Kenichi Nakano: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Practice Areas

Corporate and Commercial Law　 Corporate Governance　 Corporate Compliance, Anti-Corruption and Investigations　 Establishing a Business Presence in Japan　 M&A　 Financial Regulation　 Real Estate Transactions　 Employment Law and Compliance　 IP Licensing and Transactions　 Copyright and Entertainment　 Commercial Litigation　 International Litigation and Arbitration　 Alternative Dispute Resolution　 IP Infringement Litigation/Dispute Resolution　 Employment Litigation and Dispute Resolution 　 Tax Litigation and Dispute Resolution　 Financial and Securities Dispute Resolution　

Practice

Kenichi Nakano is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, whose practice is focused on providing legal advice on activities required to conduct business in Japan, including such matters as establishment of a business presence in Japan, advising on regulatory requirements, preparing IT service agreements, rules of employment, and joint venture agreements. Mr. Nakano advises financial institutions in the areas of real estate trust law, the FSA inspection process, and inter-bank transactions. He also represents clients in various types of litigation involving patent, copyright, real estate, financial futures, labor and commercial transactions issues.

Recent Litigation Cases

・	A case to contest a decision of corporation tax assessment on a foreign silent partner in a silent partnership Tokyo District Court decision dated September 30, 2005 Tokyo High Court Decision dated June 28, 2007
・	A case concerning copyright in a movie Intellectual Property Right High Court decision dated September 13, 2006

Practice Groups

・Intellectual Property Law
・China Practice

Publications/Lectures

・	“Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Q&A,” Roppo Publications, 1987 (co-author)
・	“Copyright Protection of Computer ‘Interfaces’ in Japan,” European Intellectual Property Review, Vol. 2, No. 37 (1990)
・	Lecture, “High-Tech Crime in the Internet Era”

Education

・	Tokyo University (LL.B., 1977)
・	New York University (M.C.J., 1984)
・	Trained at a law firm in the United States

Professional Admissions

・Japan (1980)
・New York (1985)

Professional and Academic Associations

・Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association
・International Bar Association
・American Bar Association
・Commercial Arbitrator, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and China Chamber of International Commerce (January 2009 - December 2011)

Languages

・Japanese (first language)
・English