Lawyers in Japan

Shigetoshi Hirano

Mr. Shigetoshi Hirano has been practicing law in a variety of fields since 1989. After he was dispatched by the firm to study in the University of Pennsylvania in 1993, he has specialized in intellectual property (IP) disputes representing Japanese and other foreign clients in Japanese courts and arbitration, as well as drafting licensing and franchising agreements. Mr. Hirano also has extensive experience in entertainment law, which is a combined field of copyright, trademark and intellectual property creation, and is derived from IP. In addition to his IP practice, Mr. Hirano has been involved in business transactions and international disputes between Japanese parties and foreign parties in the U.S., E.U, China, Korea, Middle East and many other countries. Mr. Hirano has also worked on many joint venture projects, which has helped clients expand their businesses into new territories. On several occasions, Mr. Hirano has assisted Japanese clients in the closure of their subsidiaries to restructure their chain of supply. Mr. Hirano believes lawyers should have broad experience and knowledge in order to lead their clients to fair and reasonable results, which is why he has tried to obtain a variety of experience, including learning about different cultures. In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Hirano has been teaching Intellectual Property Law at Kyoto University Law School for the past 10 years and has been elected to important bar association positions, including as Vice President of the Osaka Bar Association.

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Shin Ushijima

Partner

Ushijima & Partners

Shingo Yamada

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners handles numerous corporate criminal cases, and Shingo Yamada is the firm’s partner in charge of those Risk Management & Investigations' cases.

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Shinichi Araki

Partner; Main area of his work is capital markets, including debt, equity and hybrid securities, IPOs, follow-on and Samurai bonds, and financial regulations/compliance and governmental investigation.

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Shinichi Matsui

General Corporate; Corporate Governance; Banking; Project Finance; Insurance; Risk and Crisis Management/Compliance; Restructuring/Insolvency; Disputes in Foreign Jurisdictions; IP Transactions; IP Disputes; IT and Telecommunications; Media; Entertainment and Sport; Natural Resources and Energy; Asia; North America and Latin America; Civil and Commercial Disputes; Maritime Commercial Law

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Shinichiro Horaguchi

Partner

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Shinichiro Kitamura

Partner

Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)

Shinichiro Shimizu

Partner

Atsumi & Sakai

Shinichiro Yamashita

Main practice areas are Litigation and Arbitration, Maritime matters such as Cargo claim, Charterparty, Contract of Affreightment, Shipbuilding, Sale/Purchase of vessel, Collision, Fire, Grounding, Pollution and Arrest/Release of vessel, Insurance and Reinsurance, International insolvency, Product liability and General corporate matters.

Hiratsuka & Co

Shinji Aoki

Partner

Iwata Godo

Shinji Maruyama

Partner

Iwata Godo

Shino Asayama

Local Partner

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

Shinobu Yanagita

Special Counsel

Ushijima & Partners

Shinpei Asano

Associate

So & Sato Law Offices

Shinsuke Hiratsu

Partner

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Shinsuke Yakura

Partner

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

Shinya Tago

Partner

Iwata Godo

Shiro Kato

Partner; Sport, Entertainment, Real Estate, Finance

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Shiro Kuniya

Shiro Kuniya has been highly acclaimed; Ranked among Nikkei Business Journal’s top ten most highly regarded lawyers in Japan in the areas of “Corporate and M&A” and “International Transaction and Dispute Resolution”. Listed as Leading Lawyer for M&A in IFLR 2015, for Financial & Corporate Law in IFLR 2017 (International Finance Law Review) Listed as leading individuals in “Corporate / M&A” section and “Dispute Resolution" section, Chambers Asia Pacific, Asia, Pacific’s Leading Lawyers for Business, (since 2009). Listed as leading individuals in “Corporate and M&A” section, the Asia Pacific Legal 500 (since 2009). Listed in Corporate and M&A, International Business Transactions, Litigation, Intellectual Property and Trade section in “Best Lawyers” (since 2008). Awarded “Project Finance of the Year 1999” (Universal Studio Japan Theme Park Project) by Euromoney.

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Shogo Asaji

Of Counsel

Jones Day

Shoichiro Kajinami

Partner

Abe, Ikubo & Katayama

Shu Kakuno

Partner

Iwata Godo

Shuhei Tsudo

So & Sato Law Offices

Shuichi Nishimura

Corporate/M&A

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu