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世界的に独禁法/競争法の規制・運用の強化がなされる中、当事務所では、入札談合・カルテルにおいては、課徴金減免申請につき制度導入当初から多くの実績を積むとともに、国際カルテル対応においては海外の有力事務所と連携しつつ、日本、欧米、新興国の各極における当局による調査への対応について内外の企業をサポートしております。企業結合については、独禁法・競争法審査が主要な論点となるM&A案件の経験を豊富に有し、各業界における深い理解も踏まえ、将来の当局審査を踏まえた戦略的なアドバイスを行っています。日本の主要な企業結合案件の多くに関与するとともに、海外の有力事務所と連携しての海外当局対応を含むグローバルでの企業結合審査にも精通し、過去多数の大型統合案件の実現をサポートしています。さらに、企業のビジネスモデルが正面から問題となる私的独占や優越的地位の濫用等の不公正な取引方法といった単独行為の分野においても、当局との折衝、争訟対応に豊富な実績を有し、近時注目されるプラットフォーム規制についても、執行への対応に留まらず、規制・運用のモニター・提言を含むアドバイスを積み重ねています。この他に、独禁法上の懸念をもたらすような海外企業の行為に対する多角的な検討と対抗策のアドバイス、電力小売自由化等の制度改革への対応、独禁法コンプライアンス調査や社内研修への講師派遣も積極的に行っております。

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受賞 Awards & Rankings

  • Kozo Kawai has long been called upon for his sector-leading knowledge of non-contentious and contentious antitrust issues, including those relating to M&A transactions, cartels and unilateral behaviour. "Mr Kawai is the doyen of the competition Bar, with an incredible amount of knowledge and experience in the field. He is a true force to be reckoned with whom you want to have on your side," says one client. Madoka Shimada has a strong track record advising on merger filings and antitrust-related issues. One client reports: "She is a very diligent lawyer. She's across all aspects of competition law and handles domestic and international merger control mandates." A further source says: "Ms Shimada is a very knowledgeable, hands-on competition lawyer who can turn around matters which others have given up on."

    Chambers, Competition/Antitrust (Asia-Pacific 2022)
  • Kozo Kawai leads the competition team at NISHIMURA & ASAHI, which includes five other partners, two counsel and 45 associates. The firm is working on an active docket of behavioural matters in industries such as construction and pharmaceuticals, although details of this work are confidential. On the merger side, the team advised NAVER on the integration of its subsidiary LINE with Z Holdings, which is Japan’s largest-ever IT company merger. The group also advised leasing company MUL on its merger with Hitachi Capital Corporation, which was cleared by the JFTC in less than four months without remedies. As well as handling the Japanese portion of the deal, Nishimura & Asahi also acted as lead counsel coordinating merger filings in the US, the EU, Turkey and Indonesia. In another successful global effort, the team advised Honda on its plans to merge several auto parts companies into one aggregated supplier with Hitachi. The firm secured clearance for that deal without conditions in Japan and multiple other countries across Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additionally, the firm helped KKR and Rakuten obtain Phase I clearance without remedies for their acquisition of shares in Japanese supermarket group Seiyu from Walmart.

    GCR 100 2022 Edition

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