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Saori Hanada

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Main Practices
Harassment and Misconduct / General Corporate Legal Affairs / Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics, and Medical Devices / Health Foods and Supplements / Medical IP and Licensing / Merger Control (Domestic and International) / Cartels, Bid Rigging, and Leniency / Japan Fair Trade Commission Investigations and Inquiries / Antitrust Litigation (Domestic) / Antitrust Compliance and Investigations / Vertical Restraints and Abuse of Superior Bargaining Position / Subcontracting and Misrepresentations / Antitrust Investigations (Overseas) / Antitrust Private Enforcement (Overseas) / Unfair Competition and Protection of Business Data / Personal Information, Privacy/Big Data / WTO, Trade Agreements, and Investment Agreements / Anti-dumping and Trade Remedies / United Kingdom / Germany / Europe and the EU / India / Singapore
Languages
Japanese / English
Office
Tokyo
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Overview

Publications & Seminars

Awards

Admitted

Japan (2000) and New York (2012)

Bar Association

Daini Tokyo Bar Association

Education

Waseda University (B.A. in Political Science, 1992)
Waseda University (M.A. in Political Science, 1995)
The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
Columbia University (LL.M.) (2010)

Background

Morita & Yamada Law Office (April 2000-April 2007)
KhattarWong LLP (September 2010-March 2011)

Publications

  • "Antimonopoly Act Case Bulletin - Case Denying Existence of Tort in Civil Litigation on the Basis of Forced Sales of Newspapers to a Distributor (Oshigami) - Osaka High Court, April 14, 2023," JURIST No. 1595, Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd. (April, 2024)
  • "Antimonopoly Act Case Bulletin - Judging Whether Denial of Joining a Trade Association Constitutes Limiting the Number of Business Operators (Association of Kanagawa LP Gas v. Japan Fair Trade Commission, Tokyo District Court, March 26, 2020),"  JURIST No. 1548, Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd. (August 2020)
  • The Handbook of Competition Enforcement Agencies 2019, Japan Chapter, Global Competition Review (2019) [Co-author]
  • "Merger Control 2019: Japan," IFLR April/May 2019, IFLR (2019) [Co-author]
  • "Competition Law Compliance Program for Companies Diversifying Globally," Kousei Torihiki (a monthly magazine on competition/antitrust) April Issue No. 822, Kousei Torihiki Kyokai/Fair Institute (2019) [Co-author]
  • "Directors' Responsibility in the Context of Failure to File a Leniency Application," Competition Law International Vol. 14 No. 2, Antitrust Section of the International Bar Association (October, 2018) [Co-author]
  • "Research Study on Recent Trends of Data Protection Acts in Other Countries,” Personal Information Protection Commission (2018) [Co-author]
  • The Handbook of Competition Enforcement Agencies 2018, Japan Chapter, Global Competition Review (2018) [Co-author]
  • "Case Bulletin of Japanese Antimonopoly Act – Bid rigging case where no surcharge payment was issued – Personal protective gear for Tokyo Metropolitan Government (the JFTC announcement of December 12, 2017)," JURIST No. 1519, Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd. (May, 2018)
  • "Amendments to the Leniency Regulations in India," KOKUSAI SHOJI HOMU Vol.46, No.3, the Japanese Institute of International Business Law, Inc. (March, 2018) [Co-author]
  • "Antitrust Law Case Studies Seminar Presented by Mr. Tadashi Shiraishi – I will Attend Next Year too!," Kousei Torihiki No. 808/February 2018, Kousei Torihiki Kyokai/Fair Institute (2018)
  • Merger Control: International Series 3rd Edition, Japan Chapter, (Thomson Reuters, 2017) [Co-author]
  • The Handbook of Competition Enforcement Agencies 2017, Japan Chapter, Global Competition Review (2017) [Co-author]
  • Handbook for Handling Harassment Cases: Certified Mail, Briefs, Complaint Letters and Other Templates, Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd.（2016）[Co-author and editor]
  • IFLR Merger Control & Antitrust Regimes Survey 2017, Japan Chapter, International Financial Law Review (2016) [Co-author]
  • The Handbook of Competition Enforcement Agencies 2016, Japan Chapter, Global Competition Review (2016) [Co-author]
  • The Handbook of Competition Enforcement Agencies 2015, Japan Chapter, Global Competition Review (2015) [Co-author]
  • IFLR Merger Control & Antitrust Regimes Survey 2015, Japan Chapter, International Financial Law Review (2015) [Co-author]
  • Chambers Legal Practice Guides - Cartels 2015, Japan Chapter, Chambers & Partners Publishing (2015) [Co-author]
  • "The Latest Trends of Settlement Proceedings and Civil Procedure in EU," The Lawyers, ILS Publications, Inc. (December, 2014)
  • "Establishing a Financial Center in Asia; the Singapore Government Promotes the City as an Arbitration Center in Asia" The Lawyers, ILS Publications, Inc. (March, 2012) [Co-author]
  • Insolvency law, The IFLR Guide to Japan 2009 (2009) [Co-author]
  • Commentary on the Insurance Law, Koubundou (2008) [Co-author]
  • Workbook for the 1st Tier Exam for Consulting Work concerning Financial Instruments (2008 edition), Kinzai, (2008) [Co-author]
  • Workbook for the 2nd Tier Exam for Consulting Work concerning Financial Instruments (2008 edition), Kinzai, (2007) [Co-author]
  • Workbook for the 3rd Tier Exam for Consulting Work concerning Financial Instruments (2008 edition), Kinzai, (2007) [Co-author]
  • Legal Practice of Special LLC under the New Corporate Law, Shinnippon Hoki Publishing Co., Ltd., (2006) [Co-author]
  • Guide to the Maintenance and Collection of Debt for Everyone, Shinnippon Hoki Publishing Co., Ltd. [Co-author]

Web Articles

Seminar

  • Panelist for a panel entitled "The new frontier of Competition Law and Labour markets," at the 27th Annual Competition Conference, hosted by International Bar Association,  September 15, 2023
  • Panelist for a panel entitled "Cartel Enforcement and Leniency: the New Frontier," at an annual conference on competition law and practice held by the Confederation of Indian Industry in Mumbai, India, August 4, 2017
  • Panelist at a panel discussion on "EU Law on the Protection of Personal Data and Japanese Companies" at a Law Panel Session entitled “EU Law for Japanese Companies and Lawyers,” hosted by the European Union Studies Association-Japan, November 22, 2015 (held at Kansai University)
  • "EU Competition Law and Practice (including EU Settlement Procedure Practice in cartel cases)," hosted by Legal Affairs Committee of Japan Petrochemical Industry Association, May 27, 2014