Keiji Tonomura

Keiji is head of NO&T’s TMT Practice Team. Keiji’s practice focuses on M&A, IP/IT-related transactions, and data security/privacy matters. He has extensive experience representing global and local clients on complex business transactions as well as regulatory matters, with a particular focus on the TMT sectors, including new business fields such as AI/IoT, MaaS/CASE, Fintech, Blockchain/Crypto and NFT, as well as gaming and entertainment.

2004 Kyoto University (LL.B)

2006 Kyoto University Law School (J.D.)

2007 Joined Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

2013 Columbia Law School (LL.M., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)

2013-2014 Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago

2018-Present Partner of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Also, has been actively involved in the rule-making processes; for instance, he has served as a member of:

“AI Institutional Research Group”(Cabinet Office) (2024-)

“Project Team on Innovation and Implementation of AI” (Liberal Democratic Party of Japan) (2023-)

“Research Group on Consumer Transactions in Digital Society” (Consumer Affairs Agency) (2024-)

“web3 Project Team” (Liberal Democratic Party of Japan) (2022-)

“Task Force for Creation of New Markets for Startups” (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) (2022-)

Rank 1st (AI/Tech/Data) in Nikkei’s “Best Performing Lawyers” rankings 2024

Nikkei

2024

ALB Asia Super 50 TMT Lawyer 2024

Asian Legal Business

2024