Simon Vande Walle

University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics

Professor

7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-Ku

Tokyo, 113-0033

Japan

http://www.simonvandewalle.eu

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Scholarly Papers (27)

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Competition Law in Japan

Comparative Competition Law (John Duns, Arlen Duke, Brendan Sweeney eds., Edward Elgar, 2015)
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 17 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2015
Simon Vande Walle and Tadashi Shiraishi
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics and University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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antitrust law, competition law, Antimonopoly Act

Competition Law in Japan

Comparative Competition Law (John Duns, Arlen Duke, Brendan Sweeney eds., Edward Elgar, 2015)
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 29 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2015
Simon Vande Walle and Tadashi Shiraishi
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics and University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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antitrust law, competition law, Antimonopoly Act

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Remedies in EU Merger Control - An Essential Guide

Number of pages: 90 Posted: 01 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 12 May 2021
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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competition law, antitrust law, merger control, remedies

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The European Commission’s Approval of Google / Fitbit – A Case Note and Comment

CONCURRENCES COMPETITION LAW REVIEW Nr. 3-2021 (section: Chroniques Concentrations), August 2021 (https://www.concurrences.com)
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 18 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2021
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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antitrust, competition law, merger control

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The Rise of Big Tech: Is Competition Law Doing Its Job?

Biggu Tekku no taitō: kyōsōhō ha kinō shiteiruka? [The Rise of Big Tech: Is Competition Law Doing Its Job?], in Mada hōgaku wo shiranai kimi he - mirai wo hiraku 13 kō [free translation: Discover the study of law: 13 lectures that open up a whole new world] 155-165 (Yuhikaku, 2022)
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 22 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2023
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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competition law, antitrust, Big Tech, GAFA

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Private Enforcement of Competition Law in Germany and the Netherlands

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 06 Apr 2022
Patrick Hauser, Jannik Otto and Simon Vande Walle
Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf - Faculty of Law, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf - Faculty of Law and University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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competition law, antitrust law, private enforcement, litigation

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Private Antitrust Litigation in the European Union and Japan – A Comparative Perspective: Book Excerpts

Private Antitrust Litigation in the European Union and Japan – A Comparative Perspective (Maklu Publishers, 2013)
Number of pages: 208 Posted: 27 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2020
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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antitrust law, competition law, private enforcement, private antitrust litigation

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Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law in Japan: An Empirical Analysis

8 Competition Law Review 7-28
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 14 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2013
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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The General Court of the European Union Annuls the European Commission’s Prohibition of a Four-to-Three Merger in the UK Telecoms Sector, in the First Judgment to Directly Deal With the Legal Test for ‘Gap Cases’

Concurrences Competition Law Review Nr. 3-2020
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 10 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2022
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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antitrust law, competition law, concentrations, mergers

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Predatory Pricing in Japan - The Battle Between Yamato and Japan Post in the Parcel Delivery Market

Vande Walle, Simon, The Japanese courts dismiss a predatory pricing lawsuit brought by Yamato against Japan Post, e-Competitions Bulletin, Article Nr. 72926, www.concurrences.com.
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 10 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2021
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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competition law, antitrust law, predatory pricing

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EU Merger Control: How to Remove Anticompetitive Effects?

Remedies in EU Competition Law - Substance, Process and Policy, Kluwer Law International 2020 (Damien Gerard & Assimakis Komninos, eds.)
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 10 Sep 2020
Carles Esteva Mosso and Simon Vande Walle
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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EU competition law, mergers, concentrations, remedies

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The European Commission Clears the Acquisition of a Maker of Fitness Trackers and Smartwatches by a Major Online Platform, Subject to Long-Lasting Behavioural Remedies (Google / Fitbit, M.9660)

Concurrences Competition Law Review, nr. 3-2021, 123-127
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 22 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2022
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law in Belgium and the Netherlands – Is There a Race to Attract Antitrust Damages Actions?

Pier Luigi Parcu, Giorgio Monti and Marco Botta (eds.), Private Enforcement of EU Competition Law - The Impact of the Damages Directive, Edward Elgar (2018) 118-147
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2018
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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antitrust law, private enforcement, jurisdictional competition

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What Keeps Plaintiffs Away from the Court? An Analysis of Antitrust Litigation in Japan, Europe and the US

DIMITRI VANOVERBEKE, JEROEN MAESSCHALCK, STEPHAN PARMENTIER & DAVID NELKEN, The Changing Role of Law in Japan – Empirical Studies in Culture, Society and Policy Making (Edward Elgar, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2014
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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litigation levels, law and sociology, competition law, antitrust law, private enforcement of competition law

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The European Commission Approves a Telecoms Merger With Commitments to Address Unilateral Horizontal Effects Without Dominance (So-Called ‘Gap’ Case) (Vodafone/Liberty Global)

Concurrences Competition Law Review, Nr. 1-2020 (February 2020).
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 27 Jul 2020
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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competition law, antitrust law, merger control, horizontal effects, buyer power

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Antitrust Damages Actions Styled as Unjust Enrichment Claims: A Comment on the Tokyo District Court's Decision in the Jet Fuel Bid-Rigging Case

e-Competitions Bulletin, June 2011
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 18 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2013
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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antitrust law, competition law, antitrust litigation, antitrust enforcement, bid-rigging, damages, quantification of harm, calculation of harm

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The Saitama Saturday Club Case: Political Meddling, Public Opinion, and Antitrust Enforcement in Japan at a Turning Point

Landmark Competition Law Cases - Around the World in Fourteen Stories (Barry Rodger ed., Kluwer Law International, 2013), Journal of Japanese Law/Zeitschrift für Japanisches Recht 143-164 (Winter 2013)
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2015
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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antitrust law, enforcement of antitrust law, penalties, damages actions, political interference, independence, bid-rigging

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Deterrence of Antitrust Violations: Do Actions for Damages Matter in Japan?

Asian Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 1-15, 2011
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 19 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2012
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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antitrust law, private enforcement, damages actions, Japanese Antimonopoly Act, bid-rigging, deterrence

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Sole Control: The Belgian Competition Authority Clears a Vertical Merger in the Audiovisual Sector, Subject to Conditions

Concurrences Competition Law Review, Nr. 3 - 2019, p.120-122 (September 2019)
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 10 Feb 2020
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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The EU General Court's Judgments in the Air Berlin Cases - A Case Note and Comment

CONCURRENCES COMPETITION LAW REVIEW Nr. 1-2022, 123-126 (2022) (https://www.concurrences.com)
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 06 Apr 2022
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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competition law, antitrust, merger control

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The European Commission Approves a Merger Leading to Very High Combined Market Shares in the Chemicals Sector with Remedies

Concurrences Competition Law Review Nr. 3-2020
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 10 Sep 2020
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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antitrust law, competition law, mergers, concentrations

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Market Sharing Cartels: An Overview of EU and National Case Law

e-Competitions Bulletin, Special Issue on Market Sharing, August 2023, www.concurrences.com
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 18 Aug 2023
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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competition law, antitrust

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Multi-jurisdictioneel concentratietoezicht: bederven veel koks de brij? (Multi-Jurisdictional Merger Control: Do Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth?)

Tijdschrift Mededingingsrecht in de Praktijk, 2016/5-6, p. 62-65
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 17 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2016
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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merger control, multi-jurisdictional, competition law

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The General Court Confirms the European Commission’s Analysis of Vertical Effects Resulting from a Merger Between Two Polish Oil Refiners

CONCURRENCES COMPETITION LAW REVIEW, Nr. 3-2023 (September 2023)
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 18 Aug 2023
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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antitrust, competition law

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The Merger Between TF1 and M6: The European Commission Rejects Jurisdiction After Finding That There Would Be No Joint Control (A Case Comment on: European Commission, Decision of 10 January 2022, Case C.1886 – Iliad Case C.1886)

Concurrences Competition Law Review, Nr. 1-2023, 105-107 (March 2023)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 05 Jun 2023
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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competition law, antitrust, merger control

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Just How Honest Does One Have to Be with the Commission? The Lessons from the Merck/Sigma-Aldrich Case

Competition Policy International, Columns Europe, October 2022, https://www.competitionpolicyinternational.com/just-how-honest-does-one-have-to-be-with-the-commission-the-lessons-from-the-merck-sigma-aldrich-case/
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 03 Nov 2022
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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antitrust, merger control, competition law

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Merger Control in Japan: “In Informal Remedies We Trust”

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 27 Oct 2023
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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antitrust, competition law, merger control, Japan, remedies

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Competition and Competition Law in Japan: Between Scepticism and Embrace

in ASIAN CAPITALISM AND THE REGULATION OF COMPETITION: TOWARDS A REGULATORY GEOGRAPHY OF GLOBAL COMPETITION LAW 123-143 (Michael W. Dowdle, John Gillespie & Imelda Maher eds., Cambridge University Press, 2013)
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 21 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2023
Simon Vande Walle
University of Tokyo - Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
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competition law, competition regulation, antitrust law, Japan, legal transplants, convergence