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About

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Nishimura & Asahi’s Osaka office provides high-level legal services to support our clients in Japan’s Kansai, Chugoku, and Shikoku regions

Our Osaka office opened on Aug. 1, 2012, our regional base in Japan’s Kansai region. We are the largest law firm in Japan with more than 900 legal professionals, as well as foreign attorneys and other professionals. The Osaka office provides a full range of legal services in all areas of business law in Japan and overseas, with a focus on companies located in the Kansai, Chugoku, and Shikoku regions.

The Osaka office’s key strength is delivering high-value, one-stop legal services from Kansai for complex, cross-practice transactions, including leading cases requiring high-level expertise, deals requiring short-term mobility, global expansion/development matters (including cross-border M&A), crisis management for overseas subsidiaries, international disputes, etc. By leveraging our global network, including partnerships with leading local law firms around the world, our 17 overseas offices and four Japan offices, the Osaka office continues to provide high-level legal services to our clients.

Chambers Review

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General Business Law - Osaka

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What the Team is Known For

Nishimura & Asahi is a well-reputed Japanese firm with international reach which assists a broad range of corporate clients from the energy, chemical, pharmaceutical and technology sectors. The firm leverages support from a highly regarded Tokyo office and demonstrates particular strength in advising on cross-border M&A transactions, investments and joint ventures. It is also well placed to assist companies based in the Kansai region on dispute resolution and crisis management mandates.

Notable practitioners

Hiromune Usuki is a key contact for clients.

Work Highlights

  • Nishimura & Asahi advised Idemitsu Kosan on the legal and regulatory issues around the transition of a wholly-owned Chinese subsidiary to a joint venture in an agreement to receive an equity investment from Xi’an Manareco New Materials in China.

Strengths

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Nishimura & Asahi has a wealth of expertise and experience in dealing with a wide range of clients, from large corporations to startups, and provides high quality legal services in all areas.

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They manage to balance quality and speed appropriately according to the required level and timeline for each consultation.

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Members

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Akiko Marukawa

Hiromune Usuki

Masanori Ban

Minoru Sonehara

Satoshi Niki

Taisuke Igaki

Yuichiro Hirota

Industries

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Business and Professional Services

Defence and Space

Education

Energy and Utilities

Environmental and Waste

Financial Investors

Financial Services

Government and Public Sector

Health and Life Sciences

Industrials, Engineering and Manufacturing

Leisure and Hospitality

Property, Construction and Infrastructure

Retail and Consumer

Sport

Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT)

Transport