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O'Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho

MEIJI YASUDA SEIMEI BUILDING, 11TH FLOOR, 2-1-1, MARUNOUCHI, CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO 100-0005, JAPAN

Japan : Antitrust and competition law

Within International firms and joint ventures, O’Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho is a third tier firm,

O’Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho’s dispute resolution partner Scott Nonaka has experience assisting Japanese clients during US antitrust investigations.

Japan : Corporate and M&A

Within International firms and joint ventures, O’Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho is a third tier firm,

O’Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho suffered a blow when former practice head Dale Araki joined Morrison & Foerster Ito & Mitomi, but the firm remains involved in headline deals, such as the representation of Western Digital Corporation in its $4.8bn acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. New group head Mangyo Kinoshita is ‘very prompt and energetic’, and is ‘always thinking in the best interests of the client’. Counsel Scott Sugino is also recommended.

Japan : Dispute resolution

Within International firms and joint ventures, O’Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho is a third tier firm,

Yoji Maeda heads O’Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho’s team, which defended hundreds of consumer finance companies in the kabarai litigation. Scott Nonaka leads the international disputes group, which handles international arbitration, antitrust issues and Department of Justice investigations. The firm is representing Asahi Tec Corporation in an action brought by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) in Federal District Court in Washington DC. The PBGC alleges that Asahi Tec is liable for $175m in unfunded pensions liabilities and termination penalties following the termination of the pension scheme of Asahi Tec’s former US subsidiary.

Japan : Intellectual property

Within International firms and joint ventures, tier 5

O’Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho has an active contentious and non-contentious IP practice handling cross-border patent disputes, R&D and licensing agreements, e-commerce counselling, and complex transactional strategic alliances and joint ventures. Clients include GDC Technology, Look Incorporated and Mitsui & Co. Mangyo Kinoshita is recommended.

Japan : Labour and employment

Within International firms and joint ventures, O’Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho is a second tier firm,

O’Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho provides its corporate clients with comprehensive service that includes labour and employment advice. As such, the Tokyo team assisted Western Digital Corporation with such issues arising from its acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. Yoji Maeda is an experienced adviser.


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