Japan > Shipping > Independent local firms
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Shipping: Independent local firms
Leading individuals: bengoshi
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- Makoto Hiratsuka Hiratsuka & Co
- Sotaro Mori Yoshida & Partners
- Norio Nakamura Yoshida & Partners
- Tetsuro Nakamura Yoshida & Partners
- Yoichi Ogawa Yoshida & Partners
- Mitsuhiro Toda Toda & Co
- Nobuto Yamaguchi Tokyo Sanno Law Office
Hiratsuka & Co has strong experience in contentious shipping work, with a particular niche in marine casualties. Makoto Hiratsuka ‘knows all there is to know about shipping’ and Shinichiro Yamashita is highlighted for insurance litigation.
Toda & Co has recently handled cases involving environmental claims, ship arrests and insurance claims. However collision-related work is the backbone of the practice, and Takeya Yamamoto specialises in advising both domestic and international clients on collision cases.
Tokyo Sanno Law Office’s ship finance offering has expanded to include structured finance and capital markets following a significant increase in work. The firm specialises in advising domestic banks, shipowners, shipbuilders and chartered operators across dry and wet shipping issues and it is currently involved in three international arbitrations.
Yoshida & Partners is a ‘maritime specialist’ and remains ‘one of the first port of calls for shipping advice in Japan’. The firm fields an enviable client list of shipowners, P&O Clubs, financial institutions and trading houses and regularly acts for multinational clients. Casualty, cargo claims, litigation and finance are all active areas.
Transport niche Okabe & Yamaguchi maintains a reliable reputation in the admiralty field. The firm receives a regular flow of instructions relating to bills of lading, environmental issues, vessel collisions and insurance claims.