Scott Nonaka
Partner
Scott Nonaka is a partner of O'Melveny & Myers LLP, currently transitioning to the Tokyo office. Before moving to Tokyo, Scott resided in the firm's San Francisco office and litigated and arbitrated a broad-range of complex commercial disputes, including intellectual property, antitrust, joint venture, securities, contract, tort and energy-related disputes in trial and appellate courts throughout the United States and complex international commercial disputes before arbitral tribunals throughout the world. Scott also represented clients in internal corporate investigations and in connection with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Department of Justice investigations. Before joining O'Melveny, Scott served as an Assistant United States Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice. Scott is admitted to practice in New York and California.
Illustrative Professional Experience
LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION
listed below are Scott's experiences while residing in the US office
- Won full dismissal for a European commercial and investment bank in a Washington state court action involving contract and business tort claims and damages claim of more than US$50 million.
- Won multiple favorable awards for a large multi-national Japanese trading company in ICC arbitration involving trade secret, copyright and contract claims.
- Successfully defended a multinational LNG supplier in UNCITRAL arbitration against a foreign state-owned energy company involving claims of more than US$630 million.
- Won a favorable award and negotiated a favorable settlement for a U.S. investor-controlled Mexican trust in ICC arbitration and multi-jurisdictional litigation arising from a US$200 million real estate project in Mexico.
- Obtained favorable settlement for a large multi-national Japanese manufacturing company in a California state court action involving contract, business tort and damages claims of more than US$25 million.
- Won favorable award for a leading television programming provider in ICC arbitration against a Taiwanese distributor involving breach of contract and damages claims of more than US$20 million.
- Successfully represented a large U.S. computer company against a Taiwanese company in a U.S. federal court action to enforce ICC arbitration award.
- Successfully represented a large Canadian financial services company in a New York trial and appellate action involving breach of contract claims under a US$100 million asset management agreement.
- Defended a leading Mexican food processing company in a New York state court action against a U.S. finance company for breach of contract under note purchase agreements totaling US$38 million.
- Counsel for over 40 English marine insurance syndicates in a New York federal court action against U.S. and English insurance brokerage houses for fraud and civil RICO violations.
INTERNAL CORPORATE INVESTIGATIONS
- Represented a Special Committee of a large U.S. hi-tech company in an internal investigation into allegations of stock option backdating and in connection with related government investigations.
- Represented the Audit Committee of a U.S. software manufacturer in an internal investigation into allegations of stock option backdating and in connection with related government investigations.
- Conducted an internal investigation for the Board of Trustee of a large New York state university in connection with allegations of fraud and kickbacks.
- Conducted an internal investigation for a large commodities trading company into allegations of front running in futures trading.
- Represented a large oil storage and transport company in an internal investigation and related U.S. Department of Justice investigation following an oil spill in waters off of New York and New Jersey.
Professional Activities
Law Clerk, Honorable David G. Larimer, District Judge, Western District of New York (1991-1993)
Admitted to Practice, U.S. District Court, Southern and Western Districts of New York, Northern District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California (1999-2002)
Member, California Bar Association; San Francisco Bar Association; American Bar Association; International Bar Association; New York State Bar Association