City-Yuwa Partners > Tokyo, Japan > Firm Profile

‘City-Yuwa Partners provide appropriate and flexible legal advices in order to understand laws from every legal aspect.’

‘Their unique and valuable legal services have significantly contributed to our bank’s effective consideration and judgement of every financing transaction from the viewpoints both of our credit control, banking/financing business promotion and our banking operation.’

‘City-Yuwa Partners is significantly and remarkably superior in terms of understanding our banking and financing business policy and background originated outside of Japan. Such unique and valuable legal services based on their team’s global sensitivity has remarkably contributed to expanding our financing business as foreign bank into Japan.’

‘City-Yuwa Partners have continuously encourage their team to study in overseas law schools and/or engage in overseas law firms, domestic government office, commercial / investment banks and etc., their team can certainly expand and deepen the areas of financing business in which the team is able to provide effective legal services.’

‘The stand-out City-Yuwa Partner, Mr. Sakamoto’s strong, efficient and gentle leadership has significantly contributed to improving capability, experience and knowledge of his  City-Yuwa Partners’ and associates’.

‘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 private wealth team not only specializes in Japan inheritance and estate planning, but through their close connection/collaboration with the US/UK lawyers and other major foreign countries, they are in a very unique position in Tokyo to serve the English speaking high-net-worth international family’s needs.’

‘One-stop shop with bilingual capabilities.’

‘I work with Hitomi Sakai sensei exclusively. I value her client service skills along with her bilingual English/Japanese ability and understanding of both US and Japan estate law.’

‘Ms. Hitomi Sakai is earning respect and trust from clients for her timely and quality advices. Her strength is her professional network to support clients as one stop. She also has a great understanding of cultrual diversity that is inherent in global business. She is the author of international estate books and publishing some articles in the leading industrial magazines.’

‘They are highly competent, and are able to serve international clients in English and Japanese, and are responsive to their clients needs.’

‘I have worked with Ms. Hitomi Sakai (counsel) and Ms. Yuki Takahashi (associate). Their expertise in international estate law is unique, and there are only a few lawyers to whom I can refer my clients for resolving any estate matters arising in Japan with confidence.’

‘City-Yuwa Partners provide appropriate and flexible legal advices in order to understand laws from every legal aspect.’

‘Their unique and valuable legal services have significantly contributed to our bank’s effective consideration and judgement of every financing transaction from the viewpoints both of our credit control and business promotion.’

‘Mr. Sakamoto, as the stand-out partner of City-Yuwa Partners, has established and maintained strong and effective personal connections over the domestic market and overseas countries. He has been effectively cooperating and working together with specialists not only in legal areas but also in other related areas to support our bank’s project finance, renewable energy/Japan operating lease transactions.’

‘City-Yuwa Partners provide appropriate and flexible legal advices in order to understand laws from every legal aspect.’

‘Their unique and valuable legal services have significantly contributed to our bank’s effective consideration and judgement of every financing transaction from the viewpoints both of our credit control and business promotion.’

‘Mr. Sakamoto as the stand-out partner of City-Yuwa Partners has established and maintained strong and effective personal connections over the domestic market and overseas countries.’

‘Kenta Ikebe – sharp and diligent, with good command of English and Japanese, making him a strong help when discussing financing terms with the lenders and partners.’

‘Masamichi Sakamoto – highly experienced and familiar with our requirements over the many years supporting us, which is crucial to steady execution and successful closing of transactions.’

‘The team has been detailed and focused on driving strong financing terms for us across different real estate sectors.’

‘Strong English language ability. Good understanding of English law concepts. Ability to draft complex documents in English.’

‘Strong ship finance industry knowledge.’

‘Very responsive. Friendly and respectful.’

‘Reiko Yoshida is the stand-out partner.’

‘Depth of the knowledge in the relevant field i.e. securities finance.’

‘Thorough analysis in compiling and/or reviewing the legal documentation.’

‘Easy to communicate – Prompt response to the inquiries.’

‘Highly responsive, professional and understanding of clients’ needs.’