People

Yoshitoshi Imoto

Partner

Tokyo Office

Yoshitoshi Imoto

Partner

Tokyo Office

People

Yoshitoshi Imoto is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. He advises on all aspects of competition law for both domestic and multi-national clients in connection with M&A, joint ventures and strategic alliance projects as well as cartel investigations and follow-on private lawsuits.
He has abundant experiences and expertise in handling merger control for high profile mergers particularly in pharmaceutical industry, semi-conductor and electronics sectors and highly concentrated chemical/metal and other materials businesses. His recent professional highlights also include counseling for both domestic and international clients in relation to international cartel investigations on electronics, financial products and auto-parts.
He is a graduate of the University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2001) and Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2008). He was admitted to the Japan Bar in 2002 and worked as visiting attorney at Slaughter and May (Brussels, Competition Group) from 2012 to 2013. He also serves as director of Japan Competition Law Forum. He is fluent in Japanese and English.
He has been continuously recognized by Chambers Asia-Pacific, Legal 500 (as one of the Leading Individuals in Antitrust and Competition) and Who’s Who Legal: Competition – Future Leaders 2017 and 2018

Practice Areas

Languages

Japanese, English

Qualifications

2002, Japan (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association)

Practice Areas

Languages

Japanese, English

Qualifications

2002, Japan (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association)

Education/Professional Experience

2001: The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
2002 -: Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
2008: Harvard Law School (LL.M.)
2008 - 2010: Masuda International, New York
2010: Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu NY LLP
2012 - 2013: Slaughter & May, Brussels
2014 - present: Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Yoshitoshi Imoto

Yoshitoshi Imoto

Education/Professional Experience

Seminars

Features of Business Combination Investigations in M&A of Pharmaceutical Companies and Recent Competition Law Cases

Enforcement of Business Combination Regulations under the Biden Administration

Class 8 “The role of businesses” How to design optimal regulations and governance – from the viewpoint of competition law enforcement in the digital era

Antitrust Law Seminar “Key Points on the Japanese Equivalent of the Attorney-Client Privilege (Protections for Specified Communications)”

Publications

Lexology Getting the Deal Through – Cartel Regulation 2023 Japan

JFTC merger review to increase reliance on 4c/4d-style internal documents

Lexology Getting the Deal Through – Cartel Regulation 2022 Japan

Compliance with the Anti-Monopoly Act in light of the Introduction of the Invoice System

Awards

High evaluation received in the 2024 Edition of “The Best Lawyers in Japan”

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

NO&T receives high evaluation in Nikkei’s “Reliable Law Firm Rankings” and “Best Performing Lawyers Rankings 2022”

Topics

Announcing New Partners of NO&T

Opening of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu New York Office