Nishimura & Asahi is a ‘Big Four’ Japanese law firm with 530 lawyers across 14 offices, including 10 overseas. The firm’s China practice group assists its Chinese and Japanese clients with more than 20 Chinese lawyers, Japanese lawyers and paralegals across its offices in Beijing and Shanghai, which were established in 2010 and 2014 respectively.  

Focusses / specialisms  

The firm is recognised for its M&A work in China. It offers comprehensive legal services in Japanese, Chinese and English in various fields of business law between Japan and China, such as assisting Japanese clients establishing subsidiaries in China, daily legal support for Chinese subsidiaries, M&A, competition, finance and restructuring.  

Key clients  

Key clients of the firm include RS Technologies, Beijing ByteDance Technology, Chuwa Bussan, Toyota Industries Corporation and Mazda Motor Corporation.