Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu has been providing legal services with regard to Japan's Antimonopoly Law and related laws for more than 30 years. Our Antimonopoly Law-related practice has experienced tremendous growth and covers almost all legal matters involving the Antimonopoly Law, including providing legal services in relation to (a) various types of M&A and strategic alliances (e.g., antitrust analysis, consultation with the Japan Fair Trade Commission for prior clearance, antitrust filings in Japan and coordination of filings outside Japan with regard to proposed M&A transactions), (b) investigation by competition authorities, leniency program advice, and advice on and representation in administrative proceedings, civil actions and criminal actions, (c) advice in relation to business matters (e.g., business policies such as pricing/distribution, contracts, activities of trade associations and prior consultation with the Japan Fair Trade Commission), and (d) compliance issues (e.g., compliance programs, seminars and legal audits).

Our antitrust practice is unique in that our antitrust lawyers not only possess widely recognized, in-depth expertise and highly specialized knowledge of the Antimonopoly Law, but also a wealth of broad and deep practice experience in all other areas of legal practice that intersect with antitrust-related laws, in both domestic and cross-border matters. Importantly, our firm also has substantial experience coordinating with colleagues in foreign jurisdictions in our mutual antitrust-law related representation of Japanese and foreign clients. As businesses continue to expand globally or are brought to Japan by their global business interests, a multitude of competition law concerns, unique to each national jurisdiction in which they operate, must be addressed. Our antitrust lawyers are able to draw upon their broad and diverse range of cross-border experiences and expert knowledge of the common legal principles and public policy concerns underlying national antitrust/competition laws to work efficiently with colleagues in other national jurisdictions to provide high-quality legal services that successfully achieve the business goals of our clients.

By teaming together the firm's antitrust lawyers with lawyers from the firm's other practice areas, such as our corporate or dispute resolution practice areas, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu is perfectly positioned to provide advice in connection with any issue that may arise over the course of an antitrust case, including advice on derivative suits, disclosures required under securities laws and crisis control.