NERA Tokyo Office held a seminar on M&A risk management to celebrate the publication of its new book "Economic Analysis In Merger Regulation: How To Evaluate Market Competition And Guidance On Handling Reviews," which shows the key points for complying with antitrust merger regulation and explains how to use economic analysis.

In order to achieve success in M&A it is important to properly handle the various associated risks to help ensure that the M&A deal itself is completed in a timely and efficient manner. At the same time, before the deal is completed, it is necessary to pay attention to establishing the governance and management systems that will be in place after the deal is closed. In this seminar, we invited external experts involved in M&A risk management to explain the know-how needed to achieve success in M&A and to provide reference case studies.

These experts included Ryutaro Nakayama, Attorney-at-Law from the law firm Nishimura & Asahi; Junji Horinouchi, Representative of M&A Consulting from Mercer, a firm that provides organizational and human resource consulting services; Brad Staples, Head of Competition Law and Regulation from APCO Worldwide, a firm that provides communication consulting services;Kazuma Yoshioka from Kroll Ontrack, a firm that specializes in e-discovery, as well as Hiroaki Ishigaki and Naoya Kaneko from NERA. These experts gave lectures from the perspective of their respective fields of specialism and spoke of the points to bear in mind regarding the legal risks related to M&A; the risk of disputes with parties involved in a deal; governance and human resource management risks after a deal is closed; and communication risks, as well as advice on how to deal with these various risks.

Program details

• Legal risk management for M&A: Ryutaro Nakayama, Partner & Attorney-at-Law - Nishimura Asahi Law Firm
• Risk management in M&A - organizational and human resource domains:Junji Horinouchi, Partner & Representative, Global M&A Consulting - Mercer Japan Co., Ltd.
• Effective ways to progress merger reviews using economic analysis: Hiroaki Ishigaki - NERA Tokyo Office
• Points to bear in mind when using questionnaire-based evidence in merger reviews: Naoya Kaneko - NERA Tokyo Office
• The role of strategic communication in M&A: Brad Staples, President, International - APCO Worldwide
• E-discovery support for second requests and measures to prevent the leakage of trade secrets during business integrations: Kazuma Yoshioka, Account Manager, Legal Technology - Kroll Ontrack

*Speaker affiliations and titles are current as of the time of the lecture