- Appointment
Ryutaro Nakayama elected Managing Partner
We are pleased to announce that Nishimura & Asahi has elected Ryutaro Nakayama as Managing Partner, effective 1 April 2021.
Since 2011, under Masaki Hosaka’s leadership, and with the encouragement and great support of our clients, we have become Japan’s largest full-service international law firm, with more than 700 lawyers today working in close collaboration at 18 offices around the world to offer unrivaled one-stop legal services.
Now, ten years later, our fundamental mission remains to realize an affluent and fair society based on the rule of law. Committed to “Leading You Forward,” we will continue to contribute to the growth of our clients and our society, under Ryutaro Nakayama’s leadership.
Masaki Hosaka will continue to support our firm’s new management as a member of our Executive Committee and as Chairman of The Management Board.
We look forward to continuing our cordial relationship with you long into the future.
Sincerely,
April 2021
Nishimura & Asahi
Ryutaro Nakayama specializes in General Corporate and M&A work, and advises clients on a broad range of issues and transactions relating to M&A, Japanese corporate, securities, tax, and merger control laws, and regulations specific to various industries. He is a leading lawyer in the field of competition law in Japan, and possesses a unique set of skills and experience, drawn from his extensive experience handling M&A, corporate, and merger control cases and transactions. He has obtained transaction clearances from competition authorities even where the resulting combined market share exceeded 50% in the relevant markets. He has led Nishimura & Asahi’s Africa Practice Team since its formation in 2014. He has established a strong network of connections with Japanese entrepreneurs and businesses that target the African continent, as well as with leading law firms based in Africa. He has been named a leading lawyer in the fields of Corporate/M&A and/or competition law by various publications, including Chambers Global, Chambers Asia-Pacific, and The Nikkei’s annual rankings of “Most Successful Lawyers.” He was appointed the Managing Partner of Nishimura & Asahi in April 2021.