Specialising in matters related to IT and intellectual property rights within the TMT sector, TMI Associates is led by Atsushi Igarashi, who has extensive experience advising on data protection and privacy issues for companies within the areas of technology, telecommunication, media, and entertainment. Partner Mihoko Shintani is recommended for matters relating to robotics, AI, satellite data, and food tech. Other exceptional members of the team include partners Takuya Yamago for his skill within the telecom industry, and Tetsuya OI for his experience with cloud services, internet infrastructure, and ad technology.

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Testimonials

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'Takuya Yamago has excellent skills in understanding English, which is something that I often find lacking in other firms. This allows for easy communication with him and his team and, most importantly, no misunderstandings on instructions or advice. He also has cross-disciplinary expertise, including on law enforcement (in addition to tech and telecom) - and is therefore able to service us across all our legal requirements.'
'The TMT team has expertise across tech and telecom areas, which allows them to provide very insightful, relevant, and holistic advice on developments in the TMT space, including on privacy, AI, cybersecurity, and telecommunications. They are also flexible on meeting and communication tools, which allows for very easy collaboration with the team.'

Key clients

ARM Treasure Data Inc.
LINE Corporation
avatarin,inc.
Synspective, Inc.
GITAI, Inc.
ANA NEO Co., Ltd.

Work highlights

Advised ANA Holdings regarding the development of a new game in collaboration with Mr. Hajime Tabata, one of the developers of the successful “Final Fantasy” games.
Advised avatarin Inc on all legal work in “AVATAR project” which aims to develop avatar as a social infrastructure and conduct various avatar demonstration experiments promoted through industry-academia collaboration.