History
March 1998 | Graduated from The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law (LL.B.) |
April 1998 - March 2005 | Sony Corporation (Legal Dept., Contracts & Licensing Dept., etc.) |
April 2005 - October 2006 | The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan |
October 2006 | Admitted to Japanese Bar (The Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association) |
October 2006 | Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba |
May 2010 | Master of Laws (LL.M.) at Columbia University, Law School |
September 2010 - July 2011 | Day Pitney LLP in New York |
2011 | Admitted to New York Bar |
September 2011 | Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba |
January 2016 | Became Partner of Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba |
Publications
《English Translation of Title Only. Language of Publication is Japanese》
- Encyclopedia of Practical Forms of Contract, 3rd Edition
Co-author, GYOSEI Corporation (December 2020) - The Antimonopoly Act and Private Enforcement of Actions for Damages and for Injunction (Masahiro Murakami, Supervising Editor)
Co-author, Chuokeizai-sha (March 2018) - Feature 2: Textbook for 1st year Lawyers-Contracts-Tips for Reviewing Copious Amounts of Information and Hints for Drafting
Business Legal Affairs (April 2015) - Encyclopedia of Practical Forms of Contract, 2nd Edition
Co-author, GYOSEI Corporation (October 2014) - Legal Challenges to “Reverse Payment” Agreements in the United States
Co-author, LES JAPAN NEWS (April 2011) - Encyclopedia of Practical Forms of Contract
Co-author, GYOSEI Corporation (December 2008)
《English Publication》
- Panoramic/Getting the Deal Through, Vertical Agreements
Co-author, Law Business Research Ltd. (2022 - present) - The Settlements Guide – First Edition (Japan Chapter)
Co-author, Global Competition Review (2021) - Cartels 2019 (Japan Chapter)
Co-author, Mondaq (2019) - The Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Review
Co-author, Law Business Research (2013)
Publications
The Antimonopoly Act and Private Enforcement of Actions for Damages and for Injunction
- Supervising Editor
- Masahiro Murakami
- Co-Chief-Editors
- Nobuaki Mukai, Yusuke Nakano, Hideki Utsunomiya
Yasuo Daito, Kenji Akiha, Kentaro Hirayama, Shunsuke Yabuuchi
- Contributor
- Naoki Takaishi, Takashi Kobayashi, Motomu Wake
- Publisher
- Chuokeizai-sha
- Publication date
- March 2018
News
Nobuaki Mukai, Takashi Kobayashi and Sho Tanaka authored the Japan section in “Lexology Panoramic (formerly Getting the Deal Through): Vertical Agreements 2024,” published by Law Business Research Ltd.
Nobuaki Mukai, Takashi Kobayashi and Sho Tanaka authored the Japan section in "Getting the Deal Through: Vertical Agreements 2023," published by Law Business Research Ltd.
In the February 2022 issue of Japan Business Law Review, published on December 21, 2021, Shuichi Namba, Takashi Kobayashi, Takayuki Matsuo and Naoki Nihonmatsu authored an article on personal data protection act and data related legal service.
Toshiyuki Nambu, Nobuaki Mukai and Takashi Kobayashi have co-authored the Japan chapter of the recently published practice guide, “The Settlements Guide – First Edition,” published by Global Competition Review.
Takashi Kobayashi, Shinichiro Mori, Sho Tanaka and Hiroki Kikkawa have co-authored the Japan chapter of the recently published practice guide, "Cartels 2019," published by Mondaq.