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TMI Associates

Global Guide 2025

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TMI Associates

TMI Associates

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+81 3 6438 5511

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Firm Details

Senior Managing Partner: Katsuro Tanaka

Senior Partners: Eizo Matsuo, Tomohiro Tohyama, Yoshiyuki Inaba, Ryosuke Ito

Number of Partners: 195

Number of attorneys: 628

Number of patent/trademark attorneys: 100

Languages: Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Myanmar, Thai, Vietnamese


Firm Overview

TMI Associates is one of Japan’s largest law firms, with more than 720 attorneys, patent attorneys, foreign lawyers and other professionals.TMI is also one of Japan’s most internationally-minded law firms and aspires to earn the trust of its global client base through deep expertise, hard work, and dedication.

TMI has broad transactional and dispute resolution capabilities, a distinctive regulatory focus and a renowned IP practice.The firm’s primary areas of practice include corporate and M&A, litigation and arbitration, banking and finance, antitrust and competition law, risk management, and labour and employment law.

The firm takes pride in its deep understanding of its clients’ industries, including retail and other brand businesses; media, entertainment and sports; life sciences; information technology and communications; banking, securities, insurance and trusts; and human resources and education. Drawing upon its strength in the IP area, TMI has become a market leader in representing companies in cutting-edge areas including data privacy, FinTech, health IT and renewable energy.


Main Areas of Practice
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Private Equity
  • Banking and Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Real Estate and Construction
  • Natural Resources / Renewable Energy
  • Intellectual Property
  • Data Protection and Privacy
  • FinTech
  • TMT
  • Entertainment / Media / Sports
  • Dispute Resolution (Litigation / Arbitration / Mediation)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Antitrust and Competition
  • Crisis Management / Global Investigations
  • International Trade and Investment
  • Tax
  • Restructuring
  • Life Sciences / Healthcare
  • Maritime / Shipping
  • Space Law


Offices

HEAD OFFICE:

23rd Floor, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6123

Tel: +81(0)3-6438-5511

Email: [email protected]

For more details about Japan offices, visit website https://www.tmi.gr.jp/about/bases/


OVERSEAS:

CHINA:

BEIJING

Email: [email protected]

SHANGHAI

Email: [email protected]

MYANMAR:

YANGON

Email: [email protected]

SINGAPORE:

Email: [email protected]

VIETNAM:

HANOI

Email: [email protected]

HO CHI MINH CITY

Email: [email protected]

CAMBODIA:

PHNOM PENH

Email: [email protected]

THAILAND:

BANGKOK

Email: [email protected]

INDONESIA:

JAKARTA (*Affiliated office)

Email: [email protected]

MALAYSIA:

KUALA LUMPUR (*Affiliated office)

Email: [email protected]

USA:

SILICON VALLEY

Email: [email protected]

UK:

LONDON

Email: [email protected]

FRANCE:

PARIS

Email: [email protected]

BELGIUM:

BRUSSELS

Email: [email protected]

Ranked Offices

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Japan - Head office

Contributions

Latest contributions provided by TMI Associates

Global Practice Guide
Mizuki Koshimoto
Authored by
Mizuki Koshimoto
Article • Feb 2025
Global Practice Guide
Yoshiyuki Inaba
Hiroshi Nemoto
Makoto Okada
Atsushi Sato
Authored by
Yoshiyuki Inaba, Hiroshi Nemoto, Makoto Okada, Atsushi Sato
Article • Jan 2025
Global Practice Guide
Sayaka Ueno
Takafumi Uesaki
Authored by
Sayaka Ueno, Takafumi Uesaki
Article • Oct 2024

All contributions provided by TMI Associates

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Psychedelic Medicines 2024 | Japan | Law and Practice
Authored by: Takafumi Uesaki, Sayaka Ueno
Global Practice Guide Oct 2024 Article
Project Finance 2024 | Japan | Trends and Developments
Authored by: Takenobu Imaeda, Katsutoshi Kimura
Global Practice Guide Oct 2024 Article
Joint Ventures 2024 | Japan | Trends and Developments
Authored by: Kentaro Tanaka, Komei Matsunaga, Yuji Nakano
Global Practice Guide Sep 2024 Article
Employment 2024 | Japan | Law and Practice
Authored by: Yoshihiko Annaka, Rie Taiko, Tomoko Narita, Seiji Kurihara
Global Practice Guide Aug 2024 Article
Digital Healthcare 2024 | Japan | Trends and Developments
Authored by: Satoshi Ogawa, Yuto Noro, Hitoshi Fujimaki, Suguru Saito
Global Practice Guide Jun 2024 Article
Product Liability & Safety 2024 | Japan | Trends and Developments
Authored by: Masashi Kobayashi, Masanobu HARA
Global Practice Guide May 2024 Article

TMI Associates rankings

Global Guide 2025
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Band
Japan
Banking & Finance: Domestic
1 Department
Department
Banking & Finance: Domestic
3
Banking & Finance: Domestic
3
Band 3
Capital Markets: Domestic
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Hiroyoshi Kuromaru
4
Hiroyoshi Kuromaru
4
Band 4
Corporate/M&A: Domestic
1 Department
4 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Corporate/M&A: Domestic
2
Corporate/M&A: Domestic
2
Band 2
Lawyers
Masakazu Iwakura
2
Masakazu Iwakura
2
Band 2
Takashi Toichi
4
Takashi Toichi
4
Band 4
4
Takushi Saito
4
Band 4
Tatsuhiro Takahara
4
Tatsuhiro Takahara
4
Band 4
Dispute Resolution: Domestic
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
Dispute Resolution: Domestic
4
Dispute Resolution: Domestic
4
Band 4
Lawyers
Hidetoshi Masunaga
S
Hidetoshi Masunaga
S
Senior Statespeople
Intellectual Property: Benrishi
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Yoshiyuki Inaba
1
Yoshiyuki Inaba
1
Band 1
Intellectual Property: Domestic
1 Department
Department
Intellectual Property: Domestic
1
Intellectual Property: Domestic
1
Band 1
International & Cross-Border Capabilities (Japanese Firms)
1 Department
Department
International & Cross-Border Capabilities (Japanese Firms)
3
International & Cross-Border Capabilities (Japanese Firms)
3
Band 3
International Trade
1 Department
Department
International Trade
3
International Trade
3
Band 3

Articles, highlights and press releases

2 items provided by TMI Associates