People

Ryohei Tanaka

Partner

Tokyo Office

Ryohei Tanaka

Partner

Tokyo Office

People

Ryohei Tanaka is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. He mainly advises on competition law related matters including merger control, cartel investigations and leniency applications, as well as general corporate, cross-border transactions and other compliance matters.
He is a graduate of the University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2004), University of Tokyo School of Law (J.D. 2006) and Stanford Law School (LL.M., 2014). He was admitted to the Japan Bar in 2007. He has worked for the Legal Head Quarters of Sanyo Electric (2012-2013) and as a foreign attorney at Arnold and Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (Brussels) (2013-2014). He is fluent in Japanese and English.

Practice Areas

Languages

Japanese, English

Qualifications

2007(-2011), 2014-, Japan (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association
2012-2013, Japan (Osaka Bar Association)

Practice Areas

Languages

Japanese, English

Qualifications

2007(-2011), 2014-, Japan (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association
2012-2013, Japan (Osaka Bar Association)

Education/Professional Experience

2004: The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
2006: The University of Tokyo School of Law (J.D.)
2007 -: Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
2012 - 2013: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
2014: Stanford Law School (LL.M., Corporate Governance & Practice)
2014 - 2015: Arnold & Porter LLP, Brussels
2018 - present: Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Ryohei Tanaka

Ryohei Tanaka

Education/Professional Experience

Seminars

Antitrust Law Seminar “Interview with the Former Director General of the Investigation Bureau: Response to the Revised Antimonopoly Act and Future Outlook of JFTC Investigation Practice”

Antitrust Law Seminar “The Amended Antimonopoly Act and Latest Practice Trends”

Antitrust Law Seminar – From Japan to the World and the World to Japan – Antitrust Practice in the Global Age

Publications

Regulatory Issues and Hurdles for M&A in Japan

Lexology Getting the Deal Through – Cartel Regulation 2022 Japan

Regulatory Issues and Hurdles for M&A in Japan

The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Merger Control 2021 – Chapter 19 Japan

Awards

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

NO&T receives high evaluation in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022

High evaluation received in the 2022 Edition of “The Best Lawyers in Japan”

Topics

Announcing New Partners and Counsel of NO&T