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Provided by Masafumi Shikakura
Masafumi Shikakura is Head of the Japan Antitrust team in our Tokyo office, working on both antitrust and M&A mandates. His antitrust work covers merger filings, foreign investment regulations and tech antitrust, and his M&A work relates to renewable energy matters, outbound transactions for Japanese corporates and inbound transactions for global clients.
Kyoto University (LLB) 2004
Kyoto University Law School (JD) 2006
Admitted as a bengoshi in Japan 2007
Joined Clifford Chance, Tokyo 2008
Secondment to a major Japanese securities company 2009-2010
University of Warwick (LLM) 2012
King's College London (Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law) 2013
Clifford Chance, Brussels 2012
Counsel since 2018
Partner since 2024
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Mr Shikakura is a terrific global competition lawyer. He deals with various complicated antitrust issues based on his profound experience and copes with multiple issues within a tight timeframe.
Masafumi is extremely responsive and flexible. He is able to work directly with non-legal teams in an effective manner.
He accurately grasps the client's needs and provides his advice.
Mr Shikakura is a terrific global competition lawyer. He deals with various complicated antitrust issues based on his profound experience and copes with multiple issues within a tight timeframe.
Masafumi is extremely responsive and flexible. He is able to work directly with non-legal teams in an effective manner.
He accurately grasps the client's needs and provides his advice.