Lawyers in Japan

Maki Kawamura

Partner

Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)

Maki Wakamatsu

Associate

Aquaxis Law Office

Makiko Harunari

Head of Simpson Thacher’s Asia Banking and Credit Practice, Makiko concentrates on complex cross-border financing transactions throughout the Asia-Pacific region and advises a varied roster of prominent financial sponsors, corporate borrowers and international financial institutions. Her practice includes a broad mix of acquisition finance, real estate finance, fund finance, private credit, hybrid equity, back-leverage and other innovative financing products and continues to grow restructuring capabilities. Makiko has extensive industry experience across real estate, infrastructure, data centers, healthcare and industrials.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Makiko Watanabe

Counsel

Aquaxis Law Office

Makiko Yageta

Counsel

Ushijima & Partners

Makoto Hattori

Partner

Abe, Ikubo & Katayama

Makoto Hibi

Partner / Regulatory implications and finance, Wealth management, ESG- and sustainability-related legal services

PwC Legal Japan

Makoto Hiratsuka

Senior partnerSince founding Hiratsuka & Co. in 1976, I handled a large number of cases in the fields of maritime, shipping and insurance laws for foreign (English, Russian, Chinese, Korean, Israeli, etc.) clients as well as for Japanese clients. These include, but not limited to, collisions, fires, explosions, grounding, charterparty disputes, cargo claims, disputes between insurers and reinsurers cases.On a number of occasions, I provided expert advices on the position under Japanese law with respect to cases pending before foreign courts / arbitration tribunals.

Hiratsuka & Co

Makoto Koinuma

Shareholder

Greenberg Traurig Tokyo Law Offices

Makoto Ohnuma

Partner

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Makoto Ohsugi

Partner

Aquaxis Law Office

Makoto Saito

Corporate/M&A; General Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A); Private Equity/Venture Capital; Securitization/Structured Finance/Trust; Acquisition Finance; Project Finance; Financial Regulations/Fund Management; Real Estate and J-REITs; Pharmaceutical and Health Care.

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Makoto Sakai

M&A, tax, Private Client / Wealth Management

Mori Hamada

Mami Hino

partner

Abe, Ikubo & Katayama

Mami Ikebukuro

Partner

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Manabu Eiguchi

Partner

Iwata Godo

Manami Hayashi

Associate

Aquaxis Law Office

Mark Davies

Partner

King & Spalding

Mark Weeks

Senior Counsel

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Masaakira Kitazawa

Corporate, M&A, Finance and Financial Institutions, Corporate Crisis Management, International Practice

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Masafumi Masuda

Partner

Mori Hamada

Masafumi Shikakura

Masafumi Shikakura is a counsel and leads Clifford Chance’s antitrust practice in Tokyo. He specialises in antitrust law and foreign investment regulations and advises domestic and international companies on Japanese anti-monopoly law as well as Japanese regulations on foreign direct investments and sanctions. He handles multi-jurisdictional merger filing analyses and foreign direct investment filing analyses and coordination with local counsel in various jurisdictions for many transactions. Masafumi has also gained extensive experience in M&A transactions, in particular cross-border acquisitions and joint ventures. He has advised clients in power and energy, technology, healthcare and various industrial sectors.

Clifford Chance (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo)

Masahiko Ishida

DLA Piper Tokyo Partnership Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsu Jimusho

Masahiko KINOSHITA

Partner

Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo