2026.06.09 / International Legal Affairs Newsletters(North America)

TARIFFS RESHAPING MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS STRATEGIES – PRACTICAL STEPS FOR BUYERS AND SELLERS

Takanori Nakajima / Jiri Mestecky / Karl Von Drathen / Asa Markel / Steven Katz

International Practice / Mergers and Acquisitions

2026.03.05 / International Legal Affairs Newsletters（China）

Summary of the Listing of Japanese Entities on China’s Export Control and Monitoring List on February 24, 2026

Shintaro Hino / Wei Chang

International Practice / Customs/Rules of Origin, Trade Barriers/Controls

2025.11.19 / International Legal Affairs Newsletters(Europe)

Staying Aligned: Updating Practices for Japan’s Revised Working Conditions Rule

Miyako Ikuta / Séverin KULLMANN / Paul LECONTE

Employment and Labor / International Practice

2025.03.21 / International Legal Affairs Newsletters(Europe)

New “AI Act” regulating Artificial Intelligence in the EU entered into force on 1 August 2024.

Jiri Mestecky / Ryosuke Naka / Minami Hosoi / Claude Kaneda

International Practice / Europe / Information Technology

2024.08.20 / International Legal Affairs Newsletters(Europe)

Entry into force of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)

Claude Kaneda / Miyako Ikuta / Jun Kawanami

International Practice / Europe / Corporate / Risk Management and Compliance / SDGs, Sustainability, and ESG

2024.03.05 / International Legal Affairs Newsletters(Europe)

European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) strengthens rules concerning the ESG-related information that companies need to report and broadens their scope of application.

Claude Kaneda / Jiri Mestecky / Jun Kawanami

International Practice / Europe / Corporate / Risk Management and Compliance / SDGs, Sustainability, and ESG

2023.10.31 / International Legal Affairs Newsletters(Europe)

The New EU Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and its Guidelines Fill in Gaps Unaddressed by the Previous Version to Provide a More Complete Legal Framework for New Vertical Market Practices.

Daisuke Wakai / Jiri Mestecky / Claude Kaneda

International Practice / Europe / Antitrust and Competition Law

2023.07.11 / International Legal Affairs Newsletters(Europe)

EU Regulation (FSR) on Foreign Subsidies Distorting the Internal Market Introduces Notification Requirements for Japanese Companies Active in the EU and Receiving Foreign Subsidies in relation to M&A or Public Tenders.

Daisuke Wakai / Claude Kaneda

International Practice / Europe / Antitrust and Competition Law

2023.04.12 / ESG Newsletters

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Releases its “Practical Reference Materials for Respecting Human Rights in Supply Chains, etc.”

Takanori Nakajima / Jun Kawanami

Risk Management and Compliance / International Practice / Corporate / Securities / Employment and Labor / SDGs, Sustainability, and ESG

2023.01.18 / International Legal Affairs Newsletters(North America)

U.S. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ISSUES PROPOSAL TO BAN NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS

Jiri Mestecky / Masataka Shitanishi

International Practice / North America