Lawyers in Japan

Shuji Yamaguchi

Handles cargo claims, charterplay disputes, aviation claims, domestic transport claims, maritime insurance claims, litigations, arbitrations and other maritime related cases. He represents all major Japanese underwriters.

Okabe & Yamaguchi

Shunji Matsuda

IP Transactions, Media, Entertainment and Sport, IP Disputes, IT and Telecommunications, General Corporate

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Shunsuke Mori

Partner

Iwata Godo

Shusuke Fukunaga

Shusuke is a Partner in the Assets & Structured Finance group. Shusuke is a licensed Japanese lawyer (Bengoshi) and is also admitted as Solicitor in England & Wales. Shusuke has extensive experience in a broad range of banking and finance transactions (both domestic and cross-border) with a focus on aviation and maritime asset finance. He frequently advises banks, trading houses, leasing companies, ECAs and other financial institutions as well as corporate investors on wide-scale cross-border transactions. He offers clients with commercially balanced high quality legal services. Shusuke is well regarded by clients and peers in the Japanese market and has been commended by legal directories such as Chambers and Legal 500 in relation to Asset Finance and Banking practices in Japan. Before joining the firm, Shusuke had spent 8 years with Clifford Chance, including secondment to Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities, and also worked at White & Case for 6 years. He is one of the founding members of the firm’s Tokyo office, Watson Farley & Williams (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo Horitsu Jimusho).

Watson Farley & Williams (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo Horitsu Jimusho)

Simon Collins

Simon is a registered foreign lawyer (Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi) in Japan and qualified in England. Simon advises clients on complex cross-border finance transactions, with a focus on the aviation and maritime sectors. He helps clients navigate the strategic intricacies of a wide range of deals, including asset and project finance, structured lending, leasing and commercial shipping transactions. Simon offers clients the benefit of his international experience – having worked in Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, London and the United Arab Emirates. Simon has been commended by legal directories and industry journals such as Legal 500, Chambers, and Airfinance Journal, particularly in relation to aircraft and ship finance transactions. Simon is ranked in both Global and Asia-Pacific listings for Asset Finance by Chambers Global and Chambers Asia-Pacific.

Watson Farley & Williams (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo Horitsu Jimusho)

So Miyamoto

So Miyamoto is the firm’s partner and he has over 17 years experiences of insolvency, and reorganization. Not only domestic cases, but also global ones. He is listed 40 under 40 2022 by Global Restructuring Review.

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Soichiro Fujiwara

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Soichiro Fujiwara

Pertner

Mori Hamada

Sosuke Kimura

Partner. Sosuke Kimura is a career-long expert in the capital markets industry, who provides high-quality advice on securities offering transactions, covering all equity, debt and hybrid securities. He also has deep experience in M&A transactions, especially tender offer transactions in which listed companies go private.

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Steven A. Scheiner

Foreign Legal Advisor

Ushijima & Partners

Taichi Arai

Partner

Mori Hamada

Taiki Hashimoto

So & Sato Law Offices

Takahide Fujii

Partner

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Takahiro Hatori

Partner: Intellectual Property, Dispute Resolution

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Takahiro Kitagawa

Partner. He specializes in handling real estate and capital markets related matters. His experience covers real estate transactions, real estate securitization, real estate financing, formation and management of real estate funds (J-REITs and private funds), initial and follow-on public offering of J-REITs, and M&A transactions of real estate companies and J-REITs.

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Takahiro Oishi

Partner

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Takako Okada

Partner (Chief Patent Attorney of Trademark and Design Group)

Abe, Ikubo & Katayama

Takako Onoki

Counsel

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

Takamitsu Shigetomi

Takamitsu Shigetomi is a partner who is in charge of Intellectual Property Practice Department in the Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners.

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Takao Higuchi

Main area of practice is banking, energy, infrastructure and other projects (including PFIs and PPPs) and project finance.

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Takao Matsuda

Partner

Iwata Godo

Takashi Akahane

Managing Partner (Finance, PFI/PPP, Energy and Natural Resources, International Practice)

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Takashi Hirose

Takashi Hirose is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group of Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners. Mr. Hirose has drafted and advised on intellectual property licensing, joint development agreements and other business contracts including international transactions. Mr. Hirose has also dealt with intellectual property related litigations in several fields including pharmaceuticals, mechanical engineering and consumer products. In addition, Mr. Hirose has also dealt with forensic investigations and many complex litigations including high profile product liability cases and corporate litigations. Mr. Hirose teaches a business law course as a part-time lecturer of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Takashi Ishii

Takashi Ishii is a partner in Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners. His practice areas comprise a range of antitrust / competition, dispute resolution, Risk Management & Compliance, IP and corporate law.

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners