Lawyers in Japan

Nobuhiro Anzai

Partner

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Nodoka Nakamura

Partner

Abe, Ikubo & Katayama

Norihiro Sekiguchi

Norihiro Sekiguchi is highly active advising on cross-border and domestic matters. His recent experience includes acting on joint ventures, share sales and acquisitions across a wide variety of sectors. A market source reports: "He has a lot of deal experience and his advice is always on point."

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Norihito Sato

Partner

Mori Hamada

Oki Mori

Partner

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Oki Osawa

Partner (M&A/Corporate & FDI/Export/Sanction/Technology Protection/Semiconductor/Defense/Other Economic Security Matters)

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Osamu Fujiwara

Partner

Atsumi & Sakai

Osamu Hirakawa

Corporate, Corporate Crisis Management

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Osamu Inoue

Partner

Ushijima & Partners

Paul Coggins

Paul is a banking and finance lawyer based in Tokyo, focusing on the shipping and offshore sectors. He acts for commercial banks, ECAs and sponsors in the financing of all manner of ships and offshore units using various financing structures, including complex cross-border project and asset-based leasing and debt facilities. Paul also has considerable experience drafting and negotiating commercial shipping agreements, including shipbuilding contracts and charterparties, and advising on the sale and purchase of ships, ship-owning companies and distressed shipping loans, acting for ship owners, charterers and financiers. Before joining the Tokyo office in 2010, Paul spent time in London and Singapore with a well-known international shipping law firm and on secondment to the Asia Shipping Desk of a leading bank in Hong Kong.

Norton Rose Fulbright

Paul Harrison

Partner

White & Case LLP - White & Case Law Offices (Registered Association)

Peter Armstrong

DLA Piper Tokyo Partnership Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsu Jimusho

Peter Harris

Peter Harris has helped multiple clients navigate cross-border business disputes through litigation, arbitration, mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. He regularly acts for clients in the energy, resources, construction and infrastructure sectors but also has recent experience of resolving disputes relating to tech, financial services, shipping and commodities. Peter is an experienced oral advocate who regularly appears before international tribunals. Peter also has experience sitting as an arbitrator.

Clifford Chance (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo)

Reiji Takahashi

Partner Finance and Financial Institutions Energy and Natural Resources Corporate

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Reiko Sakimura

Reiko Sakimura specialises in international capital markets, including international debt and equity offerings, convertible bonds and other equity-linked securities, medium term note programmes, euro-commercial paper programmes, samurai bonds, regulatory capital, and corporate hybrid securities. Reiko acts for underwriter and issuer clients in respect of a wide variety of capital market transactions for Japanese issuers accessing international markets through Regulation S and Rule 144A offerings, as well as foreign issuers accessing the Japanese markets.

Clifford Chance (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo)

Rikisuke Yamanaka

Partner

Ushijima & Partners

Rikita Karakawa

Partner

Abe, Ikubo & Katayama

Rikiya Okuhara

Partner

Atsumi & Sakai

Riko Shintani

Associate

Aquaxis Law Office

Rintaro Hirano

Partner

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Rupert Burrows

Rupert Burrows is the Managing Partner of the firm's Tokyo office. Rupert is highly regarded in Japan for his broad experience in projects work, particularly international infrastructure projects in the energy and chemical sectors and related corporate M&A. Rupert has lived and worked in Japan for more than 25 years and is fluent in Japanese. His clients include all of the major Japanese trading houses as well as a large number of Japanese utilities and banks. He has a wealth of experience advising Japanese companies on cross-border acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and other investments. Rupert has been ranked as a Highly Regarded Lawyer in both Energy and Infrastructure (Japan) and Project Development (Japan) by IFLR 1000, a Leading Individual in Projects and Energy: International Firms and Joint Ventures (Japan) by Legal 500 Asia Pacific and recognised in both Projects & Energy: International (Japan) and Construction (Japan) by Chambers Asia Pacific. Prior to joining Mayer Brown, Rupert was the managing partner of the Tokyo office of another international law firm.

Mayer Brown GJBJ

Ryo Nakazawa

Partner

Iwata Godo

Ryo Okubo

Private Equity, M&A, Acquisition Finance, Corporate, TMT, Space

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Ryohei Kudo

Partner

Iwata Godo