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Yusuke Nakano

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Practice

Yusuke Nakano is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, with broad experience in the areas of antitrust, business dispute resolution, mergers and acquisitions, and intellectual property. In the antitrust area, he has particularly broad experience in cartel investigation and merger control, including international ones. Further, Mr. Nakano has assisted many Japanese companies and individuals involved in antitrust cases in foreign jurisdictions, in close cooperation with co-counsel in those jurisdictions. He has also represented various companies in administrative, civil and criminal litigation, mass and complex litigation, innovative mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and licensing arrangements.

In addition to his professional experience at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Mr. Nakano worked for the New York law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, as a foreign intern (2001 to 2002).

Practice Groups

・Corporate Transactions
・Competition Law

Publications/Lectures

"The Present Situation and Future Challenges of Merger Control in Japan" (Jurist No. 1437 [February 2012 issue])
"The Merger Control Review, Second Edition" (Japan chapter) (Law Business Research, 2011) (co-author)
"Review of US & EU Competition Law Cases" (Shoji Homu, March 2011 (Japanese))(co-editor and co-author)
"International Cartels: Investigation and cooperation among authorities and (limits for) assessing effects worldwide" participated as a panelist at Antitrust Leaders' Forum 2011 in Miami, United States (February 2011)
"Explanatory Notes for a Tokyo High Court judgment where a decision of the JFTC to impose surcharges on four entrepreneurs was revoked and imposition of surcharges was completely negated" (Tokyo High Court Judgment issued on March 19, 2010) (Jurist No. 1403 [July 1, 2010 issue])
"Compliance-related Issues concerning Concerted Refusal to Deal, Unjust Low Price Sales, Discriminatory Pricing and Resale Price Maintenance under the Anti-Monopoly Act Revised in 2009" (Kosei Torihiki, No. 713 (Japanese) )
"Japanese Business Law and Practice" (Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Law Press China, May 2009)
"IFLR The 2009 guide to Competition and antitrust" (Japan chapter) (International Financial Law Review, 2009) (co-author)
"IFLR The 2008 guide to Competition and antitrust" (Japan chapter) (International Financial Law Review, 2008) (co-author)
"Due Process in Investigation of International Cartel Cases" (Kosei Torihiki, No. 693 (Japanese))
"Pharmaceutical Antitrust" (Japan chapter) (Global Competition Review, 2008, 2009 and 2010 editions) (co-author)
"Leniency Regimes" (Japan chapter) (European Lawyer Reference, 2007 and 2010) (co-author)
"Intellectual Property & Antitrust" (Japan chapter) (Global Competition Review, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 editions) (co-author)
"Newly Introduced Voluntary Surrender System Under the Anti-Monopoly Act of Japan - Decision and Timing for Application under the Leniency System" (The Lawyers, January 2007 (Japanese))
"Q&As on Antitrust Practice" (Seirin Shoin, 2007 (Japanese)) (co-author)
"Practical Issues regarding Antitrust Law in Japan, the United States and Europe" lectured at a seminar held at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune (October 2006)
"Submitting Opinions Against M&A Transactions to the Fair Trade Commission of Japan" (The asialaw Japan Review, Volume 2 Issue 2, October 2006 (Japanese and English))
"Recent Updates and Points to Keep in Mind regarding Compliance Program" (Lexis Kigyo Homu, Vol. 8, August 2006 (Japanese))
"Whistleblower Protection Act and Compliance" (Lexis Kigyo Homu, Vol. 6, June 2006 (Japanese))
"U.S. Litigation Updates" editorial supervision of class action section (Lexis Hanrei Sokuho, Vol. 5, March 2006 - Vol. 24, October 2007)
"Mealey's Litigation Report" editorial supervision of class action section (Lexis Kigyo Homu, Vol. 23, November 2007 - Vol. 24, December 2007 (Japanese))
"Governance System under the Corporation Act" (Lexis Kigyo Homu, Vol.1, January 2006 (Japanese)) 
"Rethinking Your Licensing Practices: Japan IP and Competition Law" lectured at In-House Congress Tokyo 2005 (September 2005)
"Public Procurement" (Japan chapter) (Global Competition Review, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009 editions)(2007 and 2010 editions, co-author)
"Antitrust Policy and Developments in Japan, the United States and Europe" (Japan-related part) lectured at a seminar held at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune (April 2005)
"Merger Control Under the Anti-Monopoly Act of Japan" (The asialaw Japan Review, Volume 1 Issue 1, April 2005 (Japanese and English)) (co-author) 
"Proposed Deregulation of Consideration for Mergers Under the New Corporation Act of Japan" (The asialaw Japan Review, Volume 1 Issue 1, April 2005 (Japanese and English)) 
"Making Full Use of Computers in Legal Practice" (K.K. Tall, Publishers, 1999 (Japanese)) (co-author)

Education

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1994)
Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2001)

Professional Admissions

Japan (1997)
New York (2002)

Professional and Academic Associations

・Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association
・American Bar Association, Sections of Antitrust Law and Litigation
・Adjunct Lecturer, Hitotsubashi University (2004, 2007-2009)
・Competition Law Forum
・Member, Council of Experts for Promoting Translation of Japanese Laws and Regulations into Foreign Languages, Cabinet Secretariat (June 2006 - March 2009)
・Adjunct Lecturer, Hitotsubashi Law School (2009 - present)
・International Bar Association
・Inter Pacific Bar Association

Languages

・Japanese (first language)
・English