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Kenada Claude
Associate

Claude Kaneda

Paris, France
Languages
  • French
  • English
  • Japanese
  • Spanish
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Claude joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in October 2025, notably to lead a France-Japan Desk, after working 5 years in this speciality in Tokyo and Paris. He is involved in commercial law in several business sectors (retail, food, industries, automotive, cosmetics, healthcare) and in particular in:
•    Contracts law,
•    EU law,
•    Distribution law.

Relevant experience

  • Hauts-de-Seine Bar admission (October 2025),
  • Paris Bar admission (September 2021),
  • Member, French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan CCIFJ,
  • Member, Japanese Chamber of Commerce at Paris and Ile-de-France CEFJ,
  • Member, Association des Avocats Japonophiles AAJ,
  • Alumni Collège et Ecole de Droit excellence curriculum, Paris 2 Assas university.

Publications

  • Newsletter Europe-Japan: New AI Act regulating Artificial Intelligence in the EU entered into force on 1 August 2024 (2025),
  • Newsletter Europe-Japan: Entry into force of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (2024),
  • Newsletter Europe-Japan: European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive strengthens rules concerning the ESG-related information that companies need to report and broadens their scope of application (2024),
  • Newsletter Europe-Japan: New EU Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and its Guidelines Fill in Gaps Unaddressed by the Previous Version to Provide a More Complete Legal Framework for New Vertical Market Practices (2023),
  • Newsletter Europe-Japan: Regulation on Foreign Subsidies Distorting the Internal Market Introduces Notification Requirements for Japanese Companies Active in the EU and Receiving Foreign Subsidies in relation to M&A or Public Tenders (2023).

Memberships & Roles

  • Hauts-de-Seine Bar admission (October 2025),
  • Paris Bar admission (September 2021),
  • Member, Association des Avocats Japonophiles AAJ,
  • Alumni Collège et Ecole de Droit excellence curriculum, Paris 2 Assas university,
  • Outgoing member, French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan CCIFJ.

Education

  • EFB Paris Bar school (2017 – 2018),
  • Master’s degree in law (professional), second year, Paris 2 Assas university, EU law and litigation (2015 – 2016),
  • Master’s degree in law (research), second year, Paris 2 Assas university, comparative European law (2014 – 2015),
  • Master’s degree in law, first year, Paris 2 Assas university, European law (2013 – 2014),
  • Law degree, Paris 2 Assas university (2010 – 2013).
Practice Areas
Commercial Law

Insights by Claude

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News France

Amendments to Japan’s subcontracting law effective January 2026, studies from a French perspective.

23 Mar 2026 8 min read
News France

CMS Francis Lefebvre joins the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (CCIFJ) as a non-resident member

30 Jan 2026 2 min read
News France

Japan AI Act and EU AI Act, same name but false siblings?

31 Oct 2025 7 min read
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