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Hiroaki Nagahashi is a member of the Firm's Antitrust & Competition Law group, Corporate/ M&A group and Dispute Resolution group in Tokyo. He is seasoned in the areas of M&A, competition law (including the Antimonopoly Act, among others), consumer protection law (including the False Labeling Prevention Act, Food Labeling Act and other advertising & labeling regulations, domestic and international litigation and general corporate law. He is admitted to practice in Japan and New York and certified as a Food Labeling Consultant by the Food Labeling Testing Institute. Hiroaki helps advise clients on matters related to unreasonable restraint of trade such as leniency applications, and merger control such as filing and assessment for anti-competitive effect. He also advises clients on legal issues resulting from day-to-day business such as private monopolization or unfair trade practices, and assists them establish compliance programs pertaining to competition law. Additionally, he is also experienced in advertising & labeling regulation, subcontract regulation and foreign competition laws of the US, EU and Asian countries. Moreover, Hiroaki carries out numerous domestic and international litigation, M&A, and insolvency matters.
In Subcontractor protection

Japan: Amendments to the Subcontract Act

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In brief A bill partially amending the Act Against Delay in Payment of Subcontract Proceeds, etc. to Subcontractors (“Subcontract Act”) and the Act on the Promotion of Subcontracting Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (collectively, Amendment to the Subcontract Act, etc.) was passed and enacted in a plenary session of the Japanese House of Councillors on 16 May 2025. The Subcontract Act was enacted to ensure fairness in subcontracting transactions and protect the interests of subcontractors. This…