Ryo Kotoura
Partner- 03-6888-1161
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Practice Areas
Practice
Ryo Kotoura is a partner of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune working primarily in the field of Japan-India related matters. With his experience working at an Indian law firm, he regularly advises on domestic clients advancing to India (establishment and operation of local subsidiaries, branch and liaison offices), joint ventures and acquisition of local companies (including those acquired through tender offer), research of regulations and support for filings, support for conclusion of distributorship agreements and agency agreements, employment management, management of intellectual property rights, litigation, as well as on other legal issues that Japanese companies often face in India.
He also advises domestic clients on M&A, corporate restructuring and internal compliance matters.
He also advises domestic clients on M&A, corporate restructuring and internal compliance matters.
Practice Groups
・Corporate Transaction
・Intellectual Property Law
・Intellectual Property Law
Publications/Lectures
・ | "Labor & Employment issues in India" lectured for the seminar organized by Chu-bu Seisansei Honbu. (December 2011) |
・ | "Bribery Risks Overseas" lectured for the seminar organized by AM&T (November 2011) |
・ | "Checking Overseas Business Risks - Basic knowledge in doing business in India (1) - (5)," Kaisya Homu A2Z, (July, August, September, November, December 2011) |
・ | "Establishment of joint ventures and acquisition of companies in India" lectured for the seminar organized by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC (July 2011) |
・ | "The key points for expanding business to India No.1-No.6" (Fuji Sankei Business i) (April, May 2011) |
・ | "Outline of M&A regulations in India" (M&A Review) (May 2011) (Vol.25, No,3) |
・ | "Deemed public company regulations under Indian Companies Act," Kokusai Shoji Homu, Vol. 39, No. 4 (April 2011) |
・ | "Key points for expanding business to India from a legal perspective" lectured for the seminar organized by Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (March 2011) |
・ | "Recent trends of M&A Regulations in India," lectured for the seminar organized by FN Holdings, Co., Ltd (March 2011) |
・ | "Deemed public company regulations under Indian Companies Act," Kokusai Shoji Homu, Vol. 39, No. 2 (February 2011) |
・ | "Labor & Employment issues in India " lectured for the seminar organized by JAPIA (December 2010) |
・ | "Legal Risk for doing Business in India - Part 2-," Kaisya Homu A2Z, (December 2010) |
・ | "Legal issues for doing business in India -2010-" lectured for the seminar organized by the Institute for Financial Affairs Co., Ltd (November 2010) |
・ | "Legal Risk for doing Business in India - Part 1-," Kaisya Homu A2Z, (November 2010) |
・ | "Searching successful factors and structures for establishing a business company in India - Practice and research of legal task and successful requirements for establishing and managing a business company in India," lectured for the seminar organized by Business Research Institute (October 2010) |
・ | "How to establish a wholly-owned-subsidiary or a joint venture company in India, with examples of success of failure" lectured for the seminar organized by Japan Planning Institute (September 2010) |
・ | "Notes when entering into a service agreement with an Indian company," Business Law Journal, No.32, (November 2010) |
・ | "Fast-growing Indian Business ~Expectation on Potential Growth and Countermeasures for Business Risk~," lectured for the seminar organized by the Nikkei Inc. (September 2010) |
・ | "Lectures on Indian Business Law (serial form)," The Daily NNA -India Edition-, (October 2008 - ) |
・ | "Labor Management in India - Difficulties in retrenchment of unskilled labour," Nikkei Business (June 2010) |
・ | "Competition Act, 2002" and recent competiton policy in India," Business Law Journal, No.23, (February 2010) |
・ | "Legal issues for doing business in India ~2010~,"lectured for the seminar organized by the Financial Management Forums, Inc. (February 2010) |
・ | "Update of Policy on Foreign Direct Investment in India (Overview of Press Note 7 (2008))," Kokusai Shoji Homu, Vol. 37, No. 8 (August 2009) |
・ | "Latest M&A Precedents and Practices" (Hanrei Times Co., Ltd. July 2009) (co-author) |
・ | "Commercial Dispute Resolution in India (1)-(8)," JCA Journal, Nos. 55-7 through 55-10, 55-12 (2008), 56-1, 56-3, 56-6 (2009) (co-author) |
・ | "Regulations on Acquisition and Transfer of Shares of Indian Domestic Company by Nonresident - Focusing on Takeover Regulations-," Kokusai Shoji Homu, Vol. 36, No. 10 (October 2008) |
・ | "M&A in India (Part II)," lectured for the seminar organized by the Japan Institute for Overseas Investment (October 2008) |
・ | "Summary of Indian Companies Act," lectured for the seminar organized by the Financial Treasury Institute (Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai) (October 2008) |
・ | "M&A in India," lectured for the seminar organized by the Japan Institute for Overseas Investment (June 2008) |
・ | "Overview of Indian Companies Act (produced by JETRO)," (May, 2008) |
・ | "Shareholder's Rights under the Indian Companies Act," Shoji Homu No. 1832 (May 2008) |
・ | "A Dozen of Pitfalls in Doing Business in India," Nikkei Business Online (April 2008) |
・ | "Introduction to Legal, Accounting and Taxation Practice for Doing Business in India," lectured for the seminar organized by Business Research Institute (March 2008) |
・ | "Nireco Case" "Yumeshin Holding Co., Ltd. vs Japan Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd. Case," (Featured articles - Disputes, current regulations and issues thereof in the area of M&As) (Hanrei Times No. 1259) (March 2008) |
・ | "Overview of Foreign Investment Regulations in India," Kokusai Shoji Homu, Vol. 36, No. 2 (February 2008) and No. 3 (March 2008) |
・ | "Regulations on Depositary Receipts in India - in Consideration of the Establishment of Japanese Depositary Receipts (JDR) -," Shoji Homu No. 1815 (November 2007) |
・ | Compass for M&A Law (Seirin Shoin Co., Ltd., 2007) (co-author) |
・ | 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) |
Education
Kyoto University (LL.B., 2002); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, 2002-2003. Associated with Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co, Mumbai, India (September 2007 - May 2008). Graduate study, Columbia Law School (LL.M., 2009).
Professional Admissions
・Japan (2003)
・New York (2010)
・New York (2010)
Professional and Academic Associations
・Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association
・New York State Bar Association
・New York State Bar Association
Languages
・Japanese (first language)
・English
・English
