Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Labor and Employment, Competition and Anti-Monopoly

Equity Partner

Admitted in Japan (1995)

Japan Bar Examination Committee (Member 2022 - 2024)

English and Japanese

The Tokyo Bar Association (Japan) 1995

Japan Bar Examination Committee (Member 2022 - 2024)

Rotary Club of Tokyo Marunouchi (President 2020-2021 and 2023-2024)

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1991)

The University of Tokyo (LL.M.1993)

Cornell Law School (LL.M., 1999)

For more than 30 years as a professional lawyer, I have been concentrating on "Labor & Employment" and "Competition & Anti-Monopoly", since 1995.   It is my understanding that both areas do share the same fundamental value (i.e, a big twist to the "right to enter into contracts").   In light of my experince I could give advice on what companies should and should not do, from a practical viewpoint, in order to protect their interest.  Thurgood acts on behalf of both Japanese and non-Japanese multinational companies, advising them on all aspects of "labor and employment" and "competition and anti-monopoly".  Specifically:

I. Collective Labor-Matters (Collective Bargaining Sessions with Labor Unions, Concerted Activities (Strike, Picketing, and so on) of Labor Unions)

II. Individual Employment Matters (Recruitment and Hiring, Dismissal and Voluntary Resignation, Restructuring, Pay Cut, Disciplinary Actions, Internal Transfer, External Secondment, Workers Dispatch and Service-Providing Contract, Job Search, Employment of Aged People and Disabled People, Establishment of Wage Payment Systems and Retirement Benefit Systems, Implementation of Pay-per-Performance Systems and Employee Evaluation Systems, Failure to Pay Overtime Work Allowances, Moonlighting, Sexual Harassment, Bullying, Pregnancy Discrimination, Mental Health, Occupational Safety and Health, Maternity Leave and Child Care Leave, Preparation of and Amendment to Work Rules of Employment, Preparation of Employment Contracts, Fixed-Term Employment Contracts, Executive Service Agreements, Prevention of Infringement of Corporate Data by Employees, Companies’ Protection and Transfer of Employees’ Data, Companies’ Rights Subsisting in Employees’ Invention or Works of Authorship, Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Clauses, Whistle-blowing.

III.  Employment of Part-Time Employees, Fixed-Term Employees, and Non-Japanese Workers (including their visa and Status of Residence (Residing Permit), etc.)

IV.  Competition and Anti-Monopoly Law (the Act on Appropriate Transactions with Small-Sized & Mediumm-Sized Service Providers, the Act on Appropriate Contracts with Freelancers, abuse of absolutely dominant positions, dealing with investigations by the Fair Trade Commission, etc.)

V.  White-Collar Crimes, Internal Investigations & Crisis Management

VI.  Labor Insurance, Social Insurance and Pension Plans (Workers Accident Compensation Insurance, Unemployment Insurance, Health Insurance, Welfare Pension Insurance, Defined Contribution Pension Plan, and Defined Benefit Pension Plan, etc.)

VII. Labor and Employment Related Dispute Resolution and Litigation (Labor-Related and Employment-Related Litigation, Mediation on Individual Employment Dispute, Employment Tribunal Dispute Resolution, Remedy for Unfair Labor Practices, etc.)

VIII.  Business and Human Rights

Giving a lecture/ seminar and writing a thesis/ book on "Labor & Employment" and "Competition & Anti-Monopoly".

Author of "Japanese Labor & Employment Law and Practice 5th Edition" (Daiichi-Hoki, 2021)