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Outstanding Results for Nishimura & Asahi at the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024
Creative solutions based on extensive experience in crisis management and antitrust matters, as well as understanding of advanced technologies and academic knowledge
Tomoyuki Numata specializes in crisis management and competition law compliance, with a wealth of experience in cases that require understanding of IT and technology.
As a partner in the crisis management department, he has extensive experience in dealing with cases such as window dressing, bribery of overseas civil servants, fraudulent acquisition of confidential information, violation of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, quality fraud in the manufacturing industry, and embezzlement by employees. In these cases, he was responsible for fact-finding and investigating the cause. He has also taken a number of strategic actions, such as dealing with government and investigative authorities (including experience of commitment agreement with the JFTC and judicial transactions), communicating with the mass media, and formulating recurrence prevention measures.
In the field of antitrust law / competition law, he is involved in cartel / bid negotiation cases including criminal cases / administrative cases, unilateral acts cases such as private monopoly, unfair trading methods, etc. He also handles a lot of authorities’ responses. In addition, he has a wealth of experience in dealing with domestic and overseas business combination investigation by the Japan Fair Trade Commission and overseas competition authorities.
He also provides a lot of advice on creating a legal compliance system such as anti-bribery system, competition law management system, whistleblowing system, internal audit and monitoring. In particular, he is familiar with system development utilizing advanced technologies such as machine learning, data analytics, and text mining.
Representative Work
Awards & Rankings
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Overseas Practice Law Firm of the Year at ALB Japan Law Awards 2023
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The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023: Outstanding Results for Nishimura & Asahi
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The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2022: Outstanding Results for Nishimura & Asahi
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The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2021: Outstanding Results for Nishimura & Asahi
Publications
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Revised Edition: Practical Method of Dealing With Wrongdoing by Executives and Employees
Books
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Japanese Anti - monopoly Act - Annotated Second Edition
Books
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Practical Method of Dealing with Wrongdoing by Executives and Employees Vol. 2
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Capital and Business Alliance, 2nd Ed.
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Corpus Juris Crisis Management
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Education
- 2006
- The University of Tokyo, School of Law (J.D.)
- 2004
- The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
- Lecturer, University of Tokyo
- Outside Director, Taisei Rotec Corporation