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Japan Chapter of The International Comparative Legal Guide to Sanctions 2025

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Japan Chapter of The International Comparative Legal Guide to Sanctions 2025

Tokyo partner Kazuho Nakajima, Tokyo associates Hanako Ohwada, Kazuki Yoshii and Takanori Mizuno co-authored the Japan chapter of The International Comparative Legal Guide to Sanctions 2025, published by Global Legal Group.

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中島 和穂

Kazuho NAKAJIMA

  • Partner
  • Tokyo

He has extensive experience handling cases involving complex legal issues, such as mergers and acquisitions by a public-private investment fund in the context of a business turnaround, a high-value dispute between a securities company and a stock exchange, adoption of anti-takeover defense measures for the first time in Japan, expansion of foreign businesses into the Middle East involving geopolitical risks, and commercial arbitration involving sizable claims regarding M&A price adjustment clauses. Recently, he been advising on risk assessments for transactions, contract drafting, voluntary self-disclosure to government authorities, responses to enforcement actions by the authorities, and establishment of internal control systems with respect to economic security regulations. In particular, he engages in numerous transactions involving economic sanctions, export controls and other economic security regulations regarding conflicts between the US and China over technology competition and human rights issues in Myanmar, Iran and Russia.