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Asia-Pacific Guide 2023
Japan Competition/Antitrust
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Band 3

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Competition/Antitrust - Japan
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Band 3
What the team is known for

Jones Day is active in global merger filings and cartel investigations before the JFTC, the US DOJ and FTC, the European Commission and a number of regulatory bodies across the Asia-Pacific region. The firm's client base includes large corporations active in sectors such as automotive parts, chemicals and manufacturing. The team's areas of focus include bid-rigging and price-fixing investigations and US civil litigation. It works in conjunction with its outstanding US antitrust team and impressive competition groups in Brussels and China, to provide global assistance on multi-jurisdictional issues. Its key clients include Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma and PTT Global Chemical Public Company.

Work Highlights

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  • Jones Day advised PTT Global Chemical Public Company on the merger control law and DFI control aspects of the EUR4 billion acquisition of Allnex Holding GmbH.

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Hiromitsu Miyakawa
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Hiromitsu Miyakawa
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Hiromitsu Miyakawa is frequently instructed by multinational corporations looking to secure transactional clearance from the JFTC and other foreign regulators. His practice also encompasses behavioural work, offering compliance advice as well as defence from inquiries into allegations of antitrust violations.



"He has excellent knowledge and experience and is responsive to the client. He is a lawyer who fully explains the client's problems to the competition authorities and directly confronts the client's doubts directly with the officials in charge of the foreign competition authorities. This point is highly appreciated."

"He is an antitrust specialist and is always up-to-date on the practice of antitrust law in each country, so he is very trustworthy in his advice."

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Hiromitsu Miyakawa
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Hiromitsu Miyakawa
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