Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu > Tokyo, Japan > Firm Profile

‘NO&T is a standout legal practice in Antitrust/Competition in Japan. I am always impressed by the strength of their client relationships, which is consistent with the outstanding level of client service they provide.’

‘Kaoru Hattori is not only technically and legally gifted, but is a trusted advisor to her clients in all aspects of her practice. She is smart, strategic, and collaborative.’

‘NO&T is clearly among the tier 1 competition practices in Japan. They have the best people and an outstanding service level. As a group they have great depth in terms of subject matters and backgrounds of experience to always be able to present workable solutions.’

‘Yoshitoshi Imoto has a great depth of knowledge on the competition laws accross the world and asks allthe right questions to get the best result for clients. He is very responsive and handles the matters we work on together with great care and determined calm.’

‘The Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu law firm has an outstanding comprehensive strength and a large number of professional talents. When dealing with specific cases, the most suitable lawyers will be deployed scientifically according to the actual needs of the case to form the relevant service team. Because of this, the team can respond quickly to provide efficient, high-quality legal services.’

‘Good bench depth and strong connections to the regulator. Sector experience is wide ranging which really ensures they know what they are talking about.’

‘Yoshitoshi Imoto is a standout in the market. Nimble and pragmatic and able to swiftly respond to unexpected issues in merger reviews. He is trusted by clients and quickly builds lasting relationships.’

‘They are at the top of the market, with extraordinary resources and visibility into the JFTC’s work. A real standout practice.’

‘The capital markets team is an outstanding team in the Japanese market, based on their variety of experience in this area.’

‘The team is always very organized with lawyers who are experienced. Their response is quick and quality of advice is also great.’

‘Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu has magnificent experiences in capital markets.’

‘Yuichi Miyashita: Highly accessible and responsive to our inquiries. Many years of practical experience in this practice area (i.e. the equity transaction) and well familiar with the practice. Provides very logical and practical legal advice.’

‘They have been committed to structured products including securitization for many years. So, they have a broad range of experience and knowledge in this area. We can rely on them for not only executions but also new product developments. They’re very supportive even at an early stage when we’re not sure if we can close actual deals.’

‘Highly sophisticated. Ability to focus on business goals, and to remain available for communication with us at all times. Clearly pointing out legal issues and proposing practical solutions against the issues.’

‘Mr. Motohiro Yanagawa is a well experienced partner. His suggestion and opinion is beyond our expectation.’

‘They are a well experienced team with highly qualified capability. Their work is not only reliable but also speedy.’

‘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.’

‘We believe Nagashima’s IP deparment is superior in international cases to other firms’ teams, especially in huge, multi-lateral cases.’

‘Nagashima has a large number of IP attorneys who have a rich experience in the U.S. IP firms.’

‘They have a capacity to handle big international cases, while keeping its high-quality level and intense communication with foreign clients.’

‘Mr. Matsuda’s thoughtful advice from both legal and business point of views help the team to make right decisions in proceedings. He is an excellent communicater and, through conversation with his clients and foreign colleagues, he can identify central issues in each aspect of the proceedings and suggest a practical solution.’

‘The team has a lot of experience involved up to the highest level (Japanese Supreme Court) on intellectual property litigation matters.’

‘Kenji Tosaki is the leading partner at the firm. He can be little reserved but very tenacious and diligent. His English is also quite good which is not always the case with Japanese law firms.’

‘Leading partner Shunji Matsuda is one of the greatest IP attourneys in Japan, and understands well about regulations and trends of the relavent statutes which will helpful for all of his clients.’

‘They provide very good service not only in Japan but also abroad. In particular, there is a sense of security that other firms do not have when dealing with cross-border individual tax affairs.’

‘I often deal with Mr. Yoshikazu Hasegawa, because he has a lot of experience of giving cross-border individual tax advice.’

‘Close liaison with and strong control over local law firms in different jurisdictions. Close communication with inhouse tax team in Tokyo which is very famous for outstanding track record and produces one-firm view.’

‘Smooth overall project management and keep trying to understand client’s needs. Also sometimes nicely yet effectively challenges client from potential risk management view points.’

‘The team has an excellent reputation and its capability on the ground in Singapore distinguishes it from the other top Japanese law firms.’

‘Kiyoshi Honda and Naoki Ikeda have deep knowledge of EPC and Project Finance, and a high ability to understand the needs of customers and our business. So, their suggestions are always excellent and beyond our expectation. And they have done the mission even if an unreasonable deadline.’

‘The best-known law firm in Japan. In-depth knowledge of Japan’s energy market.’

‘Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu has a particularly broad scope of practice compared to other law firms.’

‘The current legal issues are multifaceted and require an in- depth understanding of each matters and Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu is particularly superior to other law firms in this regard.’

‘They have high-level expertise and professionalism. In addition, there appears to be an information sharing system among multiple partners and their partners have appropriate control over the quality of the associate’s deliverables.’

‘Our experience with Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu was great.’

‘Without the help of the team, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, we would not have proceeded with our M&A projects and the establishment of the company in the UK.’

‘Each person from Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu was outstanding.’

‘One of their partners, Hiroto Inoue, who I have worked with almost for a decade is a customer-oriented well-balanced specialist with ample knowledge and great personality.’

‘The firm has a thick attorney base, so that they are able to manage numbers of transactions at a time. They grasp our issues/concerns quickly to respond in timely manner.’

‘Attorneys in the firm have deep knowledge on real estate industry even at associate level. Good communication in the firm in regards to our mandate.’

‘Since the firm is big enough to cover multiple issues, our contact partner is able to coordinate with multiple attorneys internally to provide us the best solution, sometimes even giving us appropriate advice on related commercial issues.’

‘Mr. Utsumi is a great lawyer. He is friendly and always calm and listen to our talks patiently. He is easy to talk on the phone when we have something, and his comments are always meaningful.’

‘I believe that they have a variety of experiences and solutions for real estate industries. And we are always supported by their quick responses. If we have issues in a deal, they can suggest some options because they have significant experience in the sector.’

‘Mr. Hiroto Inoue, partner of the firm. Whenever we face some difficulties, he always proposes some reasonable options. Because he has both variety of experiences and deep insights.’

‘The firm was extremely capable and efficient.’

‘Tomo Okawa is one of the hardest working foreign attorneys I have worked with. He is practical and intelligent, as well as a good team player.’

‘The team in NO&T is outstanding because of its strong ability to produce a very practical solution based on the solid analysis over the situation.’

‘Their advice is very useful as it takes good balance between risk and practical needs of the client.’

‘They are very flexible and agile to handle the matter and it has a great value in the case of unexpected risk management/investigation related matters.’

‘NO&T’s corporate compliance practice group has one of the best lawyers who are dedicated to providing top-notch service to clients.’

‘They were very responsive to client’s needs.’

‘Koichiro Yoshimura, and Yushi Hegawa are distinguished lawyers from the Japanese tax perspective.’

‘I believe that Yoshimura-sensei is the most excellent partner in Japan for tax area.’

‘Very good grasp of commercial issues.’

‘Quality and responsive.’

‘There is no doubt that Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu is the top law firm in Japan.’

‘The highly skilled professionals are all working hard and most notably they work as a great team and immediately bring in experts from within the firm to help with any issues that may arise.’

‘Soichiro Fujiwara is relied upon for his honest personality, sound knowledge and professional attitude.’

‘I would like to emphasise about them that the quality and sppeed of thier work was always satisfied our serious requests, and I can reccommend them as the best lawyers in cross boarder M&A in Japan with confidence.’

‘Mr.Tomohiko Iwasaki and Mr. Akihiro Tokura are excellent partners compared to other lawyers who has passion and ability to provide clients with high-quality services.’

‘They have always provided us with realistic and detail legal solutions with proactive attitude.’

‘The most appealing point of the Investment Funds team of Nagashima Ohno is the deep knowledge, experiece of this area and high level communication skills of Ms. Keiko Shimizu.’