Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu NY LLP

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu is the first integrated full-service law firm in Japan and one of the foremost providers of international and commercial legal services based in Tokyo. In representing its leading domestic and international clients, the firm has successfully structured and negotiated many of the largest and most significant corporate, finance and real estate transactions related to Japan. The firm has extensive corporate and litigation capabilities spanning key commercial areas such as antitrust, intellectual property, labor and taxation, and is known for ground-breaking domestic and cross-border risk management/corporate governance cases and large-scale corporate reorganizations. The 500+ lawyers of the firm, including about 40 experienced attorneys from various jurisdictions outside Japan, work together in customized teams to provide clients with the expertise and experience specifically required for each client matter.

The firm’s New York office (Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu NY LLP) provides its clients with legal services regarding all aspects of Japanese law, including cross-border transactions, such as the start-up of businesses, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, licensing of intellectual property, real estate, banking, and finance, as well as dispute resolution, such as large-scale and highly specialized litigation and arbitration. The office also regularly advises its clients on issues involving governmental investigations, white-collar crimes, labor and employment, and insolvencies.

The firm’s clients in the US, Canada, and Latin American countries enjoy top-quality services, the incomparable convenience of having prompt, direct communication with the attorneys at the NY office, and seamless services provided by a team of attorneys from the NY office and the Tokyo office without experiencing the time difference between the United States and Japan. The New York office draws upon and makes use of the unparalleled expertise of the attorneys at the Tokyo office in specific areas of Japanese law, and its resource of 500+ attorneys. The New York office constantly strives to serve as the most attractive gateway to Japanese legal services.

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu opened its New York office on September 1, 2010, by succeeding Masuda International, the law firm that Mr Junji Masuda opened in 1992 in New York.