Junya Naito and Tsuyoshi Suzuki served as judges at the 17th Intercollegiate Negotiation Competition on December 1 and 2 at Sophia University in Tokyo.

Yoichi Kikuchi has joined Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba as Of-Counsel on November 1, 2018.

Yuriko Kanematsu served as a moderator at the FICPI-JAPAN Osaka Symposium 2018 (Session 2: Recent Developments of Counterfeit Goods Border Measures) held in Osaka, Japan on November 2, 2018.

Kakuji Mitani has authored the Japan chapter of the recently published "The LexisNexis® M&A Law Guide 2019".

Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba and the following attorneys have been featured in "Chambers Asia-Pacific 2019" by Chambers & Partners:
Competition/Antitrust (Japan): Nobuaki Mukai
Dispute Resolution: Domestic (Japan): Junya Naito

Daiki Higashide joined the firm as associate on October 1, 2018.

Nobuaki Mukai will serve as a moderator on November 1, 2018 during Session 1 at the Annual Convention of the Japan Competition Law Forum (http://www.jclf.jp/English.html). The session is entitled, "Plea Bargaining under the Japanese Antitrust Law.

Tsuyoshi Suzuki served as a panelist at the YSIAC-YJAA Tokyo Workshop 2018 entitled "Disclosure and Document Production in International Arbitration" held in Tokyo, Japan on September 6, 2018.　

Junya Naito, Tsuyoshi Suzuki and Shinichiro Mori have authored the Japan chapter of the recently published practice guide to International Arbitration 2019 by Chambers and Partners.

Junya Naito will serve as a panelist at the SIAA-JAA Tokyo Conference 2018 entitled "Damages in International Arbitration: Contemporary Principals and Practices" to be held in Tokyo, Japan on September 6, 2018.　

Hiroki Kikkawa joined the firm as associate on June 4, 2018.

Junya Naito will be a featured speaker at the Asset Recovery Asia: Fraud Litigation, Enforcement & Contentious Insolvency seminar held in Singapore from June 5 through June 6, 2018.
For more information, please see: https://law.knect365.com/asset-recovery-asia-conference/

Nobuaki Mukai authored the Japan section in "Getting the Deal Through: Vertical Agreements 2018," published by Law Business Research Ltd.
https://gettingthedealthrough.com/area/41/

The following Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the Ninth Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan, the highly regarded peer-review legal publication:

"Antitrust/Competition Law" Nobuaki Mukai

"Arbitration and Mediation" Junya Naito

"Corporate and M&A" 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

Nobuaki Mukai presented a lecture entitled "Checklist for Overseas Distributor Contracts" at the seminar Practical Knowledge on Overseas Distributor Contracts held by the Institute of International Business Law, Inc. on March 26, 2018.

Professor Masahiro Murakami has supervised and Nobuaki Mukai has co-chief-edited a book entitled "The Antimonopoly Act and Private Enforcement of Actions for Damages and for Injunction" (Chuokeizai-sha, March 2018). Naoki Takaishi, Takashi Kobayashi and Motomu Wake collaborated as co-authors.

Koji Ohe presented a lecture entitled "Legal issues about trademarks, employment and business licenses that a Japanese company should be aware of to launch business operations in the United States" at the seminar held at Osaka Office of JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization) on March 20, 2018.

Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba and Junya Naito have been ranked in the practice area of "Dispute Resolution: Domestic Japan" in "Chambers Global 2018" by Chambers and Partners.

Naoki Takaishi and Takashi Kobayashi will present a lecture entitled "Current Status and Issues regarding Private Enforcement of the Antimonopoly Act (Actions for Damages and for Injunction)" at a seminar for practitioners to be held by the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association on March 1, 2018.

Tomoko Takemura has been promoted to partner in the firm as from January 2018.

Masatoshi Abe and Takuto Hashimoto joined the firm as associates on January 2018.

Tsuyoshi Suzuki has been recognized in the area of "Future Leaders - Partners" by "Who's Who Legal Arbitration" published by Law Business Research.