Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Shigeyoshi Ezaki

Partner
  1. 81-3-6888-1058
  2. 81-3-6888-3058
Key Practice Areas
JFTC Investigation / Proceedings, Leniency and Litigation  Merger Control  Distribution Issues/Premiums and Representations Act/Subcontract Act/Unfair Trade Practices Act  Competition Compliance  International Competition Practice  IP Infringement Litigation/Dispute Resolution  IP Licensing and Transactions  Interplay of Intellectual Property and Competition Law  Corporate and Commercial Law  M&A 
Related Practice Areas
Commercial Litigation  Bankruptcy and Insolvency /Restructuring  India  Asia and Emerging Countries  US  EU  Other Jurisdiction 
Shigeyoshi Ezaki is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune and has a general corporate practice, which includes advising and assisting Japanese and foreign clients with respect to corporate law, antimonopoly law, trade regulations and intellectual property law. In addition to his professional experience at the firm, Mr. Ezaki worked for the New York firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges as a foreign attorney (1998 to 1999).
・Corporate Transactions
・Intellectual Property Law
・Competition Law
・"Parallel Importation and Patent Protection," International Commercial Litigation (Euromoney, Publishers)
・Case Commentary on Secondment, Employment Transfer, Retirement and Dismissal (Dai-ichi Hoki, Publishers, 2002) (co-author)
・Committee System Companies v. Corporate Auditor System Companies: Corporate Governance Systems After the 2002 Amendments to the Commercial Code (Chuo Keizai, Publishers) (co-author)
・"New Japanese Merger Guidelines" (Global Competition Review) (co-author)
・Lecture: "Legal Risk Management of the Holding Company and Directors Liability in the Trend of Company Group Management," Japan Press Club (January 28, 2003)
・"Merger control in Japan" (The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review 2004) (Global Competition Review) (co-author)
・"Series: Practical Points on Assistance for Business Rehabilitation, V., VI. M&A Scheme & Bankruptcy proceedings (I) (II)" (Kinyu Homu Jijyo, March & April, 2004) (co-author)
・"Competition Law and Policy in a Global Context" (Practitioners Panel) (IBA, April, 2004)
・"2005 Year In Review," ABA International Law Section, International Antitrust Committee, Japan Chapter, April 2006 (co-author)
・PLC Cross-border Competition Handbook 2006/07 Volume 2: Leniency (Practical Law Company, 2006) （co-author）
・"2006 Antitrust Year In Review," ABA International Law Section, International Antitrust Committee, Japan Chapter, April 2007 (co-author)
・"Leniency Regimes," (Japan chapter) (European Lawyer Reference, 2007, 2010) (co-author)
・"Getting the Deal Through - Private Antitrust Litigation 2009," Getting the Deal Through, Japan Chapter, October 2008 (co-author)
・"Recent Developments in Merger Review: New Jurisdictions, New Rules, New Challenges" (Speaker) (IBA, April, 2009)
・"Recent Trends in Private Antitrust Litigation in Japan," Global Competition Litigation Review(GCLR), Volume 3 Issue (January 2010)(co-author)
・"2009 Antitrust Year In Review," ABA International Law Section, International Antitrust Committee, Japan Chapter, April 2010 (co-author)
・"Japan: Merger control" (The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review 2010) (Global Competition Review) (co-author)
・"2010 Antitrust Year In Review," ABA International Law Section, International Antitrust Committee, Japan Chapter, April 2011 (co-author)
・Tokyo University (LL.B., 1992)
・Columbia University School of Law (LL.M., 1998)
・Trained at a law firm in the United States
・Japan (1994)
・New York (1999)
・Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association
・Inter-Pacific Bar Association
・Competition Law Forum
・Japanese (first language)
・English