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Nishimura & Asahi receives top accolades in Intellectual Asset Management Patent 1000 2024
Satoshi Niki is a LPC Partner of our Osaka Office. Satoshi has a background in semiconductor and aircraft engine engineering, and is engaged in various M&A transactions, business alliances, litigation, and intellectual property strategies related to advanced technologies in Japan and overseas.
Satoshi manages a wide range of domestic and cross-border M&As, capital and business alliances and technology alliances where intellectual property rights and technologies, such as semiconductors, autonomous driving, electric vehicles, AI, and systems, were important elements to the transaction. Satoshi is also heavily involved in supporting high-tech startups such as space development, quantum computers, and regenerative medicine, and has extensive experience in contract structure ground design and contract negotiations for building new businesses. In addition, Satoshi makes use of his engineering background to deal with a number of disputes, such as patent infringement proceedings and disputes related to defects in advanced technology products, where technical issues are the main issues.
Representative Work
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- 2022
- Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Strategic Alliance with Sony Group Corporation
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- 2021
- Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Collaboration on in-vehicle connected services with Google LLC
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- 2020
- Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Joint Development of Next-Generation EV with General Motors
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- 2019
- Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Integration of Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Keihin Corporation, Showa Corporation and Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
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- 2019 - 2020
- Showa Denko K.K. - Tender offer for Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
Awards & Rankings
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Nishimura & Asahi received top accolades in the 2023 edition of IAM Patent 1000
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Education
- 1994
- Osaka University (B.Eng.)
Professional Experience
- Osaka Office
- Panasonic Corporation
- Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd (Currently IHI Corporation)