Ryutaro Nakayama

Practice Areas

CorpoM&A

Corporate

Competition Law / Antitrust Law and other relevant laws

Career

2021 - Managing Partner

2020 – 2022 Professor from Practice, The Business Law Department of Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Law

2008 – 2009 Lecturer, Seikei University Law School

2007 – 2019 Lecturer, Chuo Law School

2004 – 2005 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York

Professional Memberships

Admitted: Japan, 1999; New York, 2009.

Publications

2022.2 Japanese Anti - monopoly Act - Annotated Second Edition

Work Highlights

2022 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. : Joint venture with LG Energy Solution for EV battery production in the U.S.

2022 Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. : Acquisition of shares in Seibu Oil Co., Ltd.

2022 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. : Strategic Alliance with Sony Group Corporation

2022 Kawasaki Kisen, Ltd. : Share exchange with its listed subsidiary, Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen, Ltd.

2021 Advantage Partners Inc. and Tokyo Century Corporation: Acquisition of Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.’s energy storage devices and systems business

Industry Sector Expertise

Activism

Competition / Antitrust Merger Regulations & Filings

Competition Law / Antitrust Law

Governance

Unilateral Conducts & Platform Related Regulations

Languages Spoken

Japanese, English

Education

Awards