Etsuko Hara

Partner

TEL:: 81-3-6775-1088

FAX:: 81-3-6775-2088

Etsuko Hara is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune with broad experience in the area of antitrust, including international cartel cases, multi-jurisdictional merger filings as well as distribution arrangements, franchising, and strategic alliances. She handles various inbound and outbound cross border transactions, especially in the form of direct investment, joint ventures, and distribution, license and franchise agreements.

Practice Areas Background Publications Lectures Achievements Professional Admissions Professional and Academic Associations Languages

Practice Areas

Competition/Antitrust

International Cartels and Leniency Merger Control Dominance and other Unilateral Conduct Interplay of IP and Competition Law Distribution and Other Competition Law Matters Competition-Related Litigation Competition Compliance

M&A

Joint Ventures Business Alliances Cross-border M&A

Corporate

Corporate and Commercial Transactions

Government Investigations and Crisis Management

Internal investigations and organizing third-party committees

Intellectual Property/TMT

IP Licensing and Transactions Trademark/Design Prosecution Copyright and Entertainment Health Care, Pharmaceutical and Life Science

International Practice

Singapore Indonesia Vietnam Thailand Malaysia Philippines India Other ASEAN countries United States EU

Dispute Resolution

Competition-Related Litigation Franchise Disputes International Litigation and Cross-Border Disputes

Topics

AMT Seminars

Nov 14, 2024

Current Hot Issues on U.S. and EU Antitrust Developments

Achievements

Sep 27, 2024

Who's Who Legal: Japan 2024

Books

Sep 2024

Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice (Sixth Edition)

Background

1998	The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
Oct 2001	The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan/Admitted as a lawyer in Japan(Daini Tokyo Bar Association)/Joined our office
May 2006	Graduate study, Columbia University School of Law (LL.M)
Sep 2006 - Mar 2007	Associated with Allen & Overy, Brussels, Belgium
Apr 2007	Returned to our office
Apr 2007	Admitted as a lawyer in New York
Jan 2011	Became a partner of our firm
Apr 2012 - Mar 2016	Acted as a member of the Japanese law translation council
Apr 2013 - Sep 2018	Worked as an adjunct professor of Hitotsubashi University (School of law)
Apr 2019 - Mar 2022	Worked as an associate professor, The University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
Mar 2020	Lectured at Columbia University School of Law, as a Tokyo University Visiting Professor of Law
Mar 2021	Lectured at Columbia University School of Law
Apr 2022	Lectured at Columbia University School of Law
Apr 2022 -	Work as an adjunct professor, The University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
Apr 2023 -	Work as an adjunct professor, The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
Jul 2024 -	Member of the Study Group on Business Transactions of the Japan Fair Trade Commission

Publications

Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice (Sixth Edition) Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Sep 2024

Doing Business In... 2024 - Law & Practice

Aug 2024

Doing Business In... 2023 - Law & Practice

Jul 2023

Franchise 2024 Getting the Deal Through

Apr 2023

International Trade 2023 Chambers and Partners

Dec 2022

Doing Business In... 2022 - Law & Practice

Aug 2022

Franchise 2023 Getting the Deal Through

Jul 2022

Japanese Anti-monopoly Act - Annotated（Edition 2） KOUBUNDOU Publishers Inc.

Feb 2022

Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice Fifth Edition Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Nov 2021

Doing Business In... 2021 - Law & Practice Chambers and Partners

Aug 2021

Analysis of recent movements and the complaint filed US DOJ et al. against Google based on Article 2 of Sherman Act Business Houmu (Vol.21 No.3)

Jan 2021

Roundtable of women in education: Is the legal profession a good career option for women? The University of Tokyo Faculty of Law brochure

Dec 2020

Doing Business In.. 2020 - Law & Practice Chambers and Partners

Jul 2020

Franchise 2021 Getting the Deal Through

Jul 2020

Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice Fourth Edition Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Sep 2019

Doing Business In... 2019 - Law & Practice Chambers and Partners

Jul 2019

Franchise 2019 Getting the Deal Through

Jul 2018

Japan: Merger Control The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review 2018

Mar 2018

Franchise 2018 Getting the Deal Through

Sep 2017

Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice Third Edition Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Sep 2017

Leniency Regimes Fifth Edition (Japan Chapter) European Lawyer Reference

Sep 2015

Leniency Regimes

Aug 2015

The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review 2015Japan: CartelsJapan: Merger Control The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review 2015

Mar 2015

Japanese Anti-monopoly Act - Annotated

Dec 2014

Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice Second Edition LexisNexis Japan

Oct 2014

Franchise 2015 Getting the Deal Through

Aug 2014

The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review 2014Japan: CartelsJapan: Merger Control The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review 2014

Mar 2014

Japan: Merger Control

Feb 2014

Extraterritorial Application of Foreign Laws: A Primer for Japanese Companies Kinzai

Nov 2013

Franchise 2014 Getting the Deal Through

Sep 2013

Q&A: Strategies for Corporate Law Practice in Asia and Emerging Countries Shoji Homu

Apr 2013

Japan: CartelsJapan: Merger Control The Asia Pacific Antitrust Review 2013

Feb 2013

Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice LexisNexis Hong Kong

Dec 2012

Japan's new caselaw on dominant position bargaining The 2012 Guide to Competition and Antitrust

Oct 2012

Franchise 2013 Getting the Deal Through

Sep 2012

Franchise 2012 Getting the Deal Through

Oct 2011

The importance of consultation The 2011 guide to Competition & antitrust

Oct 2011

The Franchisor's Guide to International Franchising (Japan Chapter) The Franchisor's Guide to International Franchising

Jun 2011

Are Franchisees categorized as "workers"? Business Houmu

May 2011

Items to consider when commencing or terminating a franchise agreement to avoid disputes

Apr 2011

Review of US & EU Competition Law Cases,

Mar 2011

Non-compete clauses and liquidated damages in franchise agreements

Oct 2010

Franchise 2011 Getting the Deal Through

Sep 2010

Telling it like it is: a franchisor's disclosure obligations

Jul 2010

Japan: The best approach The 2010 guide to Mergers and Acquisitions

Jun 2010

IFLR The 2009 guide to Competition and antitrust (Japan chapter) International Financial Law Review

Oct 2009

Franchise 2010 Getting the Deal Through

Oct 2009

ANALYSIS Take Over Bid Shojihomu

Sep 2009

Japanese Business Law and Practice Law Press China

May 2009

Franchise 2009 Getting the Deal Through

Oct 2008

IFLR The 2008 guide to Competition and antitrust (Japan Chapter) International Financial Law Review

Oct 2008

Securities World - second edition (Japan Chapter)

Nov 2007

Franchise 2008 Getting the Deal Through

Oct 2007

Franchise 2007 Getting the Deal Through

Oct 2006

Securities World 2005 Securities World 2005

May 2005

Lectures

Current Hot Issues on U.S. and EU Antitrust Developments （Co-organizer）Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati / Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Nov 14, 2024

“Practical Implications of the Global Trends in Competition Law” at the 68th Comparative Law and Politics Symposium "Global Trends in Competition Law and Policy" Institute of Business Law and Comparative Law and Politics, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo; Advanced Business Law Program, The University of Tokyo

Aug 2, 2024

The Practical Approach to “Uncertainties” in M&A due to the Recent Developments in the Antitrust Review and Other Related Regulations - with the implication from the latest cases in UK, Europe, and China – Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Jul 26, 2024

ABA Cartel Workshop - ESG：PLEDGES & PERILS （主催）American Bar Association

Jun 25, 2024

ESG/Sustainability / 2023 Antitrust Law Section Global Seminar Series: Tokyo (GSS) American Bar Association

Nov 29, 2023

On the rise? Complex investigations and novel theories of harm in the Asia-Pacific / GCR LIVE: Global Merger Control 2023 Law Business Research

Oct 12, 2023

"Sustainability agreements and competition law: any green light at the end of the tunnel?" at the IBA Competition Mid-Year Conference International Bar Association

Jun 8, 2023

2022 3rd APCC International Symposium "Competition Law and Policy at Crossroads" Asia-Pacific Competition Community

Dec 16, 2022

ABA Cartel Workshop in Lisbon 2022 American Bar Association

Jun 27, 2022

Global Supply Chains and Economic Security ~ Recent Trends and Issues including Economic Sanction against Russia, US-China Technology-Hegemony Battle, and Export Control ~ Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Jun 24, 2022

Antitrust Issues in Digital Platform The Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)

Jun 17, 2021

Latest Antitrust Challenges and Issues on Online Platforms in the Asia Pacific Region Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, JunHe LLP, Slaughter and May, Gilbert + Tobin, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, Allen & Gledhill、Kim & Chang

Nov 30, 2020

"New enforcement trends against vertical restraints in the online world" at the IBA Competition Mid-Year Conference International Bar Association

Jun 6, 2019

Personal Liability in Cartel Cases Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Nov 6, 2018

Trump administration's trade war - how Japanese Companies should correspond Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Oct 31, 2018

"Fashion in the Digital Age" of Annual Conference of the International Bar Association 2018 International Bar Association

Oct 9, 2018

Legal Topics in Cross-border M&A Transactions - Locked Box, W&I Insurance and Antitrust Issues Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Osaka Office

Jul 20, 2018

Legal Topics in Cross-border M&A Transactions - Locked Box, W&I Insurance and Antitrust Issues Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Nagoya Office