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Shinichiro Uemura wrote an article titled "Relevant laws and regulations related to Covid-19 in the Philippines (As of May 15, 2020)."

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In a recurring feature series, Nobuaki Mukai authored the article, "The Key Evidence of Antitrust Violation #6: Tama Area (Western Tokyo) Bid-rigging Case," in the June 2020 (Vol. 20, No. 6) issue of Business Law.

Momo-o, Matsuo and Namba is ranked as a Recommended Firm in Japan and Junya Naito has once again been ranked as a Litigation Star in the practice areas of Commercial and Transactions; Dispute Resolution; and International Arbitration by "Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2020" published by Euromoney Institutional Investor.

The following Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 11th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan, the highly regarded peer-review legal publication by Best Lawyers:
"Antitrust/Competition Law" Nobuaki Mukai
"Arbitration and Mediation" Junya Naito
"Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law" Makoto Matsuo, Shuichi Namba and Junya Naito
"Insolvency and Reorganization Law" Shigeaki Momo-o
"Litigation" Junya Naito
"Private Equity, Private Funds and Venture Capital Law" Shuichi Namba

Junya Naito, Kakuji Mitani and Hiroki Kikkawa authored an article entitled "Practical Guidance for General Shareholders Meetings Based on Experiences at General Shareholders Meetings held in March 2020: Various Issues Related to the Holding of General Shareholders Meetings under the Declaration of a State of Emergency." This article appeared in the April 25, 2020 issue (No. 2229) of Junkan Shoji Homu and is now available in Japanese on "Zaitaku SHOJIHOMU," a portal site of Shoji Homu.

【Important】
Effective April 8, 2020, our office will be closed during the pendency of the declared state of emergency.

All attorneys and staff members are working from home until the situation improves.

Please contact us by email as we are unable to respond to telephone calls to our firm’s phone number. If you know the cell phone number of your attorney contact, please call him or her directly.

Communications should be made by email or cell phone.

Physical mail will continue to be received. However, please be aware that we may not be able to confirm physical mail in a timely fashion. Again, we suggest you contact us by email or cell phone.

Thank you very much for your understanding.

【Important】
Effective April 8, 2020, our office will be closed during the pendency of the declared state of emergency.

All attorneys and staff members are working from home until the situation improves.

Please contact us by email as we are unable to respond to telephone calls to our firm’s phone number. If you know the cell phone number of your attorney contact, please call him or her directly.

Communications should be made by email or cell phone.

Physical mail will continue to be received. However, please be aware that we may not be able to confirm physical mail in a timely fashion. Again, we suggest you contact us by email or cell phone.

Thank you very much for your understanding.

Naoki Nihonmatsu joined the firm as associate on February 25, 2020.

Hirotoshi Kakumoto has been promoted to partner in the firm as from January 2020.

Naoki Aso, Kentaro Sano and Suzuka Takehara joined the firm as associates from January 2020.

Toshiyuki Nambu has joined Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba as Advisor on December 2, 2019.

Junya Naito has been reappointed as a Committee Member of the Tokyo District Court Committee.

Junya Naito, Tsuyoshi Suzuki and Shinichiro Mori will be featured speakers at a seminar in Tokyo entitled “International Commercial Arbitration and Mediation: Key Issues for Resolving International Commercial Disputes” co-hosted by MMN and Sidley Austin LLP on February 13, 2020.

If you would like to attend this seminar, please fill out and send us the application form contained in the link above by email. Please note that there is limited capacity and applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. We may have to decline your application when capacity is reached.

Send via email to: mmn@mmn-law.gr.jp

Nobuaki Mukai served as Panelist in a panel discussion on intellectual property law and SEPs (standard essential patents) from the viewpoint of competition law at DLA Piper’s 2019 Corporate and Intellectual Property Symposium held in Nagoya and Tokyo. The discussion was moderated by Ｍr. Shuzo Maruyama (DLA Piper LLP), and Dr. Mukai’s co-panelists were Mr. Misao Shimizu (Yanagida & Partners/ Tokyo session only) and Mr. Hirohiko Usui (Usui Patent Office).

Tsuyoshi Suzuki served as a judge at the 18th Intercollegiate Negotiation Competition on November 23 and 24 at Sophia University in Tokyo.

Nobuaki Mukai served as Panelist in a panel discussion entitled "Challenges in Cross-Border White Collar Criminal Investigations" at the New York State Bar Association’s International Section Global Conference 2019 held in Tokyo on November 7.

Shinichiro Mori served as Respondent’s counsel in a Mock International Arbitration at the New York State Bar Association’s International Section Global Conference 2019 held in Tokyo on November 6.

Tsuyoshi Suzuki played the role of a party’s counsel in a mock emergency-arbitrator arbitration in the 2019 ICC Arbitration Seminar in Japan organized by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Japan and co-organized by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Paris), and the Japan International Dispute Resolution Center (JIDRC) on October 16.

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Shinichiro Uemura wrote an article titled "Relevant laws and regulations related to Covid-19 in the Philippines (As of May 15, 2020)."

New
In a recurring feature series, Nobuaki Mukai authored the article, "The Key Evidence of Antitrust Violation #6: Tama Area (Western Tokyo) Bid-rigging Case," in the June 2020 (Vol. 20, No. 6) issue of Business Law.

Junya Naito, Kakuji Mitani and Hiroki Kikkawa authored an article entitled "Practical Guidance for General Shareholders Meetings Based on Experiences at General Shareholders Meetings held in March 2020: Various Issues Related to the Holding of General Shareholders Meetings under the Declaration of a State of Emergency." This article appeared in the April 25, 2020 issue (No. 2229) of Junkan Shoji Homu and is now available in Japanese on "Zaitaku SHOJIHOMU," a portal site of Shoji Homu.

In a recurring feature series, Nobuaki Mukai authored the article, "The Key Evidence of Antitrust Violation #5: LCD Module Case for Nintendo DS Products," in the May 2020 (Vol. 20, No. 5) issue of Business Law.

Tsuyoshi Suzuki and Naoko Takekawa have authored the Japan chapter of the recently published Twelfth Edition of "The Dispute Resolution Review" (ed. Damian Taylor) (The Law Reviews).

In a recurring feature series, Nobuaki Mukai authored the article, "The Key Evidence of Antitrust Violation #4: Modifier Case," in the April 2020 (Vol. 20, No. 4) issue of Business Law.

Momo-o, Matsuo and Namba is ranked as a Recommended Firm in Japan and Junya Naito has once again been ranked as a Litigation Star in the practice areas of Commercial and Transactions; Dispute Resolution; and International Arbitration by "Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2020" published by Euromoney Institutional Investor.

The following Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 11th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan, the highly regarded peer-review legal publication by Best Lawyers:
"Antitrust/Competition Law" Nobuaki Mukai
"Arbitration and Mediation" Junya Naito
"Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law" Makoto Matsuo, Shuichi Namba and Junya Naito
"Insolvency and Reorganization Law" Shigeaki Momo-o
"Litigation" Junya Naito
"Private Equity, Private Funds and Venture Capital Law" Shuichi Namba

Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba and Junya Naito have been ranked in the practice area of "Dispute Resolution: Domestic Japan" in "Chambers Global 2020" by Chambers and Partners.

Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba and the following attorneys have been featured in "Chambers Asia-Pacific 2020" by Chambers & Partners:

Competition/Antitrust (Japan): Nobuaki Mukai
Dispute Resolution: Domestic (Japan): Junya Naito

Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba and its attorneys have been recognized in the following practice areas by "Who's Who Legal 2019" published by Law Business Research:

"Global Leader: Asset Recovery 2019" Junya Naito
"National Leader: Japan - Arbitration 2019" Junya Naito
"National Leader: Japan - Arbitration 2019" Tsuyoshi Suzuki
"National Leader: Japan - Competition 2019" Nobuaki Mukai

Momo-o, Matsuo and Namba is ranked as a Recommended Firm in Japan and Junya Naito has once again been ranked as a Dispute Resolution Star in the practice areas of Commercial and Transactions by "Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2019" published by Euromoney Institutional Investor.