Japan-EU Investments: Cross-border M&A and EU Competition Law

Dominik serves as co-representative of our offices in Frankfurt and Düsseldorf, Germany. He advises Japanese companies on corporate and cross-border M&A matters, as well as European companies regarding their business expansion into Southeast Asia (notably Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam). He has a wealth of international experience and brings unique insights into deal-making across different cultures in both emerging and mature markets. Before joining the Tokyo office of Nishimura & Asahi in November 2019, Dominik worked at Clifford Chance (based out of Düsseldorf, Germany, and New York) and as in-house counsel at Pfizer, Inc. (New York).

She has practiced for over 8 years at a leading international law firm in Brussels. Her practice covers, inter alia, merger control, cartel investigations, abuse of dominance, and antitrust compliance. She has particular expertise in FSR filings & compliance, guiding numerous international companies through in-house data collection processes.

Kristina draws on first-hand experience from the European Commission in Brussels and the Japan Fair Trade Commission in Tokyo. She has counseled across a wide range of industries - such as automotive, electronics, heavy industries, and logistics - with a strong focus on helping Asian corporate clients navigate European regulatory challenges. She has also spoken on the FSR developments at the Competition Law Forum Japan.

Kristina holds law degrees from Germany and France and is admitted to the German Bar in Munich (Rechtsanwältin) and the Brussels Bar (EU registered lawyer / E-list, Ordre Français). She is a member of the German-Japanese Lawyers’ Association, as well as the Antitrust Lawyers Association in Germany.

Noriya advises national and international clients from various industries, with a focus on multi-national data protection law projects, such as drafting policy, data transfer agreements and out-sourcing agreements, IT compliance questions, and data breach issues. Since he has experience working with local counsel in more than 80 jurisdictions, he has in depth knowledge of the similarities and differences among data protection laws in many jurisdictions. He can provide his advice taking into account the difference of Japanese laws and other main data protection laws such as the GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL (China).