Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Shanghai Representative Office — Japan

Akemi Suzuki

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Akira Komatsu

Partner (TMT/Startups/Entertainment and Sports) · Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Atsushi Yamashita

Partner：Practicing in the capital markets area and providing advice relating to offering of equity and debt securities by Japanese and non-Japanese companies including major financial institutions in the Japanese market and overseas market, offering of fund interests in Japan, investment in start-up companies, granting of equity awards and securities law related issues including disclosure related issues and insider trading issues. Also practices in areas such as financial regulations, corporate and M&A, corporate governance and international dispute related matters. · Capital Markets

Axel Kuhlmann

Foreign Law Partner Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi · Corporate / M&A

Daisuke Fukamizu

Partner · Risk & Crisis Management

Daisuke Takagi

Partner, practicing in securitization, asset finance and real estate transactions (including the formation and operation of real estate funds and J-REITs, and cross-border real estate investment) · Real Estate

Eiji Miyagi

Partner. Real Estate/Energy&Infrastructure/Finance/Environment/Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries sectors · Real Estate

Fumihide Sugimoto

Partner/Co-Chair: Corporate governance, takeover defence, financial regulations and compliance matters, including regulatory investigations, corporate restructuring and consolidation, listed company disclosure issues, various financial transactions, including offerings of debt, equity and other securities as well as asset finance. · Corporate Governance

Hiroki Inoue

M&A, including public tender offers, LBO/MBO, joint ventures, general corporate work, and investment in Asian countries · Corporate / M&A

Hiroshi Fujiwara

Partner · Project Development

Hiroshi Mitoma

His practice focuses on M&A and corporate transactions, including inbound and outbound cross-border acquisitions, acquisitions by private equity funds, joint ventures and takeover defenses. He also advises on corporate governance matters and crisis management cases. · Corporate / M&A

Hiroshi Tago

General Corporate, Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Risk and Crisis Management/Compliance, Restructuring/Insolvency, Asia · Corporate / M&A

Hiroto Inoue

PartnerPractice focuses on real estate-related matters including real estate funds, real estate financing, real estate securitization and Japanese REIT (J-REIT) formation. Extensive experience with joint ventures and M&A transactions and also represents a wide range of clients, both domestic and foreign (regularly represents financial institutions, investment funds, and companies operating in various industries including real estate companies, construction companies, pharmaceutical companies, machinery manufacturers and chemical companies.). · Real Estate

Hiroyuki Ebisawa

Partner: Litigation, Dispute Resolution · Litigation

Hiroyuki Ishizuka

Main area of practice are financing/capital market transactions and corporate law, including securities offering, securities regulations, fund regulations such as private fund filing requirements, corporate governance and tender offer regulations. · Capital Markets

Ichiro Oya

Partner, specializing in capital markets; securitization/structured finance/trust; real estate investment/real estate securitization · Capital Markets

Jiro Mikami

Banking; acquisition finance, asset-based finance; project finance, structured finance; real estate; corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) · Banking & Finance

John Lane

John is a disputes partner in the Tokyo office of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. He advises clients on cross-border litigation, regulatory misconduct, fraud, white-collar crime and contentious employment law matters across all sectors. · Litigation

Jun Kanda

Partner; Dispute Resolution; Civil and Commercial Disputes; Labor and Employment; Employment Disputes; Product Safety, Product Compliance, Product Recall and Product Liability; General Corporate; Risk and Crisis Management · Dispute Resolution

Kaoru Hattori

Antitrust/Competition Law Advice, Antitrust Litigation/Investigation, Merger Control, Unreasonable Premiums and Misleading Representation Prevention Act and Subcontract Act, International Trade, General Corporate. · Antitrust / Competition

Kayako Tase

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Kazuki Tahara

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Kazuo Tsuiki

M&A, corporate governance, overseas support services, environmental law and general corporate. · Corporate / M&A

Kei Asatsuma

Partner. His practice focuses on complex business transactions, including M&A, divestitures, spin-offs, joint ventures, strategic alliances, leveraged buyouts, private equity investing, restructuring and workouts, and recapitalizations. He also counsels clients in a wide variety of corporate matters, including corporate governance issues, and is often called upon to represent public companies involved in takeover and active shareholder defense. · Corporate / M&A

Kei Okubo

Partner · Mergers & Acquisitions

Keiji Tonomura

Keiji is head of NO&T’s TMT Practice Team. Keiji’s practice focuses on M&A, IP/IT-related transactions, and data security/privacy matters. He has extensive experience representing global and local clients on complex business transactions as well as regulatory matters, with a particular focus on the TMT sectors, including new business fields such as AI/IoT, MaaS/CASE, Fintech, Blockchain/Crypto and NFT, as well as gaming and entertainment. Also, has been actively involved in the rule-making processes; for instance, he has served as a member of: “AI Institutional Research Group”(Cabinet Office) (2024-) “Project Team on Innovation and Implementation of AI” (Liberal Democratic Party of Japan) (2023-) “Research Group on Consumer Transactions in Digital Society” (Consumer Affairs Agency) (2024-) “web3 Project Team” (Liberal Democratic Party of Japan) (2022-) “Task Force for Creation of New Markets for Startups” (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) (2022-) · Corporate / M&A

Keiko Shimizu

Partner practicing Financial Regulations and Fund Management, including provide advice on regulations relating to asset management, securities, banking and other financial services, assist in obtaining required licenses and registrations; assist in organising investment trusts, private investment funds and other investment vehicles; personal data protection; compliance matters; general corporate. · Financial Regulations

Keitaro Oshimo

Financial Service Regulations; (Re)Insurance Transactions · Financial Services Regulation

Kenji Horiuchi

Partner: Mr. Horiuchi focuses on corporate restructuring and reorganization in the broadest sense: M&A, private equity investments, joint ventures, business alliances as well as tax advice and planning for the above. He has extensive experience in cross-border transactions and frequently provides such corporate and tax legal services to non-Japanese clients. He further routinely advises on transactional matters for pharmaceutical companies utilizing his pharmaceutical science background as a licensed pharmacist. · Corporate / M&A

Kenji Tosaki

Dispute Resolution; IP, IT and Entertainment; IP Transactions; IP Litigation; General Corporate · Dispute Resolution

Kenji Utsumi

Partner of Real Estate and J-REITs, Pharmaceutical and Health Care Chair of Real Estate Practice Team · Real Estate

Kensuke Suzuki

Pharmaceutical, Medical and Health Care; Financial Regulations; Asset Management/Fund Business; Corporate/M&A · Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare

Kiyoshi Honda

Partner (Tokyo Office) · Infrastructure

Kohei Mano

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Kohei Okawa

Kohei Okawa has mainly been involved in restructuring and insolvency cases and distressed M&A cases. He has a lot of experiences of corporate restructuring and insolvency, whether out-of-court or in-court. · Restructuring & Insolvency

Koichiro Yoshimura

Partner · Tax

Koki Yanagisawa

Dispute Resolution; Employment and Labor Practice; Antitrust Practice; General Corporate; Risk and Crisis Management · Dispute Resolution

Kosuke Hamaguchi

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Kyohei Mizukoshi

Partner. His practice focuses on capital market transactions, including IPOs, equity and debt financing. He also counsels clients in a wide variety of corporate matters, including corporate governance issues. · Capital Markets

MASANORI KAWAI

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Makoto Ohnuma

Partner · Corporate / M&A

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. · Corporate / M&A

Mami Ikebukuro

Partner · Real Estate

Masaki Konishi

Partner, practicing in capital markets (including offering of equity and debt securities of Japanese and non-Japanese companies) and securitization, banking and other finance transactions · Capital Markets

Masanori Tosu

Partner practicing Life Science, Pharmaceutical and Healthcare; Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A); Private Equity, Venture Capital and Startups; IP Transactions; Data Protection and Privacy; Global Investigations, Crisis Management and Compliance; General Corporate · Life Science & Healthcare

Masashi Chusho

Partner; IP Disputes; IP Transactions · Intellectual Property

Masatsura Kadota

Partner; Main area of work is capital markets and corporate law, including offering of debt and equity securities, IPOs, J-REIT and tender offer. · Capital Markets

Masayuki Fukuda

Securitization/Structured Finance/Trust; Banking; Asset Management/Fund; Real Estate Transactions; Real Estate Investment/Real Estate Securitization; J-REITs; Project Finance; Natural Resources and Energy; Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A); Wealth Management/Business Succession/Inheritance; Asia, India; Other Asian Jurisdictions; Casinos/Gambling · Securitization & Structured Finance

Miyuki Ishiguro

Partner specialised in capital market transactions. Main area of work is domestic and global offering of debt and equity securities, private placement, initial public offering and share compesation transaction. · Capital Markets

Motohiro Yanagawa

Specializing in Securitization, Structured Finance, Corporate Finance and Trust practice, as well as Banking and Securities Regulations. Practice area also covers Real Estate Investment/Real Estate Securitization, Real Estate Transactions, J-REITs, Asset Management/Fund, Project Finance, Acquisition Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Financial Regulations/Financial Compliance, Restructuring/Insolvency, General Corporate, Asia, Philippines, North America and Latin America. · Securitization

Naoki Mochizuki

Naoki Mochizuki is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. He advises on a broad range of finance transactions, including banking, real estate finance, project finance, insurance, and fund formation. He also has extensive experience in domestic and cross-border infrastructure projects, including public-private partnership (PFI/PPP) projects and energy-related transactions involving electricity and gas. He advises a variety of clients, including financial institutions, private funds, private companies, and corporate borrowers. · Banking & Finance

Nobuaki Kobayashi

Mr. Kobayashi has a wealth of practical experience handling high-profile insolvency and restructuring proceedings, including large-scale corporate reorganizations. · Restructuring & Insolvency

Nobuhiro Anzai

Partner · Mergers & Acquisitions

Oki Mori

Partner · Dispute Resolution

Oki Osawa

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

Rintaro Hirano

Partner · Banking & Finance

Ryo Okubo

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

Ryota Saito

Partner. His practice focuses on corporate legal matters, including domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, private equity transactions, acquisition finance, and corporate control matters, including hostile takeover defense and activist response. He also advises on corporate governance, compliance, crisis management, and support for companies preparing for IPOs. · Corporate / M&A

Ryuji Oka

Partner. His practice focuses on Banking. He has extensive experience in handling acquisition financing transactions and DIP financing transactions. · Banking & Finance

Satoshi Hosokawa

Partner · Employment & Labor