Japan

Firm overview

Atsumi & Sakai is a multi-award-winning, independent Tokyo law firm, and among the largest independent full-service law firms in Japan. The firm was the first domestic Japanese law firm to create a foreign law joint venture, which enables it to admit foreign partners and so offer its clients the quality of service that the modern international business community demands. Expanding from its highly regarded finance practice, the firm now acts for a wide range of international and domestic companies, banks, financial institutions and other businesses, offering a comprehensive range of legal expertise.

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From its establishment thirty years ago, TMI Associates has grown from its original 11 members to become the second-largest law firm in Japan, with more than 695 attorneys and patent/trademark attorneys based in 17 offices. TMI has comprehensive transactional and dispute resolution capabilities, a distinctive regulatory focus and a renowned IP practice. In addition to the firm’s locations in Japan, TMI has offices in Cambodia, China, France, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, the UK and the US, as well as desks focused on Brazil, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico and the Philippines.

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Japan’s Largest International Law Firm:
Nishimura & Asahi is Japan’s largest law firm, covering all aspects of domestic and international business and corporate activity. Our entire legal staff, including our 800 lawyers and licensed professionals, comprises a team of 1800 individuals.

The Highest Global Standards:
Many attorneys and staff at the firm are multilingual, multicultural, and have law degrees and bar admissions from diverse jurisdictions along with experience working at top global law firms. Nishimura & Asahi have established strong relationships with the most eminent global law firms to better serve both Japanese and foreign clients in international corporate and financial transactions at the highest international standards.

Cutting-Edge Business Issues:
Nishimura & Asahi works with the most prominent Japanese and global corporations to innovate and find effective solutions for the most disruptive changes and challenges in each industry.

Commitment To Excellence:
Through the enhancement of professional and organisational synergies — a result of the firm’s expansion — an unprecedented level of client service is made possible in highly specialised and complex areas of commercial law. Nishimura & Asahi understands its clients’ growing needs, and the firm’s integrated team of lawyers, professionals and staff are proud to share the same fundamental philosophy: An uncompromising commitment to excellence.

International Presence:
With the continued expansion of its international presence and clientele, the firm has five domestic and 14 overseas offices. Through the firm’s domestic and global networks, Nishimura & Asahi is ideally placed to provide its clients with borderless, one-stop service, from Japan to the world.

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Our Firm
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (MHM) is one of the largest full-service Tokyo headquartered international law firms. A significant proportion of the firm’s work is international in nature, representing clients in cross-border transactions, litigation and other dispute resolution proceedings.

Our Professionals
MHM firm has over 700 lawyers and 640 support staff including patent attorneys, licensed tax accountants, legal assistants and translators. Its senior lawyers include highly respected practitioners and leaders from the Japanese and international legal community, including prominent law professors from the University of Tokyo, and a former Prosecutor-General from the Public Prosecutors Office. The firm also has experienced lawyers qualified in the US, England and Wales, the People’s Republic of China, Bangladesh, the Philippines, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and more.

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