People

Keiji Tonomura

Partner

Tokyo Office

Keiji Tonomura

Partner

Tokyo Office

People

Keiji Tonomura is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and intellectual property and information technology related transactions and counseling. He has extensive experience representing global and local clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances and other complex business transactions as well as data security and data privacy issues across a range of industry sectors, with a particular focus on the TMT (technology, media and telecoms) sectors and the new business fields generated by the development of emerging technologies, such as sharing economy, Fintech, IoT and AI. He also regularly provides global and local clients with corporate governance related and other general corporate advice.

Practice Areas

Languages

Japanese, English

Qualifications

2007(-2012), 2014, Japan (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association)

Practice Areas

Languages

Japanese, English

Qualifications

2007(-2012), 2014, Japan (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association)

Education/Professional Experience

2004: Kyoto University (LL.B.)
2006: Kyoto University Law School (J.D.)
2007 -: Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
2013: Columbia Law School (LL.M., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)
2013 - 2014: Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago
2018 - present: Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Keiji Tonomura

Keiji Tonomura

Education/Professional Experience

Seminars

Key Issues of the LDP’s “NFT White Paper – Japan’s NFT Strategy for the Web 3.0 Era”

2022 General Meetings of Shareholders—Management of General Meetings of Shareholders in the New Age

What You Need to Know to Comply with the Amended Act on the Protection of Personal Information Act Before its Introduction on April 1, 2022—Commentary by a Lawyer from the Personal Information Protection Commission who was Involved in the Amendment of the Act

Personal Information and Data Protection Seminar “Recent Noteworthy Developments in Japan, Europe, North and South America for Japanese Companies”

Publications

The Legal 500: 6th Edition TMT Country Comparative Guide – Japan

Lexology Getting the Deal Through – Technology M&A 2023 Japan

Chambers Global Practice Guides Artificial Intelligence 2022 Japan – Law & Practice

Chambers Global Practice Guides Artificial Intelligence 2022 Japan – Trends & Developments

Awards

NO&T receives high evaluation in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023

NO&T recognized by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023

High evaluation received in the 2023 Edition of “The Best Lawyers in Japan” and “The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan”

Topics

Keiji Tonomura appointed as the Expert Member of Study Group on Data Contract Guidelines in Agricultural Sector, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Keiji Tonomura appointed as a member of Working Group for Study Group on Data Contract Guidelines, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

Announcing New Partners and Counsel of NO&T