Tag: Tokyo

Junko Suetomi joins Greenberg Traurig's Tokyo office as a shareholder, specializing in international trade and customs law

Japan emerges as a hub for regenerative medicine, with opportunities for foreign companies amid strict local regulations

NEC Corporation plans to acquire US software firm CSG Systems International for USD2.9 billion, with Freshfields and Simpson Thacher advising

Walalangi & Partners, in association with Nishimura & Asahi, appointed Heru Mardijarto as local counsel in Jakarta

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune has launched a Malaysia desk with RDS Partnership to support Japanese investment and cross-border work in Southeast Asia

Orrick expands its Tokyo energy team with the hire of former RWE Renewables counsel Akira Takahashi

The Japan In-House Counsel Network (JICN) strengthened its community ties through a joint event with Consilio on 18 September in Tokyo

Hughes Hubbard & Reed boosts its Asia presence by appointing Justin Terada to lead the Tokyo office and expand its corporate and M&A practice

Fisher Phillips opens its first Asia office in Tokyo, led by Nan Sato, to support cross-border employment law needs driven by Japan-US investment

Clifford Chance hires M&A partner Jeff Schrepfer in Tokyo

JILA honored excellence at the annual In-House Legal Awards in Tokyo

Morgan Lewis strengthens Asia real estate practice, hiring Gerald Fujii and Naoki Ueyama from Withers, with 20+ years' experience

Ashurst has hired Teruma Naito to boost its energy transition and infrastructure capabilities in Tokyo

Toppan is buying Sonoco's packaging business for USD1.8 billion

JICN hosted a year-end dinner in Tokyo to strengthen connections and plan for 2025

AMT is rebranding to expand, focusing on fintech, AI, and global M&A

Nishimura & Asahi is set to launch in Hong Kong to expand its scope of legal work advising on cross-border investments involving companies in the city and Japan

Nagashima Ohno has added former NTA commissioner Hitoshi Sumisawa to its Tokyo team as a special adviser

Global law firm White & Case has appointed Alicia Albury as a partner in its real estate and M&A practice in Sydney

Arbitration specialist Shinsuke Yakura, ex-Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Tokyo head, now leads Tokyo disputes at White & Case

Tokyo's Yoshihiro Takatori, ex-Japan disputes head at Paul Hastings and Orrick, now advises at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

China’s Zhuo Jian Law Firm has set up a Tokyo office in a first for the Shenzhen-headquartered law firm, which strengthens its global push

Morrison Foerster bolsters Japan's corporate practice with Greg Salathé, a private equity and M&A expert from PAG

Jean-Denis Marx, most recently a corporate partner at Baker McKenzie in Tokyo, has made a lateral move to Tokyo International Law Office after a 30-year stint at the global firm

Growing awareness of the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards is pushing companies around the globe

AllBright Law Offices has been given approval from the Law Society of Hong Kong to establish a local practice in the firm’s second overseas office to open this year, with its Tokyo branch having started operations in March

Supporting the Asia-Pacific arbitration practice, Herbert Smith Freehills launches an Australian arbitration hub in Melbourne led by partners James Allsop and Chad Catterwell

DLA Piper has hired international tax lawyer Barbara Voskamp and energy expert Peter Armstrong as partners in its Singapore and Tokyo offices, respectively

Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise), a Japanese member firm of Baker McKenzie, has hired former secretary general of the JFTC Shuichi Sugahisa

Five experts have boosted Ashurst’s international projects group in Japan and the M&A team at its formal law alliance in Singapore, ADTLaw

Following an extensive nomination process, Asia Business Law Journal unveils the top performers of Japan’s legal profession

DLA Piper has promoted Masahiko Ishida as co-country managing partner for Japan, sharing joint leadership responsibilities with Lance Miller

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu has hired Kazuhiko Yamamoto, professor at Hitotsubashi University Law School, as a special adviser

Squire Patton Boggs has advised independent containerships owner Seaspan Corporation on securing two separate export credit agency (ECA)-backed Japanese Operating Lease with Call Options (JOLCOs) totalling USD838 million and USD1.4 billion