Under anti-monopoly law, when business operators with a sales volume of a certain scale or greater engage in a \u201ccorporate merger\u201d through M&A or the like, said operators are required to give advance notice to the Japan Fair Trade Commission and, regardless of the scale of their business, are prohibited from carrying out any M&A that will have competition-inhibiting effects. Similar corporate merger restrictions are applicable in many countries and regions outside of Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recent years have seen a trend among the world\u2019s competition authorities that favors increasingly strict and methodical corporate merger reviews, making it essential for business operators engaged in corporate mergers to effectively and efficiently analyze issues of concern under anti-monopoly law and competition law, propose measures for the elimination of problems when necessary, and otherwise handle corporate merger review appropriately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our firm offers efficient and practical services through a team of attorneys who are well versed in anti-monopoly law and competition law, including attorneys with direct experience taking part in corporate merger reviews at the Japan Fair Trade Commission. Specifically, we offer the following services for the respective stages of M&A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n