Hiroshi Watanabe
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 4 : Dispute Resolution: Domestic
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Provided by Hiroshi Watanabe
Practice Areas
Hiroshi Watanabe’s dispute resolution experience is mainly in corporate lawsuits, including derivative suits. For example, he led a ground-breaking case against Intelligence, Ltd., where, for the first time ever in Japan, regression analysis was used to adjust the stock price in a securities action. He is also very experienced in litigation relating to business acquisitions and labour disputes. Finally, he has very deep experience working on cases dealing with different kinds of economic crimes. These include cases about the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan (regarding insider trading and correcting past accounts), the Anti-Monopoly Act of Japan involving international cartels, the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, the Unfair Competition Prevention Act and tax evasion.
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Asia-Pacific
Hiroshi Watanabe is noted for his adept handling of corporate disputes including class actions such as derivative suits and securities litigation. He is also experienced in litigation relating to M&A such as hostile takeover matters.