Ryutaro Nakayama renders a broad-range of M&A-related advice to clients, including advice relating to corporate law, securities law, merger control, tax law and various regulations specific to the relevant industries. He recently represented clients in high profile M&A cases, such as Tokyo Electron in its merger with Applied Materials, and Nippon Steel in its merger with Sumitomo Metal.

Ryutaro Nakayama is also known as 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 foreign law firms in various jurisdictions.

Ryutaro Nakayama plays a leading role in our firm’s Africa Practice Group and is recognized as one of the leading lawyers in this field.

He has been selected as a leading lawyer in the Corporate/M&A and/or competition law fields by various publications including Chambers Global and Asia-Pacific, Best Lawyers and Who’s Who Legal: Japan.

Recent activities

2/2021

Top rankings in Chambers Global 2021

Awards

12/2020

Nishimura & Asahi leads in The Nikkei’s "Most Successful Lawyers in 2020"

Awards

12/2020

Chambers Asia-Pacific 2021: Top rankings for Nishimura & Asahi

Awards

Education

2006

New York University School of Law (LL.M.)

1997

University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics (LL.M.)

1995

The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)

Professional experience

2020 -

Professor from Practice, The Business Law Department of Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Law

2008 - 2009

Lecturer, Seikei University Law School

2007 - 2019

Lecturer, Chuo Law School

2004 - 2005

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York