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Revision of Japan's Civil Code in Relation to Assignment of Accounts Receivable

Comprehensive amendments to Japan’s Civil Code have been enacted to revise the laws relating to contracts and other rights and obligations between the debtor and the creditor

01/10/2018 Masahiro Ueno, Nishimura & Asahi, Japan

Insurtech, New Trends and Regulatory Agenda in Japan

Insurtech, the insurance version of Fintech, has been drawing attention in Japan lately

16/08/2018 Masakazu Masujima, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Japan

The importance of arbitral hearing centres for the popularity of the arbitral seat – the case of Japan

Not only arbitral institutions and law firms, but also countries are competing more and more to become attractive for international arbitrations

18/06/2018 Lars Markert, Nishimura & Asahi, Japan

Towards a Legal Career with Diversity: An Attempt in a Business Law Firm in Japan

The Ratios of Female Lawyers in Japan to all Lawyers in Japan and Female Partners of Japanese Law Firms

26/08/2016 Setsuko Yufu, Atsumi & Sakai, Japan

Country-by-country reporting requirements in Japan

The new transfer pricing regime based on the 2016 tax reform became effective on April 1 2016 in Japan.

04/07/2016 Yuri Numata, KPMG, Japan

Current Situation of Non-Traditional Trademark Registration/Japan

On April 1, 2015, non-traditional marks, such as sounds, holograms, colors (without delineated contours), positions and moving images, became registrable as trademarks in Japan, following the revision of the Trademark Act in 2014, and the Japan Patent Office (the “JPO”) has started accepting...

13/05/2016 Mitsuko Miyagawa, TMI Associates, Japan

Japan’s Approach to BEPS Issues

One of the main topics Japanese taxpayers are currently interested in is the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD's) base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) initiative. Broadly speaking, the BEPS initiative looks at whether existing international tax principles and rules...

30/09/2015 Gary M Thomas, Deloitte Tohmatsu Tax Co, Japan Timothy O'brien, Deloitte, Japan Luke Tanner, Deloitte, Japan

Recent Developments in Japanese Project Finance Markets

Japanese banks and investors continue to play a critical role in global project finance markets. This dynamic is evident in the activity levels of the key Japanese financing institutions: in 2014, the top three Japanese banks–the so-called Japanese megabanks–were reported to have had a combined...

31/08/2015 Alexander K Borisoff, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, US John Inglis, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, Japan

Japanese IP High Court’s Challenges

The Intellectual Property High Court of Japan established in April 2005 will have its 10th anniversary this April. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit founded in 1982 is the model for this IP specialized court. Its purpose is to provide more judicial protection for IP and to make unified...

13/04/2015 Max Olson, Morrison & Foerster, Japan Chie Yakura, Morrison & Foerster, Japan Shinsuke Kaneko, Morrison & Foerster, Japan

Recent transfer pricing developments in Japan

With the globalization of many industries approaching near ubiquity, and Japan's often-cited shrinking population, many Japanese companies today find themselves in an increasingly outward-looking position. To remain competitive, Japanese companies have progressively moved operations such as...

01/09/2013 Michael Tabart, Deloitte, Japan

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Expert	Firm	Practice area
Abe, Shinichiro	Kasumigaseki International Law Office	Restructuring and Insolvency
Akahane, Takashi	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Project Finance
Akai, Izumi	Sullivan & Cromwell	Banking, Capital Markets
Akamatsu, Akira	Deloitte	Tax, Transfer Pricing
Amemiya, Kei	Morrison & Foerster/Ito & Mitomi	Competition and Antitrust
Anzai, Masaru	Anzai Law Offices	Labour and Employment
Aoki, Atsushi	Seiwa Patent & Law	Patents
Aoki, Atsushi	Seiwa Patent & Law	Trade Marks
Aoki, Hiromichi	Yuasa and Hara	Trade Marks
Aoyama, Hiroki	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Rising stars
Arai, Norimitsu	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Labour and Employment
Araki, Shinichi	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Rising stars
Atkin, James E B	Vinson & Elkins	Energy and Natural Resources
Atsumi, Hiroo	Atsumi & Sakai	Banking, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Awazu, Takuro	Soga Law Office	International Trade
Barrett, Simon	Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman	Construction
Blacoe, Andrew	Herbert Smith Freehills	Energy and Natural Resources
Burrows, Rupert	Mayer Brown	Energy and Natural Resources, Project Finance
Caldwell, Dale E	Morrison & Foerster	Energy and Natural Resources, Project Finance
Cannon, Alan G	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	Best of the Best, Capital Markets
Collins, Simon	White & Case	Aviation, Banking
Davies, Aled	Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy	Banking, Best of the Best, Project Finance
DeCosse, Stephen J	Jones Day	Private Equity
Ebata, Naho	Abe Ikubo & Katayama	Patents
Eguchi, Naoaki	Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)	Project Finance
Ejiri, Takashi	Nishimura & Asahi	Mergers and Acquisitions
Ezaki, Shigeyoshi	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Competition and Antitrust
Fox, Maxwell A	Jones Day	Patents
Frost, Peter	Linklaters	Capital Markets
Fujieda, Atsushi	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Tax, Transfer Pricing
Fujihira, Katsuhiko	Morrison & Foerster	Banking
Fujii, Kojiro	Nishimura & Asahi	Rising stars
Fujii, Motoi	TMI Associates	Labour and Employment
Fujikura, Daisaku	Nakamura & Partners	Trade Marks
Fujimori, Koichiro	KPMG	Transfer Pricing
Fujimoto, Mie	Bingham	Labour and Employment
Fujinawa, Kenichi	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Mergers and Acquisitions
Fujita, Koji	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Tax
Fujiwara, Soichiro	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Restructuring and Insolvency
Fukuda, Chikao	Fukuda & Kondo	Patents
Fukuda, Naokuni	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Insurance and Reinsurance
Furuta, Yoshimasa	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Litigation
Gelencsér, Etienne	Shearman & Sterling	Energy and Natural Resources, Project Finance
Gilmore, David	Herbert Smith Freehills	Commercial Arbitration, Construction
Gordenker, Hendrik	White & Case	Energy and Natural Resources
Gordon, Samuel	Deloitte	Transfer Pricing
Goto, Izuru	City-Yuwa Partners	Banking, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Graffagna, Michael C	Morrison & Foerster	Project Finance, Energy and Natural Resources
Gray, Jon	Davis Polk & Wardwell	Capital Markets
Gruendel, Karl	EY	Transfer Pricing
Hagiwara, Hiroyuki	Paul Hastings	Patents
Hara, Hisashi	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Corporate Governance, Real Estate
Hashidate, Kenji	Hashidate Law Office	Litigation
Hatta, Yoko	KPMG	Transfer Pricing
Hattori, Kaoru	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Competition and Antitrust, Women in Business Law
Hegawa, Yushi	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Tax
Higuchi, Takao	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Banking, Project Finance
Hino, Mami	Abe Ikubo & Katayama	Patents, Women in Business Law
Hirata, Ohki	SAH & Co	Shipping
Hiratsuka, Makoto (Mak)	Hiratsuka & Co	Best of the Best, Shipping, Shipping and Maritime
Hironaka, Akihiro	Nishimura & Asahi	Litigation
Hirose, Hisao	Squire Patton Boggs	Aviation
Horiguchi, Daisuke	KPMG	Transfer Pricing
Hosokawa, Akiko	Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)	Women in Business Law
Hung, Anne K T	Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)	Energy and Natural Resources, Women in Business Law
Idei, Naoki	Kojima Law Offices	Litigation
Igarashi, Makoto	Nishimura & Asahi	Best of the Best, Investment Funds, Private Equity
Ikeda, Masahisa	Shearman & Sterling	Capital Markets
Imon, Keisuke	White & Case	Rising stars
Inaba, Yoshiyuki	TMI Associates	Patents
Inaba, Yoshiyuki	TMI Associates	Trade Marks
Inami, Seiichi	Deloitte	Tax
Inglis, John	Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy	Project Finance
Inoue, Hiroki	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity
Inoue, Koichi	Jones Day	Tax
Inoue, Satoshi	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Banking, Best of the Best, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Isenberg, Josh R	Morrison & Foerster	Real Estate
Ishida, Hideto	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Competition and Antitrust
Ishiguro, Miyuki	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Capital Markets, Women in Business Law
Ishiguro, Toru	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Best of the Best, Capital Markets, Corporate Governance, Banking
Ishiwata, Gaku	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Mergers and Acquisitions
Ishizuka, Hiroyuki	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Capital Markets
Itaki, Hiroyuki	Nakamura & Partners	Trade Marks
Ito, Kei	Nishimura & Asahi	Banking, Best of the Best, Investment Funds
Ito, Kenji	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Competition and Antitrust
Itoh Jr, Tad	ITOH International Patent Office	Best of the Best, Patents
Itoh, Tetsuya	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Real Estate, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Iwakura, Masakazu	TMI Associates	Mergers and Acquisitions
Iwasaki, Michiya	Kusunoki & Iwasaki	Rising stars
Iwase, Yoshikazu	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Trade Marks
Jampel, Alexander R	Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)	Real Estate
Kadota, Masatsura	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Capital Markets
Kakuyama, Kazutoshi	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Labour and Employment
Kamada, Mitsunori	Takashima International Patent Office	Life Sciences
Kamiya, Mitsuhiro	Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom	Mergers and Acquisitions
Kanazawa, Koji	Chuo Sogo Law Office	Insurance and Reinsurance
Kanda, Jun	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Product Liability
Kaneko, Shinsuke	Morrison & Foerster	Patents
Kano, Hideki Thurgood	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Labour and Employment
Kasahara, Chie	Atsumi & Sakai	Media, Women in Business Law
Katayama, Eiji	Abe Ikubo & Katayama	Restructuring and Insolvency, Patents
Katayama, Tatsu	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Banking, Best of the Best, Real Estate, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Kawabata, Yutaro	Nishimura & Asahi	Rising stars
Kawaguchi, Takahiro	K&L Gates	Aviation
Kawai, Kozo	Nishimura & Asahi	Competition and Antitrust, International Trade
Kawai, Satoshi	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Banking, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity
Kawakami, Eiki	Taxand	Tax
Kawakami, Yoshihiko	Nishimura & Asahi	Real Estate, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Kawamura, Makiko	DLA Piper	Tax, Transfer Pricing, Women in Business Law
Kawanobe, Masanori	KPMG	Transfer Pricing
Kawasaki, Takashi	Hibiya Sogo Law Offices	Competition and Antitrust
Kawase, Tetsuya	Deloitte	Transfer Pricing
Kim, Yang Ho	Deloitte	Tax
Kimura, Akiko	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Banking, Women in Business Law
Kimura, Hiroshi	L & J Law Office	Shipping
Kimura, Hisaya	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Product Liability, Litigation
Kitazawa, Masaakira	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Corporate Governance
Kobayashi, Minoru	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Capital Markets, Real Estate
Kobayashi, Shinichi	Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)	Tax
Kobayashi, Sumiko	Abe Ikubo & Katayama	Patents
Kohno, Akira	Suzuye & Suzuye	Patents
Koide, Toshimi	Suzuye & Suzuye	Trade Marks
Koikawa, Kohei	Nishimura & Asahi	Rising stars
Kondo, Hiroshi	Baker McKenzie	Mergers and Acquisitions
Kondo, Hiroshi	Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)	Private Equity
Kratochvilova, Emma	Herbert Smith Freehills	Best of the Best, Construction, Women in Business Law
Kubota, Eiichiro	Kubota	Patents
Kumakura, Yoshio	Nakamura & Partners	Patents
Kusano, Koichi	Nishimura & Asahi	Best of the Best, Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions
Kuwabara, Satoko	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Women in Business Law, Banking, Mergers and Acquisitions
Lebrun, Kenneth J	Shearman & Sterling	Mergers and Acquisitions
Lewi, Rupert G	King & Spalding	Energy and Natural Resources
Maeda, Hiroshi	Nishimura & Asahi	Project Finance
Maeda, Norio	Nishimura & Asahi	Real Estate
Maeda, Toshihiro	Nishimura & Asahi	Structured Finance and Securitisation
Maeda, Yoji	O'Melveny & Myers	Labour and Employment
Markert, Lars	Nishimura & Asahi	Rising stars
Marumo, Akira	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Banking
Masujima, Masakazu	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Insurance and Reinsurance
Matsubara, Nobuyuki	Matsubara Muraki & Associates	Trade Marks
Matsui, Hideki	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Corporate Governance
Matsui, Takayuki	Maritax Law Office	Shipping
Matsumiya, Shinya	Deloitte	Tax
Matsuo, Kazuko	Nakamura & Partners	Best of the Best, Trade Marks, Women in Business Law
Matsuo, Makoto	Momo-o Matsuo & Namba	Competition and Antitrust
Matsuo, Tasuku	Matsuo & Kosugi	Restructuring and Insolvency
Matsuoka, Masahiro	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Labour and Employment, Litigation
McClenahan, John H	King & Spalding	Energy and Natural Resources, Project Finance
McDonald, Lewis	Herbert Smith Freehills	Energy and Natural Resources
Melson Jr, Robert E	K&L Gates	Aviation
Mihara, Hidetaka	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Capital Markets
Mikami, Jiro	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Banking
Mimura, Ryoichi	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Patents
Minami, Shigeki	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Tax
Mitomi, Fuyuo	Morrison & Foerster	Capital Markets
Miura, Ken	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Investment Funds
Miyagawa, Mitsuko	TMI Associates	Best of the Best, Trade Marks, Women in Business Law
Miyajima, Daisuke	PwC	Transfer Pricing
Miyatake, Toshio	Adachi Henderson Miyatake & Fujita	Tax, Transfer Pricing
Mochizuki, Keisuke	Morrison & Foerster	Best of the Best, Real Estate
Mori, Michihiro	Nishimura & Asahi	Labour and Employment
Mori, Nobuo	EY	Transfer Pricing
Mori, Sotaro	Yoshida & Partners	Shipping
Morishita, Kunihiko	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Banking, Insurance and Reinsurance, Investment Funds
Moriwaki, Akira	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	International Trade
Moussis, Vassili	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Competition and Antitrust
Mukai, Nobuaki	Momo-o Matsuo & Namba	Competition and Antitrust
Muraki, Kiyoshi	Matsubara Muraki & Associates	Trade Marks
Muto, Yoshiaki	Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)	Litigation
Nagasawa, Tetsuya	Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners	Competition and Antitrust
Naitoh, Jun	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Litigation
Nakano, Harume	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Investment Funds, Women in Business Law
Nakano, Kenichi	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Corporate Governance
Nakano, Yusuke	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Competition and Antitrust
Nakatani, Eiichiro	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Tax
Nakato, Tsutomu (Riki)	Hibiya Sogo Law Offices	Competition and Antitrust
Nakayama, Kenichi	SUGIMURA International Patent & Trademark	Trade Marks
Narimoto, Haruo	TMI Associates	Real Estate
Nishikino, Hironori	Chuo Sogo Law Office	Insurance and Reinsurance
Nishikori, Yasutaka	Nishimura & Asahi	Capital Markets
Nishimura, Naohiro	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Best of the Best, Real Estate, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Niunoya, Miho	Atsumi & Sakai	Project Finance
Noda, Koji	PwC	Transfer Pricing
O’Brien, Timothy	Deloitte	Transfer Pricing
O'brien, Timothy	Deloitte	Transfer Pricing
Oghigian, Haig	Squire Patton Boggs	Commercial Arbitration
Ogishi, Satoshi	Nishimura & Asahi	Restructuring and Insolvency
Ogiwara, Yuji	Greenberg Traurig	Labour and Employment, Litigation
Ohara, Yoshimi	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Patents, Women in Business Law
Ohara, Yoshimi	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Rising stars
Ohno, Seiji	Ohno & Partners	Patents, Trade Marks
Oishi, Atsushi	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Tax
Okabe, Hiroki	Okabe & Yamaguchi	Shipping
Okabe, Masao	Okabe International Patent Office	Patents
Okatani, Shigeki	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Rising stars
Okawara, Ken	Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)	Transfer Pricing
Okuyama, Shoichi	Okuyama & Sasajima	Patents
Olson, Max	Morrison & Foerster	Patents
Ono, Masaru	Nishimura & Asahi	Banking, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Ono, Shinjiro	Yuasa and Hara	Patents
Oshimo, Keitaro	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Insurance and Reinsurance
Ota, Minoru	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Banking
Ota, Yo	Nishimura & Asahi	Tax
Oya, Ichiro	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Structured Finance and Securitisation
Ozawa, Eriko	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Women in Business Law, Real Estate, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Parker, Lloyd	Hogan Lovells	Trade Marks
Raven, Anthony P	Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman	Energy and Natural Resources, Project Finance
Riesen, Philippe	Foley & Lardner	Patents
Roose, Eric N	Withersworldwide	Tax
Sadaka, Kenichi	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Litigation
Saito, Takahiro	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	Capital Markets
Sakai, Hideyuki	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Restructuring and Insolvency
Sakai, Ryuji	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Mergers and Acquisitions
Sakata, Eriko	Linklaters	Investment Funds, Women in Business Law
Sakimura, Reiko	Clifford Chance	Capital Markets, Women in Business Law
Sasaki, Hiroaki	KPMG	Tax
Sasaki, Kozo	Linklaters	Capital Markets
Sato, Masanori	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Banking, Best of the Best, Real Estate, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Sato, Shunji	TMI Associates	Trade Marks
Sawada, Jun	Deloitte	Transfer Pricing
Sekiya, Koichi	EY	Tax
Seltzer, Theodore S	Morrison & Foerster	Real Estate
Sengoku, Katsu	Nishimura & Asahi	Aviation, Banking, Best of the Best
Shamoto, Ichio	Yuasa and Hara	Patents
Shapiro, Alan	Deloitte	Transfer Pricing
Shibata, Hironori	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Capital Markets
Shibata, Yoshihito	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Restructuring and Insolvency
Shiga, Masahiro	Morrison & Foerster	Real Estate
Shiga, Masatake	Shiga International Patent Office	Patents
Shindo, Isao	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Banking, Investment Funds, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Shiroyama, Yasufumi	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Patents
Shiroyama, Yasufumi	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Trade Marks
Siegel, Kenneth A	Morrison & Foerster	Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity
Sneider, David A	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions
Suetomi, Junko	Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)	International Trade
Sueyoshi, Wataru	STW & Partners	Patents
Sugimoto, Fumihide	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Best of the Best, Capital Markets, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Suzuki, Hiroyuki	PwC Japan	Capital Markets
Tabart, Michael	Deloitte	Tax, Transfer Pricing
Tada, Toshiaki	Hibiya Sogo Law Offices	Competition and Antitrust
Takahashi, Hiroaki	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Structured Finance and Securitisation
Takahashi, Shinichi	Nishimura & Asahi	Insurance and Reinsurance
Takatori, Yoshi	Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe	Product Liability
Takaya, Chisako	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Labour and Employment, Women in Business Law
Takeno, Yasuzo	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Investment Funds
Tamura, Kohtaro	Ushijima & Partners	Real Estate
Tanahashi, Hajime	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Private Equity
Tanaka, Shunpei	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Real Estate
Tani, Yoshikazu	Tani & Abe	Patents
Tanner, Luke	Deloitte	Transfer Pricing
Tezuka, Hiroyuki	Nishimura & Asahi	Commercial Arbitration, Litigation
Thomas, Ryann	PwC	Transfer Pricing
Toda, Mitsuhiro	Toda & Co	Shipping
Tsuchiya, Toshihiko	Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe	Real Estate
Tsujii, Koichi	Nakamura & Partners	Patents
Tsujii, Koichi	Nakamura & Partners	Trade Marks
Uchida, Emi	Atsumi & Sakai	Women in Business Law
Uchida, Harumichi	TMI Associates	Competition and Antitrust, Mergers and Acquisitions
Uchiyama, Ryutaro	Tokyo Kyodo Accounting Office	Tax
Ueda, Hiroyasu	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Restructuring and Insolvency
Ueda, Toshifumi	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Structured Finance and Securitisation
Ueno, Hajime	Nishimura & Asahi	Banking, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Ueno, Masahiro	Nishimura & Asahi	Banking, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Uesugi, Akinori	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	Competition and Antitrust
Umeno, Seiichiro	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Litigation
Umetsuji, Masaharu	KPMG	Tax
Umino, Kaoru	DLA Piper	Banking
Utsunomiya, Hideki	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Competition and Antitrust
Wakabayashi, Hiroki	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Litigation
Watanabe, Eriko	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Competition and Antitrust, Women in Business Law
Watanabe, Tsugumichi	Morgan Lewis & Bockius	Project Finance
Wells, Christopher P	Morgan Lewis & Bockius	Investment Funds
Whan, Andrew	Clifford Chance	Private Equity
Whatley, Edwin T	Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)	Tax
Wong, Elaine	Herbert Smith Freehills	Rising stars
Woody, Alexander W	White & Case	Energy and Natural Resources
Yabe, Kozo	Yuasa and Hara	Trade Marks
Yabuki, Kimitoshi	Yabuki Law Offices	Competition and Antitrust
Yakura, Chie	Morrison & Foerster	Patents
Yamada, Akihiro	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Tax
Yamaguchi, Nobuto	Yamaguchi & Nagahama	Shipping and Maritime
Yamaguchi, Shuji	Okabe & Yamaguchi	Shipping
Yamakawa, Craig	Morrison & Foerster	Rising stars
Yamashita, Shinichiro	Hiratsuka & Co	Shipping
Yanagida, Masashi	Yanagida & Associates	Patents
Yoshida, Naoki	Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner	Patents
Yoshida, Reiko	Atsumi & Sakai	Shipping, Women in Business Law
Yoshimura, Ryugo	Morrison & Foerster	Private Equity
Yu, Tong	Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison	Capital Markets, Corporate Governance
Yufu, Setsuko	Atsumi & Sakai	Competition and Antitrust, Women in Business Law
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