Nobuaki Mukai is a partner of Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba in Tokyo. Dr. Mukai graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1994 and the LL.M. programme at Cornell Law School (New York) in 2001. He was admitted to the Japanese Bar in 1996 and the New York State Bar in 2001, obtained his Ph.D. degree in Business Law/Antitrust Law from Hitotsubashi University, the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, in 2009, and was admitted to the Japanese Patent Bar in the same year.
Since joining Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba in 1996, Dr. Mukai has represented both corporations and individuals in defence of international and domestic antitrust violations, both administrative and criminal, in industries such as construction, manufacturing, retail and transportation. He has advised on various business strategies/strategic alliances from the perspective of whether or how they could be pro- or anti-competitive. He has also advised on numerous M&A transactions from a competition law perspective. Dr. Mukai has handled transactions and disputes for clients in intellectual property, including, among others, patents and copyrights. He also advises clients on general corporate and commercial law matters.
Dr. Mukai has been a member of the board of the Japan Competition Law Forum, and a member of the Working Group regarding the amendment of the Japanese Antimonopoly Law at the Japan Federation of Bar Associations. He has also been a lecturer in the Antitrust/Competition law area at Hitotsubashi University, the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy since 2010, and at Ritsumeikan University School of Law since 2011.
Representative Sample of Books/Publications:
(English Translation of Title Only. Language of Book/Publication is Japanese)
- Compulsory Sales/Licensing as Antitrust Remedies, September 2010, Chuokeizai-sha
- Discussion Points regarding the Japan Fair Trade Commission Investigation System, Jiyu to Seigi (Liberty and Justice) (November 2011)
- Enforcement Practices under the European/U.S. Competition Laws: Lessons Learned about Remedies from the Microsoft Cases, Fair Trade No. 727, p.25 (May 2011)
- Practical Points regarding the Abuse of Superior Bargaining Position especially in Connection with the Newly Introduced Kachokin (Payment) Order, Journal of Business Law (December 2010)
- Significance of the Purpose or Intention in the Fact Findings regarding Exclusionary Monopolization, Journal of Business Law (March 2010)
- Points and Authorities on Calculation of Market Shares for JFTC M&A Controls especially in the Food/Beverage Industry, Journal of Business Law (December 2009)
- Attorney Client Privilege in Antitrust Cases: U.S. Trends and an Introduction to Japan, The Lawyers, November 2008
(English Publication)
- Getting The Deal Through, Vertical Agreements 2010, 2011, Co-author, Law Business Research Ltd. (2010), (2011)
