- European Countries
EU & EU Member States


We provide solutions for a variety of legal issues in the European Union (EU) that has a complex legal system.
The European Union (EU) is a supranational institution established by European countries that delegate part of their sovereignty to the EU in order to ensure the free movement of goods, services, people, and capital within the European region. The EU introduces supernational regulations within the scope of the delegated authority, and such regulations greatly affect all countries worldwide in modern society. For example, the data protection regulations and environmental regulations introduced by the European Commission affect all countries. In addition, Japanese companies continue to be affected by cartel investigations, corporate merger reviews, and investigations of trade remedy measures such as anti-dumping duties in European countries.
For the purpose of dealing with various problems related to EU law and legal issues arising in EU member countries, Nishimura & Asahi, which has people with experience working in Belgium, where the European Commission is located, or in major EU member countries such as Germany and France, constantly follows up on regulatory trends in Europe, and thereby provides legal services as solutions for legal issues that arise and affect Japanese companies in the region, including legal advice on the acquisition of companies in the EU or EU member countries and public comments on new EU regulations.
Recent Work
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- 2023
- Unimat Life Corporation: Acquisition of Cassina IXC. Ltd.
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- 2022
- ITOCHU Corporation: Capital and business alliance with ROSI SAS
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- 2022
- Major Japanese manufacturing company: Sale of automotive parts-related businesses in the United States and Europe
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- 2022
- Daikin Industries, Ltd. - Acquisition of Duplomatic MS S.p.A
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- 2022
- Sale of U.S. and European businesses by major Japanese manufacturer
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- 2021
- Advantage Partners Inc. and Tokyo Century Corporation: Acquisition of Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.’s energy storage devices and systems business
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- 2021
- Daifuku Co., Ltd. – Business partnership with AFT Industries AG
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- 2021
- Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. - Business alliance with Bloober Team S.A.
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- 2021
- Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. - Investment in Norway’s Elopak ASA
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- 2021
- Onward Holdings Co., Ltd. - Sale of Jil Sander S.p.A.
Awards & Rankings
Seminars
Publications
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Article: Establishing your ISDS case
Articles
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Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) - Agreement in Principle on the ECT Modernisation Negotiations, Future Developments and Outlook
Articles
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Article: RWE and Uniper: (German) Courts Rule on the Admissibility of ECT-based ICSID Arbitrations in Intra-EU Investor-State Disputes
Articles
News
- Media
- Round-table discussion: Future Prospects of M&A in Japan: Latest Trends in Cross-Border M&A in Europe and the Middle East
- NIALS
- Nishimura Institute of Advanced Legal Studies: Launch of Study Group on Competition and Consumer Protection Law and Policy in Digital Economy
- Notices
- Kozo Kawai has been listed by the Joint Committee under the EU-Japan EPA as qualified to serve as an arbitrator of a panel under the EU-Japan EPA