Taro Tsunoda

Partner

TEL:: 81-3-6775-1044

FAX:: 81-3-6775-2044

Taro Tsunoda is a partner handling a wide range of corporate and financial matters with a focus on cross-border transactions involving Japanese entities. In addition, he regularly advises foreign clients on various Japanese　law matters including, corporate, securities regulations, antitrust, employment, bankruptcy and reorganization. He also has experience in international arbitration before the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC.

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

Practice Areas

Corporate

Corporate and Commercial Transactions Corporate Disputes Establishing a Business Presence in Japan

M&A

M&A/Business Restructuring Joint Ventures Business Alliances Venture Capital Private Equity/Funds Cross-border M&A

Finance and Financial Institutions

Financial Regulation Asset Management and Investment Funds

Dispute Resolution

International Litigation and Cross-Border Disputes

International Practice

United States Brazil Mexico Other Central and South American Countries Africa

Topics

Achievements

Sep 27, 2024

Who's Who Legal: Japan 2024

Achievements

Apr 18, 2024

The Best Lawyers in Japan™・Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2025 Edition)

Achievements

Oct 4, 2023

Who's Who Legal: Japan 2023

Practice Groups

Corporate Transaction Group
Dispute Resolution Group
Financial Services & Transactions Group
Asia and Emerging Countries Practice Group

Background

Mar 1992	Waseda University (LL.B.)
Apr 1996	The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
May 2001	The University of Michigan Law School (LL.M.)
Jun 2002	The University of Chicago Law School (LL.M.)
Sep 2002 - Aug 2003	Associated with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York

Publications

Investing in Africa - South Africa and Kenya - Kaigai-Touyushi, Nov 2018

Nov 2018

Entry into Kenya - Regulations regarding Foreign Direct Investment and Companies Act BUSINESS LAWYERS (website)

Oct 2018

Overview of Laws and Regulations in South Africa Business Homu, Apr/May 2015 Issue

Apr 2015

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

Nov 2013

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

Apr 2013

Outside Help The 2012 Guide to Japan 10th Edition

Apr 2012

A new regulation on the consolidated supervision of securities company Global Pensions & Investment Funds Reveiw 2011/12

Jul 2011

Global Business and Human Rights (First edition 2011) (Japan Chapter) Global Business and Human Rights (First edition 2011)

May 2011

Benefit or burden?

Oct 2009

Lectures

On-Demand Seminar : Doing Business and M&A Transactions in Kenya Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, ENSafrica

Apr 13, 2021

Challenges and Business Opportunities under the New Mexican Administration ~For the Success of Japanese Companies~ Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C.

Apr 8, 11, 2019

Investing in Brazil under the new government Anderson Mori & Tomotsune / Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados

Feb 7, 2019

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

Nov 21, 2018

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

Oct 31, 2018

Legislation update on anticorruption in Latin America, enforcement activities, challenges and trends IPBA

Sep 28, 2018

Hot topics and recent trends in antitrust investigations in Brazil Mattos Filho Advogados, Câmara de Comércio e Indústria Japonesa do Brasil, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Sep 25, 2018

The Brazilian Data Protection Law Anderson Mori & Tomotsune / Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados

Sep 12, 2018

Investing in South Africa and Kenya (Legal Framework and Practical Consideration) Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Bowmans, Japan Institute for Overseas Investment(JOI)

Aug 2, 2018

LITIGATION RISKS AND GOVERNMENT SANCTIONS IN MEXICO Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Nagoya Office

Jul 30, 2018

Key legal issues on entering the Argentine market and M&A transactions Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Estudio Beccar Varela

Oct 2016

Investing into Brazil: Recent Trends of Antitrust Law and Compliance in Brazil Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Mattos Filho

Oct 2016

Investing into Brazil: Recent Trends - The Knowledge Japanese companies should have Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, CCBJ, Pinheiro Neto