About this office:
Nishimura & Asahi has established strong working relationships with law firms worldwide enabling the firm to focus effectively on international corporate and financial transactions, advising both Japanese and foreign clients at a competitive international standard. The firm has represented its international clients in establishing their business ventures in Japan and worldwide. Furthermore, it has advised a number of Japanese companies requiring legal representation in international investment projects both in and outside of Japan.
The firm has experienced, multilingual lawyers with specialized training, including advanced international law degrees from law schools in the US or the UK and secondments to firms in non-Japanese jurisdictions, including the US, UK and Australia.
Nishimura & Asahi's newly formed Corporate Crisis Management Group significantly enhances the firm's ability to provide comprehensive solutions for complicated and advanced commercial transactions (including cross-border transactions) based on a wide range of in-house legal resources, including corporate law, securities law, civil law, criminal law, administrative law, and related laws and regulations. In addition, the recent creation of a Cross-Border Transactions Group allows the firm to assist clients to an even greater extent with regard to international mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments and US capital markets transactions. These additional practice areas have bolstered the firm's reputation for providing its clients with superior legal advice and creative problem-solving.
Statement of Practice Summary:
Corporate Law; General Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Compliance; Start-Up Businesses; Tax Law; Labor Law; Real Estate; Environmental Law; International Transactions; Finance; Banking Law; Capital Markets; Asset Management; Structured Finance; Securitization; Asset Finance; Acquisition Finance; Insurance; PFI/Project Finance; Business Reorganization; Insolvency; Corporate Crisis Management; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Civil Law; Commercial Disputes; Transnational Dispute Settlement; Tax Disputes; IP Disputes; Administrative Disputes; Specialized Disputes; International Trade; Antitrust; IT/IP; IP Licenses; Venture Capital; IP Finance; Telecommunications Law; Media Law; Trusts and Estates; Educational Services; Assistance to Administrative Organizations; Education Law; Professional Activities.
Year Established: 1966
Languages: Japanese, English, French and Chinese (Mandarin).