Tomoe Takahashi

With extensive international experience, including qualifications in three different countries, Tomoe has lived and worked in Tokyo, the United Kingdom, Spain, and New Zealand, and regularly advises clients on multijurisdictional issues. The depth of her experience makes her the trusted adviser of choice for many Japanese and multi-national clients, and she is frequently asked to travel to client offices around the world to audit their global IP portfolios.

Tomoe’s practice largely focuses on multijurisdictional trademark enforcement and portfolio management. She advises domestic and international clients on a variety of trademark issues, including enforcement of trademark rights through criminal and civil litigation, and with various enforcement authorities, advising on anti-counterfeiting measures, filing and prosecuting trademark applications, conducting trademark clearance searches, and structuring stronger intellectual property portfolios around the world.

Tomoe also counsels clients on intellectual property issues arising from merger and acquisition transactions, including negotiating and drafting intellectual property contracts, as well as trademark due diligence. In conjunction with her M&A colleagues, she has advised on a variety of transactions spanning a broad range of industries including the automotive, consumer electronics, cosmetics, food and beverages, gaming, chemical, and energy industries.

Tomoe’s clients also seek her counsel on product safety and compliance issues that may arise in the product life cycle, such as product safety regulations, labelling, and product recalls, including those relating to manufacturing, supply chains, distribution, marketing, and end-users. Tomoe draws upon her extensive intellectual property experience and her international background to provide her clients with innovative solutions to their most complex multijurisdictional issues.