- 反垄断法 / 竞争法
反垄断法 / 竞争法
基于丰富的应对经验,对经营者集中、卡特尔/串标、私人垄断、不公平交易方法、平台监管等反垄断法/竞争法的所有方面提供法律支持。
在全球范围内都在加强反垄断法/竞争法的监管和运用的背景下,针对串标及卡特尔,本所自制度施行以来积累了行政罚款减免申请方面的大量实绩。同时,在应对国际卡特尔方面,加强与海外强有力的事务所合作,应对日本、欧美、新兴国家等各主管机关的调查,为日本国内外企业提供法律支持。针对经营者集中,本所对以反垄断法/竞争法审查为主要论点的M&A案件拥有丰富经验,还基于对各行业的深刻理解,针对未来主管机关的审查提供战略性法律咨询。本所不仅参与多起日本国内主要企业的M&A,还精通国际化经营者集中审查,包括与海外强有力的事务所合作以应对海外主管机关,曾成功支持多起大型整合案件。此外,在企业商业模式中成为不可忽略问题的私人垄断及优越地位滥用等不公平交易方法等单独行为的领域,本所也拥有与主管机关交涉、应对纠纷诉讼的丰富实绩,对于最近备受关注的平台监管,不仅提供执行应对,还致力于提供包括监管和运用的监控与建议在内的法律咨询。此外,本所还积极地开展:针对可能会引起反垄断法方面担忧的海外企业行为实施多角度探讨并提供对策的法律咨询;应对电力零售自由化等制度改革;实施反垄断法合规调查以及向公司派遣内部培训讲师。
近期案件 Recent Work
所获奖项 Awards & Rankings
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Kozo Kawai has long been called upon for his sector-leading knowledge of non-contentious and contentious antitrust issues, including those relating to M&A transactions, cartels and unilateral behaviour. "Mr Kawai is the doyen of the competition Bar, with an incredible amount of knowledge and experience in the field. He is a true force to be reckoned with whom you want to have on your side," says one client. Madoka Shimada has a strong track record advising on merger filings and antitrust-related issues. One client reports: "She is a very diligent lawyer. She's across all aspects of competition law and handles domestic and international merger control mandates." A further source says: "Ms Shimada is a very knowledgeable, hands-on competition lawyer who can turn around matters which others have given up on."
Chambers, Competition/Antitrust (Asia-Pacific 2022) -
Kozo Kawai leads the competition team at NISHIMURA & ASAHI, which includes five other partners, two counsel and 45 associates. The firm is working on an active docket of behavioural matters in industries such as construction and pharmaceuticals, although details of this work are confidential. On the merger side, the team advised NAVER on the integration of its subsidiary LINE with Z Holdings, which is Japan’s largest-ever IT company merger. The group also advised leasing company MUL on its merger with Hitachi Capital Corporation, which was cleared by the JFTC in less than four months without remedies. As well as handling the Japanese portion of the deal, Nishimura & Asahi also acted as lead counsel coordinating merger filings in the US, the EU, Turkey and Indonesia. In another successful global effort, the team advised Honda on its plans to merge several auto parts companies into one aggregated supplier with Hitachi. The firm secured clearance for that deal without conditions in Japan and multiple other countries across Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additionally, the firm helped KKR and Rakuten obtain Phase I clearance without remedies for their acquisition of shares in Japanese supermarket group Seiyu from Walmart.
GCR 100 2022 Edition