Expert Guides

Virtual Arbitration Hearings – the Future is Now

Since its outbreak in December 2019, the world has been battling the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on global health, economy and society

23/09/2020 Lars Markert, Nishimura & Asahi, Japan

Some interesting aspects of food patents in Japan

Regarding the examination of an invention of a food product with a limitation of use, there was a significant change in the Examination Guidelines for Patent and Utility Model (hereinafter, “JPO Guidelines”) and the Examination Handbook for Patent and Utility Model (hereinafter, “Examination HB”) in...

09/09/2019 Mitsunori Kamada, Takashima International Patent Office, Japan Yosuke Itou, Takashima International Patent Office, Japan

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, US John Inglis, Milbank, 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
Amemiya, Kei	Morrison & Foerster/Ito & Mitomi	Competition and Antitrust
Amino, Kenji	EY	Tax
Anzai, Masaru	Anzai Law Offices	Labour & Employment
Aoki, Atsushi	Seiwa Patent & Law	Trademarks
Aoki, Hiromichi	Yuasa and Hara	Trademarks
Aoyama, Hiroki	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Rising stars
Arai, Norimitsu	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Labour & Employment
Araki, Shinichi	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Rising stars
Atkin, James	Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe	Best of the Best, 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
Campbell, Neil	K&L Gates	Best of the Best, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Cannon, Alan G	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	Best of the Best, Capital Markets
Ch'en, Frederick	Hogan Lovells	Life Sciences
Davies, Aled	Milbank	Banking, Best of the Best, Project Finance
De Geer, Carl Gustaf	Nishimura & Asahi	Mergers and Acquisitions
DeCosse, Stephen J	Jones Day	Private Equity
Ebata, Naho	Abe Ikubo & Katayama	Patents
Eguchi, Naoaki	Baker McKenzie	Project Finance
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	Competition and Antitrust
Fujii, Motoi	TMI Associates	Labour & Employment
Fujikura, Daisaku	Nakamura & Partners	Trademarks
Fujimori, Koichiro	KPMG	Transfer Pricing
Fujimoto, Mie	TMI Associates	Labour & Employment
Fujinawa, Kenichi	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Mergers and Acquisitions
Fujita, Koji	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Tax
Fujita, Motoyasu	Linklaters	Structured Finance and Securitisation
Fujiwara, Soichiro	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Restructuring and Insolvency
Fukamizu, Daisuke	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Rising stars
Fukuda, Naokuni	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Insurance and Reinsurance
Furuta, Yoshimasa	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Commercial Arbitration, Litigation
Gelencsér, Etienne	Shearman & Sterling	Energy and Natural Resources, Project Finance
Gerrits, Rony P	Morrison & Foerster	Competition and Antitrust
Gibson, George	Norton Rose Fulbright	Energy and Natural Resources
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, Best of the Best, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Graffagna, Michael C	Morrison & Foerster	Energy and Natural Resources, Project Finance, Best of the Best
Gray, Jon	Davis Polk & Wardwell	Capital Markets
Gruendel, Karl	EY	Transfer Pricing
Hagiwara, Hiroyuki	Paul Hastings	Patents
Hashidate, Kenji	Hashidate Law Office	Litigation
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	Life Sciences, Patents, Women in Business Law
Hirao, Kaku	Nishimura & Asahi	White Collar Crime
Hirata, Ohki	SAH & Co	Shipping and maritime
Hiratsuka, Makoto (Mak)	Hiratsuka & Co	Best of the Best, Shipping and maritime, Shipping and maritime
Hironaka, Akihiro	Nishimura & Asahi	Litigation
Hirose, Hisao	Squire Patton Boggs	Aviation
Horiguchi, Daisuke	KPMG	Transfer Pricing
Hosokawa, Akiko	Baker McKenzie	Real Estate, Women in Business Law
Idei, Naoki	Kojima Law Offices	Litigation
Igarashi, Makoto	Nishimura & Asahi	Best of the Best, Investment Funds, Private Equity
Iimura, Somuku	Nishimura & Asahi	Life Sciences
Ikeda, Masahisa	Shearman & Sterling	Capital Markets
Ikeda, Tsuyoshi (Yoshi)	Ikeda & Someya	Competition and Antitrust
Imon, Keisuke	White & Case	Rising stars
Inaba, Yoshiyuki	TMI Associates	Patents
Inaba, Yoshiyuki	TMI Associates	Trademarks
Inglis, John	Milbank	Project Finance
Inoue, Hiroki	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity
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
Ishiwata, Gaku	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Mergers and Acquisitions
Ishizuka, Hiroyuki	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Capital Markets
Itaki, Hiroyuki	Nakamura & Partners	Trademarks
Ito, Kei	Nishimura & Asahi	Banking, Investment Funds
Ito, Kenji	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Competition and Antitrust
Itoh, Tetsuya	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Real Estate, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Itou, Yosuke	Takashima International Patent Office	Life Sciences
Iwakura, Masakazu	TMI Associates	Mergers and Acquisitions
Iwasaki, Michiya	Kusunoki & Iwasaki	Rising stars
Iwase, Yoshikazu	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Trademarks
Kadota, Masatsura	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Capital Markets
Kai, Yoshihiro	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	White Collar Crime
Kakuyama, Kazutoshi	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Labour & 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 & Employment
Kasahara, Chie	Atsumi & Sakai	Media and Entertainment, 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
Kawasaki, Takashi	Hibiya Sogo Law Offices	Competition and Antitrust
Kawase, Tetsuya	Deloitte	Transfer Pricing
Kim, Yang Ho	Deloitte Tohmatsu Tax Co	Tax
Kimeda, Hiroshi	Nishimura & Asahi	White Collar Crime
Kimura, Akiko	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Banking, Women in Business Law
Kimura, Hisaya	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Product Liability, Litigation
King, Ronnie	Ashurst	Commercial Arbitration, Energy and Natural Resources, Litigation
Kitazawa, Masaakira	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Corporate Governance
Kobayashi, Minoru	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Capital Markets, Real Estate
Kobayashi, Shinichi	Baker McKenzie	Tax
Koide, Toshimi	Suzuye & Suzuye	Trademarks
Koikawa, Kohei	Nishimura & Asahi	Capital Markets
Komori, Yukiko	Baker McKenzie	Tax, Transfer Pricing, Women in Business Law
Kondo, Hiroshi	Baker McKenzie	Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity
Kubota, Eiichiro	Kubota	Patents
Kumakura, Yoshio	Nakamura & Partners	Patents
Kuwabara, Satoko	Gaien Partners	Banking, Mergers and Acquisitions, Women in Business Law
Lebrun, Ken	Davis Polk & Wardwell	Mergers and Acquisitions
Maeda, Kei	Deloitte	Transfer Pricing
Maeda, Norio	Nishimura & Asahi	Real Estate
Maeda, Yoji	O'Melveny & Myers	Labour & Employment
Markert, Lars	Nishimura & Asahi	Commercial Arbitration
Marumo, Akira	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Banking
Masujima, Masakazu	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Insurance and Reinsurance
Matsubara, Nobuyuki	Matsubara Muraki & Associates	Trademarks
Matsui, Hideki	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Corporate Governance
Matsui, Takayuki	Max Law Office	Best of the Best, Shipping and maritime
Matsuo, Makoto	Momo-o Matsuo & Namba	Competition and Antitrust
Matsuo, Tasuku	Matsuo & Kosugi	Restructuring and Insolvency
Matsuoka, Masahiro	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Labour & 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, Best of the Best
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
Miura, Ken	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Investment Funds
Miyagawa, Mitsuko	TMI Associates	Best of the Best, Trademarks, Women in Business Law
Miyajima, Daisuke	PwC	Transfer Pricing
Miyakawa, Kazuya	PwC	Tax
Miyatake, Toshio	Adachi Henderson Miyatake & Fujita	Tax, Transfer Pricing
Mori, Nobuo	EY	Transfer Pricing
Mori, Sotaro	Yoshida & Partners	Shipping and maritime
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	Trademarks
Muto, Yoshiaki	Baker McKenzie	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
Nakayama, Kenichi	SUGIMURA International Patent & Trademark	Trademarks
Nakayama, Ryutaro	Nishimura & Asahi	Competition and Antitrust
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
Ogishi, Satoshi	Nishimura & Asahi	Restructuring and Insolvency
Ogiwara, Yuji	Greenberg Traurig	Labour & Employment, Litigation
Ohara, Yoshimi	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Commercial Arbitration, Women in Business Law
Ohno, Seiji	Ohno & Partners	Patents, Trademarks
Oishi, Atsushi	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Tax
Okabe, Hiroki	Okabe & Yamaguchi	Shipping and maritime
Okabe, Masao	Okabe International Patent Office	Patents
Okada, Kazuki	Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo	Labour & Employment
Okatani, Shigeki	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Rising stars
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
Onodera, Yoshifumi	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Information Technology
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	Real Estate, Structured Finance and Securitisation, Women in Business Law
Parker, Lloyd	Hogan Lovells	Best of the Best, Trademarks
Raven, Anthony P	Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman	Energy and Natural Resources, Project Finance
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	Best of the Best, Capital Markets, Women in Business Law
Sato, Masanori	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Banking, Best of the Best, Real Estate, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Sato, Shunji	TMI Associates	Best of the Best, Trademarks
Sawada, Jun	Deloitte	Transfer Pricing
Sekiya, Koichi	EY	Tax
Seltzer, Theodore S	Morrison & Foerster	Best of the Best, Real Estate
Sengoku, Katsu	Nishimura & Asahi	Aviation, Banking, Best of the Best
Shamoto, Ichio	Yuasa and Hara	Patents
Shapiro, Alan	Deloitte	Transfer Pricing
Shepherd, Craig	Herbert Smith Freehills	Commercial Arbitration
Shibata, Hironori	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Capital Markets
Shibata, Yoshihito	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Restructuring and Insolvency
Shiga, Masahiro	Morrison & Foerster	Real Estate
Shimada, Madoka	Nishimura & Asahi	Competition and Antitrust, Women in Business Law
Shindo, Isao	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Banking, Investment Funds, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Shiozaki, Akihisa	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	White Collar Crime
Shiroyama, Yasufumi	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Patents
Shiroyama, Yasufumi	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Trademarks
Siegel, Kenneth A	Morrison & Foerster	Best of the Best, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity
Smith, Sebastian M	K&L Gates	Aviation
Sneider, David A	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions
Suetomi, Junko	Baker McKenzie	International Trade
Sueyoshi, Wataru	STW & Partners	Trademarks
Sugimoto, Fumihide	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	Best of the Best, Capital Markets, Structured Finance and Securitisation
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	Women in Business Law, Labour & Employment
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	Best of the Best, Real Estate
Tani, Yoshikazu	Tani & Abe	Patents
Tanner, Luke	Deloitte	Transfer Pricing
Tao, Takayoshi	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu	White Collar Crime
Teraguchi, Yuka	Morrison & Foerster	Rising stars
Tezuka, Hiroyuki	Nishimura & Asahi	Commercial Arbitration, Litigation
Thomas, Ryann	PwC	Transfer Pricing
Tsuchiya, Toshihiko	Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe	Real Estate
Tsujii, Koichi	Nakamura & Partners	Patents
Tsujii, Koichi	Nakamura & Partners	Trademarks
Uchida, Emi	Atsumi & Sakai	Labour & Employment, Women in Business Law
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, Best of the Best, 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	Tax
Woody, Alexander	White & Case	Energy and Natural Resources
Yabe, Kozo	Yuasa and Hara	Trademarks
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 and maritime
Yamakawa, Craig	Morrison & Foerster	Rising stars
Yamashita, Shinichiro	Hiratsuka & Co	Shipping and maritime
Yamauchi, Hiroshi	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	White Collar Crime
Yatsu, Takeshi	EY	Transfer Pricing
Yoshida, Naoki	Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner	Patents
Yoshida, Reiko	Atsumi & Sakai	Shipping and maritime, 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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