Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)
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The antitrust and competition department at Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) is lauded by clients for its ‘exemplary high standards of responsiveness and commercially sound advice’ and for its ‘consistently very high standards of professionalism’. The practice is dually headed by Junya Ae and Akira Inoue. Ae, who brings previous experience in competition policy matters, is an expert in cartel and merger control, while Inoue is especially experienced in international cartel cases and general antitrust matters. Other notable names within the ‘extremely knowledgeable’ team include the former secretary general of the Japan Fair Trade Commission Shuichi Sugahisa, Michio Suzuki for advice on the merger control aspects of M&A transactions, and associates Ryo Yamaguchi and Hiroaki Nagahashi.
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Key clients
- Sumitomo Corporation
- MUFG Bank, Ltd.
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Work highlights
- Advised NHK Spring and its subsidiaries in relation to the global cartel investigations for the disk suspension used for hard disk drive in the U.S., Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Brazil and Taiwan.
- Advised Japan Industrial Partners, Inc. in relation to foreign investment review aspects of the transaction where JIP jointly acquires 26% shares in Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. from Hitachi Ltd. with Itochu Corporation.
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