Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

The firm: At Morgan Lewis, we work in collaboration around the world—always ready to respond to the needs of our clients and craft powerful solutions for them. From our offices in strategic hubs of commerce, law, and government across North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, we work with clients ranging from established, global Fortune 100 companies to enterprising startups.

Our team of more than 2,200 lawyers and specialists provides comprehensive corporate, transactional, litigation, and regulatory services in major industries, including energy, financial services, healthcare, life sciences, retail and e-commerce, sports, technology, and transportation. We focus on both immediate and long-term goals with our clients, helping them address and anticipate challenges across vast and rapidly changing landscapes.

Areas of practice: The Morgan Lewis Tokyo office serves as primary international counsel for a number of leading Japanese companies and asset managers, and as primary counsel in Japan for many of our global clients with operations in Asia. Our team in Tokyo includes both US lawyers covering a broad range of practices and Japanese lawyers with experience in the financial services and related corporate and employment areas working in our Tokyo office through a foreign law joint enterprise structure.

We represent clients across Asia in complex cross-border transactions, asset management regulation, and disputes. Areas of particular focus in Tokyo include asset management, private equity, corporate and project finance, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring transactions, and licensing and other technology matters. We also advise on compliance issues and internal investigations, and provide a full range of e-Data and other litigation support services.

Our Tokyo lawyers work seamlessly with their colleagues across the firm’s offices throughout North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, with access to teams that can provide advice and services wherever and whenever needed. Our firm’s breadth of resources enables us to advise clients on issues unique to their industries and the locations where they do business.