Ryutaro Nakayama is the Managing Partner of Nishimura & Asahi.

He specializes in General Corporate and M&A, and has rendered a broad-range of M&A-related advice to clients, including on Japanese corporate law, securities law, merger control, tax law and on regulations specific to various industries.

He is also a leading competition law lawyer. He has established a unique practice with interconnections between his abundant experience in M&A and corporate practice and his merger regulation expertise. He has successfully obtained clearance from the relevant competition authority even where the resulting combined market share exceeded 50% in the relevant markets.

He has also handled cross border cartel cases for Japanese clients by coordinating with law firms in various jurisdictions.

He has been selected as a leading lawyer in the Corporate/M&A and/or competition law fields by various publications such as Chambers Global, Chambers Asia-Pacific, and The Nikkei’s “Most Successful Lawyers” annual rankings.