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TMI Associates

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Firm Details
Senior Managing Partner: Katsuro Tanaka
Senior Partners: Eizo Matsuo, Tomohiro Tohyama, Yoshiyuki Inaba, Ryosuke Ito
Number of Partners: 210
Number of Attorneys: 675
Number of Patent/trademark attorneys: 102
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 770 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
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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
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BELGIUM:
BRUSSELS
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