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Etsuko Hara
Etsuko Hara
Etsuko Hara
Etsuko Hara

Partner

Tokyo
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Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024
The Best Lawyers in Japan™・Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2025 Edition)
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Who’s Who Legal: Franchising 2023 - Top Practitioners
Key Practice Areas
Competition/Antitrust
Corporate and Commercial Transactions
International Practice
International Trade
TEL:81-3-6775-1088
/FAX:81-3-6775-2088
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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.
SERVICES
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
Competition law aspects of Business Alliances
Cross-border competition law
Competition-Related Litigation
Corporate
Corporate and Commercial Transactions
Establishing a Business Presence in Japan
Support for Start-ups
M&A
Joint Ventures
Dispute Resolution
Franchise Disputes
International Litigation and Cross-Border Disputes
Industries
Transportation and Logistics
Telecommunication, Media, and Entertainment
Medical, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Life Science and Biotechnology
Automotive, Ship and Machinery
Food and Beverage
Brand and Apparel
Consumer Product and Retail
Government and Public Sector
Digital
CAREER
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
QUALIFICATIONS
Japan (2001)
New York (2007)
PROFESSIONAL AND
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
LANGUAGES
Japanese (first language)
English
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Etsuko Hara
Etsuko Hara
TEL:81-3-6775-1088
/FAX:81-3-6775-2088
Competition/Antitrust
Corporate and Commercial Transactions
International Practice
International Trade
Contact
Etsuko Hara
Hara Etsuko
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