| Practice Areas |
| Antitrust, Unfair Competition, Distribution Restrictions and other Trade
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| Practice |
| Hideto Ishida is a partner at Anderson Mori, and counsels a variety of domestic and foreign multinational companies in Japanese competition and distribution regulatory matters, including those relating to mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, distribution agreements, joint research and development agreements, and other cooperation agreements. He also represents many companies involved in regulatory investigations before the Japan Fair Trade Commission involving price cartels, bid rigging and similar serious alleged violations. Having experience with proceedings before the US Department of Justice and the European Commission, he is also able to coordinate effectively with counsel in overseas jurisdictions to ensure global compliance with competition laws and regulations. He also served for seven years as the first attorney appointed as a special investigator with the Japanese Fair Trade Commission and thus has a keen sense of the actual and practical application of antitrust and distribution regulations to companies doing business in Japan. |
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| Books and Articles Authored in English: |
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Leniency Regimes, Japan Part, Jurisdictional Comparisons, (The European Lawyer Ltd., 2005) |
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Japan: "Telecommunications" and "Advising Japanese clients to US antitrust", The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review 2004 (co-author) |
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"Anticompetitive Practices in the Distribution of Goods and Services in Japan: The Problem of Distribution Keiretsu," in John Ravenhill, ed., Japan Volume II - The Political Economy of East Asia (Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1995), p. 99, et seq. |
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"Japanese Competition Law and Intellectual Property" in "Antitrust and Intellectual Property: Practice and Policy Issues for the 1990s," the Antitrust Law and Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Sections of the American Bar Association (1992) |
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"Section 337 and National Treatment under Gatt: A Proposal for Legislative Reform", Fordham International Law Journal, Vol. 13 (1989 - 1990), p. 276, et seq. (co-author) |
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"The Evolution and Economic Consequences of Product Liability Rules in Japan" (co-author), in Gary R. Saxonhouse et al., eds., Law and Trade Issues of the Japanese Economy (University of Washington Press, 1986), p. 83, et seq. |
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| Books and Articles Authored in Japanese: |
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Riding the Waves of Strengthening Antitrust Laws (Chuo Keizai, Publishers, 1994) |
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Collusive Bid Tendering ("Dango") and Antitrust Laws (Yuhikaku, Publishers, 1996) |
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Antitrust Laws and Criminal Procedures (Shin Nihon Hoki, Publishers, 1998) |
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De facto Standard and Antitrust Laws (Daiichi Hoki, Publishers, 1999) |
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"Violation of International Licensing Agreements," Fair Trade Law Journal (February 1982) |
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"Investigation, Hearing, and Judgments of the Fair Trade Commission and Responses of Corporations," New Business Law, Vol. 548-549 (1992) |
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"Outlines of the U.S. Antitrust Guidelines on Intellectual Property," New Business Law, Vol. 570 (1995) |
| Appointed as Professor and Lecturer |
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Faculty of Law, Tokyo University (1995-1999) |
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Faculty of Law and Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University (2003-) |
| Education |
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Tokyo University (LL.B., 1976) |
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Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1989) |
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Trained at law firms in the United States (1989-1990) |
| Professional Admissions |
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Japan (1978) |
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New York (1991) |
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Special Investigator, Fair Trade Commission of Japan, 1978-1984 |
| Professional and Academic Associations |
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Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association |
| Languages |
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Japanese (first language) |
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English |
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