Merger Control

We have handled numerous types of merger control matters for domestic and multi-national clients, including analyzing notifiability and substantive issues, leading the pre-notification consultation process and filing notifications with the authority, and if necessary, planning remedies for the most complex and controversial cases. We have dealt with high-profile merger control cases in Japan every year, and have taken the initiative in epoch-making cases such as those involving market definition and creative and novel remedies.

Furthermore, we have extensive experience in advising on the Japan Fair Trade Commission’s ex-officio investigations, which are driven by its fairly recent policy, regarding transactions not in compliance with the statutory compulsory filing requirements, especially in the high-tech and IT-related sectors.

Our antitrust/competition law practice is unique and highly respected in that we have antitrust lawyers who not only have in-depth expertise and highly specialized knowledge of Japanese antitrust law but are also knowledgeable about the antitrust/competition laws of various overseas jurisdictions, enabling us to provide our international clients with the most straightforward and on-point advice to successfully and expeditiously consummate their transactions.