‘Having their roots in occupation era American lawyers that stayed in Japan beyond the occupation, AMT has, from its very inception, been well situated in servicing the foreign business community in Japan.’

‘Their Disputes team is exceptional, with a strong knowledge of both domestics and international practice.’

‘AMT was fortunate to recently bring in David MacArthur, an international arbitration expert with strong regional experience. Partnered with domestic arbitration expert Aoi Inoue, they make a formidable team.’

‘The team is one of the strongest teams among the Japanese large firms, though perhaps a bit more forward-thinking and international than the others.’

‘David MacArthur has helped to professionalize and standardize the practice. Aoi Inouye has been a well-recognized and well-responded name in the Japanese arbitration community for many years. He is one of a handful of Japanese arbitration practitioners who is sufficiently fluent in English to act as a arbitrator in English language cases.’

‘Great mix of international and Japanese arbitration practitioners.’

‘David MacArthur and Aoi Inoue are very strong co-heads of the international arbitration team. Both have lots of experience in international arbitrations and are building a good team.’

‘One of the best arbitration teams in Japan. They are thorough, measured and persuasive.’

‘The team is very involved, well informed and responsive.’

‘This practice’s legal advice is always timely, accurate and also business-oriented.’

‘Mugi Sekido has high level language skills, deep understanding, and extensive experience in handling international conflicts for Japanese clients. He conveys our messages to US attorneys quite accurately and “digests” their complicated legal language into easy terms for us to understand.’

‘The Nagashima international arbitration team (led by Yoshimi Ohara) is second to none in Japan. The team has broad experience in international arbitrations, both commercial and investment treaty. It is highly professional, very responsive and provides thorough analysis.’

‘Yoshimi Ohara is Japan’s leading international arbitration practitioner. She is brilliant, has sharp analytical skills and is well versed both in commercial and investment treaty arbitrations. Yoshimi is a persuasive advocate. She is also enormously responsive.’

‘The team enthusiastically engaged in our arbitration against Japanese constraction companies. They made well organized arguments after long and repeated hearing to related employees.’

‘Koki Yanagisawa took an initiative in seting out our strategy and makeing our argument more powerful and pursuasive, supported by over 10 partner and assosiate lawyers. They made vigorous discussion in their team and made very sophisticated briefs.’

‘The quality of the attorneys is excellent across the board. Their ability to coordinate complex litigations in multiple jurisdictions for Japanese clients is without compare.’

‘I would like to highlight the excellence of Hironobu Tsukamoto in the general litigation space.’

‘Excellent lawyers with attention to detail.’

‘Hisaya Kimura is a safe pair of hands and an absolute star.’

‘The City-Yuwa international arbitration team is highly experienced, has great advocates and is very responsive.’

‘Yoko Maeda is an international arbitration star. She is a highly talented advocate, a smart thinker, and always very responsive. Yoko works effortlessly across different jurisdictions.’

‘City-Yuwa were well positioned to provide reliable advice to our UK company operating a subsidiary in Japan. City Yuwa’s knowledge of both jurisdictions, and bi-lingual abilities allowed a thorough explanation of the peculiarities of Japanese law and how best to proceed through the various stages of a dispute.’

‘We found Yoko Maeda a pleasure to deal with. She was always positive and amenable in our private discussions, but was equally well able to articulate her points and stand her ground under intense pressure during the crunch meetings with our counterparts.’

‘City-Yuwa is a full service law firm providing professional legal advice with efficient solutions.’

‘I have worked with Yoko Maeda for years. She is an excellent litigator and sophisticated in arbitration. Most importantly, Yoko provides us with practical legal advice which makes business sense.’

‘The team is responsive, structured, and knowledgeable both on Japanese law and international commercial arbitration.Effective and efficient teamwork is absolutely possible with Maeda Sensei and her team.’

‘All members of the team are very dedicated, attentive, punctual, and enthusiastic. They strive for perfection in every detail of the work delivered and advice they provide. I was really impressed by how hard-working they are and the quality of the work. In particular, Yoko Maeda, who is the team leader is an excellent litigator, very client focused and extremely supportive.’

‘The team has kept good relationships with a court and a patent office, leading the case to a good result.’

‘The team consists of competent and talented members, and they have amicable personalities.’

‘What makes them stand out is that they are not only highly capable but also affable. So I have relied on their expertise on the complex case. And I appreciate their affability which makes easy to communicate.’

‘An excellent team that each attorney has unique background such that a partner who was head of IP Appeal Court in Japan, a managing partner who manage the relationship such as billing, communication and so on with client, a partner who manage the contents of the case, and Japanese benrishi who was general manager of IP division of operating company, has been built for our case.’

‘U&P has rich experience in Japanese litigation on securities and corporate law matters, especially representing investors, including foreign investors.’

‘I believe that their partners, especially Mr. Watanabe, Mr. Inoue, and Mr. Kawamura, have outstanding capabilities of working in complex litigation in Japan.’

‘This firm has numerous highly capable lawyers and staff with specialized knowledge.’

‘They handle their business diligently and respond promptly.’

‘Mr. Rikisuke Yamanaka. This lawyer has specialized knowledge and responds appropriately and quickly to our questions and requests. He also provides detailed explanation to make us feel more secure and follows up well.’

‘They are good at technically difficult security and finance litigation where the value of derivatives, equity, company value etc were diputed among companies including foreign companies.’

‘They listen well to the client request, but they are careful in developing arguments in the courts.’

‘As to the dispute resolution, Ushijima is clearly among the best law firms in Japan.’

‘Their advice is very helpful and well considered.’

‘They always try to provide practical and feasible advice to the client.’

‘Their advice is clear, helpful and thoughtful.’

‘They have global knowledge and capability to communicate with English. It is very important because we are global company and need coordination not only with Japanese stakeholders but also foreign stakeholders.’

‘This firm, while not being large in scale, has many attorneys with ample expertise and experience in relevant areas.’

‘Akiko Yamakawa is the best in this area. As she is too popular in this market, we are competing with other clients to retain her!’

‘Kazuki Okada – very experienced litigator.’

‘Kazuki and Akiko are the best lawyers I have ever worked with.’

‘They always try very hard to bring “practically possible” strategies and ideas to meet our goals to settle the dispute.’