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根立 隆史
根立 隆史

Takashi NEDACHI

  • Counsel
  • Tokyo

Takashi is counsel in our Competition practice. He advises in all areas of Japanese competition law, drawing on his experience at the Japan Fair Trade Commission and a US-based international law firm of high repute.

Takashi advises in all areas of competition law, including Japanese merger control and compliance, as well as global merger control and investigation involving collaboration with local counsel. His practical advise is based in knowledge and experience garnered through practice in Japan and the EU including secondment to one of the leading firms in global competition law practice in Brussels and over a decade of employment with the Japan Fair Trade Commission.

Publications

Education

2010
The University of Tokyo, School of Law (J.D.)
2006
University of Pennsylvania Law School (LL.C.M)
2005
Columbia Law School (LL.M.)
2001
Waseda University (LL.B.)

Professional Experience

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Brussels (on secondment) 
Japan Fair Trade Commission 
Chief Investigator, Senior Officer for Leniency Program, Investigation Bureau, Japan Fair Trade Commission  
Deputy Director, Coordination Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Japan Fair Trade Commission 
Deputy Director, Office for the Promotion of Regulatory Reform, Cabinet Office 
Chief Investigator, Investigation Division, Investigation Bureau, Japan Fair Trade Commission 
Deputy Director, International Affairs Division, Secretariat, Japan Fair Trade Commission 
Section Chief, General Affairs Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Japan Fair Trade Commission  
Section Chief, Planning Office, Economic Affairs Bureau, Japan Fair Trade Commission