Ryohei Tanaka

Practice Areas

Ryohei Tanaka frequently represents multi-national firms as well as large Japanese corporations in merger control proceedings before the JFTC concerning various industry sectors. In addition, he regularly provides advice on competition law related issues that arise in the course of M&A transaction such as gun jumping, non-compete and information firewalls, and he also assesses merger filing requirements in jurisdictions around the world and coordinates global filing procedures. Moreover, Mr. Tanaka represents and assists clients in cartel investigations, and advises on behavioural cases, provides regular competition law training to both Japanese and international clients.

Career

Jointed Nagashima Ohno and Tsunematsu in 2007, seconded to SANYO Electric (2012-2013) and worked as a foreign attorney at Arnold and Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (Brussels) (2014-2015).

Professional Memberships

Daiichi-Tokyo Bar Association, Japan Competition Forum and American Bar Association.

Publications

Lexology Getting the Deal Through 2022 – 2023 Cartel Regulations (Japan) (co-author), The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Merger Control 2018 - 2023 Japan (co-author), GTDT Practice Guide Japan M&A "Regulatory issues and hurdles for M&A in Japan" 2021-2023 (co-author), The law and practice of antitrust gun jumping and information exchange - for M&A practitioners (in Japanese, co-author) (2017).

Languages Spoken

Native Japanese and fluent in English

Education