Professionals
Partner
Hiroaki Matsunaga
- Admitted
- 2007, Japan; 2017, New York
- Languages
- Japanese/English
Practices
- General Corporate
- Corporate Governance / Shareholders Meetings
- Tax Practice
- General Civil Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- General Consultations on Personnel and Labor Matters
- International Litigation
- Crisis Management
- Corporate Criminal Matters / Government Investigations
- Compliance and Internal Control
- Whistle Blowing and Grievance
- Anti-Bribery & Corruption
- Antitrust and Competition
- E-commerce
- Food Products
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and Logistics
Professional Background / Education
Professional Background
- 2007-2012
- Nishimura & Asahi
- 2013 to Present
- City-Yuwa Partners
- 2015-2016
- Research Assistant of International Competition Law to Professor Eleanor M. Fox at the New York University School of Law
- 2016-2017
- Hunton & Williams LLP (Washington D.C. Office) (Foreign Law Clerk)
- 2017-
- Shearman & Sterling LLP (Washington D.C. Office) (Visiting Trainee)
Education
- 2004
- The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
- 2006
- The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Law (J.D.)
- 2007
- Legal Training and Research Institute
- 2016
- New York University School of Law (LL.M. in Competition, Innovation, and Information Law)
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Articles“Japan: Concerns raised over the JFTC’s shift from enforcement to advocacy”Teruhisa Ishii Yoshihiro Sakano Hiroaki MatsunagaSeptember 2024Practices : Unfair Competition, Designs, Trademarks and Copyrights Antitrust and Competition
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Articles“Japanese antitrust enforcement on foreign affiliated companies”Teruhisa Ishii Yoshihiro Sakano Hiroaki MatsunagaJuly 2024Practices : Unfair Competition, Designs, Trademarks and Copyrights Antitrust and Competition
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Articles“UK: The case in which a monopolistic bulk mail delivery provider has declared to an entrant that it will change the pricing structure for access to delivery services is an example of an abuse of dominant position under Article 18 of the UK Competition Act 1998 and Article 102 of the EU Treaty on the Functioning of European Union” (in Japanese) (ROYAL MAIL PLC v OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS and WHISTL UK LIMITED – Competition Appeal Tribunal [2019] CAT 27 / Court of Appeal [2021] EWCA Civ 669)Hiroaki MatsunagaMay 2022Practices : Antitrust and Competition Transportation and Logistics
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Articles“Antitrust Case News – Commission’s decision revoking the administrative surcharge which was imposed twice on the same bidding case”Hiroaki MatsunagaJanuary 2021Practices : Antitrust and Competition
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Articles“The Legal 500: Cartels Country Comparative Guide – Japan: Cartels”Hiroaki MatsunagaApril 2020Practices : Antitrust and Competition
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Articles“Antitrust Case News – Merger Case in Which So-called “Failing Firm Defense” Was Essentially the Only Issue”Hiroaki MatsunagaNovember 2019Practices : Antitrust and Competition
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Articles“Antitrust Case News – Refusal to Admit New Members by Trade Association Which Has Entered into Insurance Agreement Necessary for Entering the Market”Hiroaki MatsunagaJuly 2018Practices : Antitrust and Competition Electricity / Gas
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Books“Practice of Insider Trading Regulations (The second edition)”Hiroaki MatsunagaAugust 2014Practices : Corporate Criminal Matters / Government Investigations
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Books“Corporate Scandal Management with Examples”Hiroaki MatsunagaJanuary 2012Practices : Compliance and Internal Control
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Articles“Analysis of Three Court Cases Concerning Whether Delaware Limited Partnership Falls under Corporation as Defined in Japanese Tax Law”Hiroaki MatsunagaJanuary 2012Practices : Tax Practice Commercial Litigation
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Articles“Tax Collection Case/Moment When Aggregate Claim Becomes Mortgaged Property”Hiroaki MatsunagaJanuary 2012Practices : Tax Practice
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Books“Practice of Insider Trading Regulations”Hiroaki MatsunagaJanuary 2010Practices : Corporate Criminal Matters / Government Investigations
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CY Japan Legal UpdateWill Establishment of the Green Guidelines under the Antimonopoly Act Open the Way to Resolve “2024 Issue” of Transportation Industry?Hiroaki MatsunagaJuly 2023Practices : Antitrust and Competition Transportation and Logistics
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CY Japan Legal UpdateUnattended Delivery: Expanding the Legal concept of DeliveryHiroaki MatsunagaAugust 2021Practices : General Corporate Transportation and Logistics
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CY Japan Legal UpdateTransportation laws and regulations, legal position of individual drivers and distribution of legal responsibility related to food delivery in JapanHiroaki MatsunagaDecember 2020Practices : General Corporate Transportation and Logistics