Lawyers

Yuji Nanameki is a partner and a member of the firm’s corporate practice. Mr. Nanameki started his legal career at an international law firm in Tokyo. In that law firm, representing many foreign companies and Japanese companies, Mr. Nanameki handled various cross border and domestic cases with a particular focus on investment cases, intellectual property related disputes, and anti-dumping and safeguard cases.Mr. Nanameki then served as the head of the legal department of several global Japanese companies for nearly 20 years. He handled various important legal matters, particularly the purchase and sale of businesses, mergers and acquisitions, the establishment and winding down of joint ventures, international cartel investigation cases, patent infringement matters, international tax issues, and security and trade matters. Mr. Nanameki has a particular expertise in the minimization of cartel risk, having handled many international cartel investigation cases in the EU, the USA, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, China, Singapore, Brazil, and other jurisdictions. Mr. Nanameki has also handled related class action matters in the USA and Canada. Mr. Nanameki also has expertise in the establishment and improvement of compliance and risk/crisis management systems for companies and their related entities.Mr. Nanameki is one of original members of Japan In-House Lawyers Association (JILA), and was an arbitrator for the Bar Association Arbitration Center, a member of the JFTC Competition Law Forum, the Risk Management Committee of the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industrial Association (JEITA), and the Managing Committee of the Association of Corporate Legal Departments (Keiei-houyu-kai).Mr. Nanameki received his LL.B. from the Gakushuin University Faculty of Law and studied at the Beasley School of Law at the Temple University Japan Campus. He taught civil law as a part-time lecturer at Gakushuin University.

Corporate

• General Corporate
• M&A
• Contracts
• Corporate Litigation
• Antitrust & Competition
• Labor & Human Resources
• Risk & Crisis Management, Misconduct Investigation
• IT
• Real Estate
• Intellectual Property

Competition law (antitrust, economic law, etc.), M&A (stock transfer, business transfer, etc.), international real estate transactions, international legal affairs, domestic and international litigation and arbitration, risk management, compliance, development of internal regulations and systems, internal fraud investigation, national or private projects

• ・Negotiation of T&C for M&A projects with European, U.S., Chinese, and Japanese companies, including business or assets transfers, acquisitions, and share acquisitions and sales
  ・Establishment and dissolution of joint ventures in China and Southeast Asian countries
  ・Establishment, restructuring, and dissolution of overseas subsidiaries in Europe, North and South America, and Asian countries
  ・Domestic and international litigation and arbitration

• ・Consulting for national projects in South Asia and Southeast Asia, such as energy, land and naval projects, etc.
  ・Trade projects such as anti-dumping, safeguard, etc. in South Asia and Southeast Asia
  ・International taxation matters such as PE, TP, APA, etc. with the U.S., China, etc.

• ・Patent litigation in Japan, Germany and the U.S., invalidation cases in Japan, and trademark and design infringement litigation in Japan
  ・Design license agreement with U.S. Major League Baseball team
  ・Customs injunctions against IP infringing goods, such as counterfeit goods
  ・Negotiation of exclusive contracts between musical instrument manufacturers and artists
  ・Negotiation of system development contracts, etc.

• ・Negotiation of Master Purchase Agreements, etc. between automakers, Tier 1, parts makers, etc. in Germany, the U.S., Canada, and Japan, and handling of defects
  ・Negotiation of development contracts, joint development contracts and business alliance contracts with companies, such as Smartphone Makers, in the U.S., Asia, Europe, and Japan
  ・Product liability and recall cases
  ・Negotiation of construction contracts and handling of disputes such as unequal sinking of large buildings such as factories.
  ・International Debt collection cases with European, Chinese and other countries

• ・Investigations of international cartel cases involving automotive parts, capacitors, inductors, CRTs, LCD panels, HDDs, etc. by antitrust/competition authorities in Europe, the U.S., Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Brazil, as well as class action litigation in the U.S. and Canadian Provincial Courts, and handling cases before the European Court of Justice.
  ・Internal investigations and audits of cartels, business embezzlement, breach of trust, and other corporate crimes for Japanese corporations
  ・Establishment and operation support of compliance and risk & crisis management systems (including establishment of internal rules and global rules) for individual companies and corporate groups

• ・Export control investigations such as EAR
  ・Compliance with European environmental regulations such as RoHS, ELV, Weee, REACH, etc.
  ・Handling of cases involving violations of air transport laws and regulations, including IATA and national aviation laws and regulations

• ・Whistleblower hotline
  ・Shareholder meeting support

• ・Drafting of non-compete agreements and handling of disputes
  ・Transaction negotiation and dispute resolution for domestic and international real estate transactions

• ・International taxation of wealthy individuals

• ・Bangladesh, Russia, France, etc. cases, and Tax Haven related cases in BVI, Seychelles, Hong Kong, etc.

• ・Bar Association, Center for Lawyers' Services, In-house Lawyers & Outside Directors Section
• ・Bar Association, International Committee
• ・Bar Association, Economic Law (Antitrust Law, Competition Law, etc.) Study Group
• ・Japan Fair Trade Commission(JFTC), Competition Law Forum
• ・Japan In-House Lawyers Association (JILA)
• ・Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA), Risk Management Expert Member (April 2002 - March 2007)
• ・Bar Association, Arbitration Center, Arbitrator (July 2004 - March 2009)
• ・The Association of Corporate Legal Departments (ACLD), Secretary (April 2014 - March 2017)

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