour and employment law, dispute resolution, data protection law,
Nobuto Shirane is a partner at Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune and represents clients in transactions driven by IP rights and technology, including technology licences, joint ventures, strategic
and general corporate and commercial 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 practice 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).
alliances and joint 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 practice law in Japan in 2010 and in New York in 2018.
Takahiro Hayase is a partner at Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune and has a thorough knowledge of a variety of domestic and cross- border corporate matters and fields, especially executive
Etsuko Hara is a partner at Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune and has broad experience in the antitrust field, including multi- jurisdictional merger filings and arrangements for strategic
compensation and 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.
alliances. She is also experienced in 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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