Nishimura & Asahi (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo)
Japan’s Largest International Law Firm:
Nishimura & Asahi is Japan’s largest law firm, covering all aspects of domestic and international business and corporate activity. We have over 700 Japanese and foreign lawyers — employing more than 850 support staff, including tax accountants, patent attorneys, senior Japanese and foreign business support professionals, and paralegals.
The Highest Global Standards:
Many attorneys and staff at our firm speak other languages and have advanced international law degrees and bar admissions — with experience working at other top global law firms. We have also established strong professional relationships with the most eminent law firms worldwide, enabling us to focus on international corporate and financial transactions, advising both Japanese and foreign clients to the highest international standards.
Cutting-Edge Business Issues:
We work with the most prominent Japanese and global corporations, to find novel solutions for their industries’ most innovative changes and disruptive challenges.
Commitment To Excellence:
Through the enhancement of professional and organisational synergies — a result of our expansion — an unprecedented level of client service is made possible in highly specialised and complex areas of commercial law. We understand our clients’ growing needs and our fully integrated team of lawyers and professional staff is proud to share the same fundamental philosophy: An uncompromising commitment to excellence.
International Presence:
With the continued expansion of our international presence and clientele, we have four domestic and 14 overseas offices. Through our domestic and global networks, we are ideally placed to provide clients with a borderless one-stop service, from Japan to the rest of the world.
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- 35 experts at this firm are ranked in WWL - Japan 2023
- 6 experts at this firm are ranked in WWL - Arbitration 2024
- 4 experts at this firm are ranked in WWL - Competition 2023
- 4 experts at this firm are ranked in WWL - Thought Leaders - Global Elite 2024
- 4 experts at this firm are ranked in WWL - M&A and Governance 2023
- 4 experts at this firm are ranked in WWL - Thought Leaders - M&A and Governance 2023
Offices
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Tokyo (Otemon Tower)
Otemon Tower, 1-1-2 Otemachi Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 1008124, Japan
Phone +81 3 6250 6200
Fax +81 3 6250 7200
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Fukuoka
Denki Building Kyosokan 9th Floor, 2-1-82 Watanabe-dori, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0004, Japan
Phone 81 92 717 7300
Fax 81 92 726 1311
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Nagoya
JR Central Towers 41st Floor, 1-1-4 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya 450-6041, Japan
Phone 81 52 533 2590
Fax 81 52 581 0327
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Osaka
Osaka Umeda Twin Towers North 35F, 8-1 Kakudacho, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0017, Japan
Phone +81-6-6366-3013
Fax +81-6-6366-3014
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Tokyo (Otemon Tower, 1-1-2 Otemachi)
Otemon Tower, 1-1-2 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8124, Japan
Panoramic Contributions
- Aviation Finance & Leasing in Japan
- Competition in Digital Markets in Japan
- Cryptoassets & Blockchain in Japan
- Electricity Regulation in Japan
- Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits in Japan
- Foreign Investment Review in Thailand
- Initial Public Offerings in Japan
- Joint Ventures in Thailand
- Private Equity (Fund Formation) in Japan
- Private Equity (Transactions) in Japan
- Private Equity (Transactions) in Thailand
- Project Finance in Japan
- Renewable Energy in Japan
- Shareholder Activism & Engagement in Japan