Etsuko Hara
Partner
- TEL:
- 81-3-6775-1088
- FAX:
- 81-3-6775-2088
Etsuko Hara is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune with broad experience in the area of antitrust, including international cartel cases, multi-jurisdictional merger filings as well as distribution arrangements, franchising, and strategic alliances. She handles various inbound and outbound cross border transactions, especially in the form of direct investment, joint ventures, and distribution, license and franchise agreements.
Practice Areas
Topics
Dec 14, 2023
Nov 29, 2023
Background
| 1998 | The University of Tokyo (LL.B.) |
|---|---|
| Oct 2001 | The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan/Admitted as a lawyer in Japan(Daini Tokyo Bar Association)/Joined our office |
| May 2006 | graduate study, Columbia University School of Law (LL.M) |
| Sep 2006 - Mar 2007 | Associated with Allen & Overy, Brussels, Belgium |
| Apr 2007 | Returned to our office |
| Apr 2007 | Admitted as a lawyer in New York |
| Jan 2011 | Became a partner of our firm |
| Apr 2012 - Mar 2016 | Acted as a member of the Japanese law translation council |
| Apr 2013 - Sep 2018 | Worked as an adjunct professor of Hitotsubashi University (School of law) |
| Apr 2019 - Mar 2022 | Worked as an associate professor, The University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics |
| Mar 2020 | Lectured at Columbia University School of Law, as a Tokyo University Visiting Professor of Law |
| Mar 2021 | Lectured at Columbia University School of Law |
| Apr 2022 | Lectured at Columbia University School of Law |
| Apr 2022 - | Work as an adjunct professor, The University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics |
| Apr 2023 - | Work as an adjunct professor, The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law |
| Mar 2024 - | Outside Director of GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. |
Publications
Franchise 2024
Getting the Deal Through
Apr 2023
International Trade 2023
Chambers and Partners
Dec 2022
Franchise 2023
Getting the Deal Through
Jul 2022
Japanese Anti-monopoly Act - Annotated（Edition 2）
KOUBUNDOU Publishers Inc.
Feb 2022
Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice Fifth Edition
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Nov 2021
Doing Business In... 2021 - Law & Practice
Chambers and Partners
Aug 2021
Analysis of recent movements and the complaint filed US DOJ et al. against Google based on Article 2 of Sherman Act
Business Houmu (Vol.21 No.3)
Jan 2021
Roundtable of women in education: Is the legal profession a good career option for women?
The University of Tokyo Faculty of Law brochure
Dec 2020
Doing Business In.. 2020 - Law & Practice
Chambers and Partners
Jul 2020
Franchise 2021
Getting the Deal Through
Jul 2020
Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice Fourth Edition
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Sep 2019
Doing Business In... 2019 - Law & Practice
Chambers and Partners
Jul 2019
Franchise 2019
Getting the Deal Through
Jul 2018
Japan: Merger Control
The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review 2018
Mar 2018
Franchise 2018
Getting the Deal Through
Sep 2017
Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice Third Edition
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Sep 2017
Leniency Regimes Fifth Edition (Japan Chapter)
European Lawyer Reference
Sep 2015
Aug 2015
The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review 2015Japan: CartelsJapan: Merger Control
The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review 2015
Mar 2015
Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice Second Edition
LexisNexis Japan
Oct 2014
Franchise 2015
Getting the Deal Through
Aug 2014
The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review 2014Japan: CartelsJapan: Merger Control
The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review 2014
Mar 2014
Feb 2014
Franchise 2014
Getting the Deal Through
Sep 2013
Apr 2013
Japan: CartelsJapan: Merger Control
The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review 2013
Feb 2013
Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice
LexisNexis Hong Kong
Dec 2012
Japan's new caselaw on dominant position bargaining
The 2012 Guide to Competition and Antitrust
Oct 2012
Franchise 2013
Getting the Deal Through
Sep 2012
Franchise 2012
Getting the Deal Through
Oct 2011
The importance of consultation
The 2011 guide to Competition & antitrust
Oct 2011
The Franchisor's Guide to International Franchising (Japan Chapter)
The Franchisor's Guide to International Franchising
Jun 2011
Are Franchisees categorized as "workers"?
Business Houmu
May 2011
Franchise 2011
Getting the Deal Through
Sep 2010
Japan: The best approach
The 2010 guide to Mergers and Acquisitions
Jun 2010
IFLR The 2009 guide to Competition and antitrust (Japan chapter)
International Financial Law Review
Oct 2009
Franchise 2010
Getting the Deal Through
Oct 2009
ANALYSIS Take Over Bid
Shojihomu
Sep 2009
Japanese Business Law and Practice
Law Press China
May 2009
Franchise 2009
Getting the Deal Through
Oct 2008
IFLR The 2008 guide to Competition and antitrust (Japan Chapter)
International Financial Law Review
Oct 2008
Franchise 2008
Getting the Deal Through
Oct 2007
Franchise 2007
Getting the Deal Through
Oct 2006
Securities World 2005
Securities World 2005
May 2005
Lectures
ESG/Sustainability / 2023 Antitrust Law Section Global Seminar Series: Tokyo (GSS)
American Bar Association
Nov 29, 2023
On the rise? Complex investigations and novel theories of harm in the Asia-Pacific / GCR LIVE: Global Merger Control 2023
Law Business Research
Oct 12, 2023
"Sustainability agreements and competition law: any green light at the end of the tunnel?" at the IBA Competition Mid-Year Conference
International Bar Association
Jun 8, 2023
2022 3rd APCC International Symposium
"Competition Law and Policy at Crossroads"
Asia-Pacific Competition Community
Dec 16, 2022
ABA Cartel Workshop in Lisbon 2022
American Bar Association
Jun 27, 2022
Global Supply Chains and Economic Security ~ Recent Trends and Issues including Economic Sanction against Russia, US-China Technology-Hegemony Battle, and Export Control ~
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Jun 24, 2022
Antitrust Issues in Digital Platform
The Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
Jun 17, 2021
Latest Antitrust Challenges and Issues on Online Platforms in the Asia Pacific Region
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, JunHe LLP, Slaughter and May, Gilbert + Tobin, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, Allen & Gledhill、Kim & Chang
Nov 30, 2020
"New enforcement trends against vertical restraints in the online world" at the IBA Competition Mid-Year Conference
International Bar Association
Jun 6, 2019
Personal Liability in Cartel Cases
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Nov 6, 2018
Trump administration's trade war - how Japanese Companies should correspond
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Oct 31, 2018
"Fashion in the Digital Age" of Annual Conference of the International Bar Association 2018
International Bar Association
Oct 9, 2018
Legal Topics in Cross-border M&A Transactions - Locked Box, W&I Insurance and Antitrust Issues
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Osaka Office
Jul 20, 2018
Legal Topics in Cross-border M&A Transactions - Locked Box, W&I Insurance and Antitrust Issues
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Nagoya Office
Jul 11, 2018
ABA Cartel Workshop in Paris 2018
American Bar Association
Feb 15, 2018
“Franchising and Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruptions Laws” of Annual Conference of the International Bar Association 2017
International Bar Association
Oct 12, 2017
Extraterritorial Application of Foreign Laws: Application to Japanese Companies
Corporate Management Forums, Inc.
Mar 10, 2014
Legal Practice regarding Act Concerning Special Measures for Pass-on of Consumption Tax
The Association of Corporate Legal Departments
Jan 9, 2014
Recent trends in EC competition law
Japan Pharmaceutical Industry Legal Affairs Association/Economic Law Research Department
Mar 12, 2009
Achievements
Dec 14, 2023
Oct 4, 2023
Aug 19, 2023
Apr 26, 2023
Apr 20, 2023
Dec 15, 2022
Nov 2, 2022
Sep 22, 2022
Sep 22, 2022
Apr 14, 2022
Oct 9, 2021
Apr 15, 2021
Sep 1, 2020
Apr 9, 2020
Nov 29, 2019
Apr 4, 2019
Nov 7, 2018
Jul 18, 2018
Nov 2, 2017
Nov 2, 2016
Professional Admissions
- Japan (2001)
- New York (2007)
Professional and Academic Associations
- Daini Tokyo Bar Association
Languages
- Japanese (first language)
- English