Etsuko Hara

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Practice Areas

Key Practice Areas
Corporate and Commercial Law　 Corporate Governance　 Establishing a Business Presence in Japan　 M&A　 Merger Control　 EU　 US　 Asia and Emerging Countries　 Competition Compliance　 International Competition Practice　 Distribution Issues/Premiums and Representations Act/Subcontract Act/Unfair Trade Practices Act　 IP Licensing and Transactions　 Copyright and Entertainment　 Interplay of Intellectual Property and Competition Law　
Related Practice Areas
Acquisition Finance 　 Project Finance/PFI 　 Venture Capital　 Private Equity　 Banking　 Health Care, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences 　 IT and Telecommunications Law and Regulation　 JFTC Investigation / Proceedings, Leniency and Litigation　 Corporate Compliance, Anti-Corruption and Investigations　 China　 India　 Other Jurisdiction　

Practice

Etsuko Hara is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune with broad experience in the area of corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, financial transactions and general corporate. Her scope of experience also includes antitrust and franchising. She handles various inbound and outbound cross border transactions.

Practice Groups

・Corporate Transaction
・Financial Services & Transactions
・Competition Law

Publications/Lectures

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"The importance of consultation," The 2011 guide to Competition & antitrust (Edited by IFLR)(co-author)
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"Review of US & EU Competition Law Cases,"  (Shoji Homu, March 2011) (co-author)
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"Are Franchisees categorized as "workers"?," Business Houmu (May 2011) (co-author)
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"Items to consider when commencing or terminating a franchise agreement to avoid disputes," Business Houmu (April 2011) (co-author)
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"Non-compete clauses and liquidated damages in franchise agreements," International Law Office (October 2010) (co-author)
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"Telling it like it is: a franchisor's disclosure obligations," International Law Office (July 2010)
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"The 2010 guide to Mergers and Acquisitions," (Japan chapter) (International Financial Law Review, 2010) (co-author)
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"Legal Affairs and Practice of Business Reconstruction - Examining Legal Issues Accompanied with "Selection and Concentration"," lecture presented at a seminar organized by Shoji Houmu (December 2009)
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"ANALYSIS Take Over Bid" (Shoji Homu 2009) (co-author)
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"Japanese Business Law and Practice" (Anderson Mori and Tomotsune, Law Press China, May 2009)
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"Recent trends in EC competition law," lectured at the seminar held by Japan Pharmaceutical Industry Legal Affairs Association/Economic Law Research Department (12 March 2009)
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"IFLR The 2008 guide to Competition and antitrust," (Japan chapter) (International Financial Law Review, 2008) (co-author)
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Franchise 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 & 2012 (Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research)　
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Guide to Japan's New Corporation Law: An analysis of the new corporate >system based upon a review of the new provisions >(Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc., 2005) (co-author)
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"Merger control in Japan" (The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review 2004)(Global Competition Review)(co-author)

Education

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1998); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, 2000-2001; graduate study, Columbia University School of Law (LL.M., 2006). Associated with Allen & Overy, Brussels, Belgium, September 2006 - March 2007.

Professional Admissions

・Japan (2001)
・New York (2007)

Professional and Academic Associations

・Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association

Languages

・Japanese (first language)
・English