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在Who's Who Legal 2023中获高度评价
在Law Business Research出版的《Who's Who Legal》的2023年度全球版及日本国内版法律专家名录中,本律所的律师在以下领域获得高度评价。
Arbitration
Global: Hiroyuki Tezuka, Akihiro Hironaka, Yutaro Kawabata, Lars Markert (Global Elite Thought Leader), Natalie Yap (Global Elite Thought Leader, Under 45, Future Leaders), Anne-Marie Doernenburg (Future Leaders)
National: Hiroyuki Tezuka, Akihiro Hironaka, Yutaro Kawabata, Lars Markert, Chie Nakahara, Natalie Yap
Banking
Global: Katsu Sengoku (Finance)
National: Masahiro Ueno, Takashi Saito, Katsu Sengoku
Capital Markets
Global: Kohei Koikawa (Debt & Equity), Masaru Ono* (Structured Finance)
National: Kohei Koikawa, Masaru Ono*
Competition
Global: Kozo Kawai, Ryutaro Nakayama, Kojiro Fujii, Madoka Shimada
National: Kozo Kawai, Ryutaro Nakayama, Kojiro Fujii, Madoka Shimada, Kazumaro Kobayashi
Energy
Global: Alexander Woody (Oil & Gas)
National: Alexander Woody (Energy & Natural Resources)
Franchise
National: Stephen D Bohrer
Government Contracts
National: Kozo Kawai
Intellectual Property
Global: Hitomi Iwase (Patents), Takatoshi Monya (Patents), Masashi Kurose* (Trademarks)
National: Hitomi Iwase, Yoshiyuki Miyashita, Takatoshi Monya, Masashi Kurose* (Patent Attorney (Benrishi))
Investigations
Global: Takashi Shibuya
National: Takashi Shibuya (Business Crime Defence & Investigations)
Life Sciences
Global: Akihiro Hironaka
Litigation
Global: Hiroyuki Tezuka (Commercial Litigation)
National: Hiroyuki Tezuka (Commercial Litigation)
M&A
Global: Asa Shinkawa, Yo Ota, Stephen D. Bohrer, Yoshiyuki Kizu (Global Elite Thought Leader) (all M&A and Governance)
National: Kazuhiro Takei, Asa Shinkawa, Yo Ota, Stephen D. Bohrer, Yoshiyuki Kizu (all M&A and Governance)
Private Funds
Global: Kei Ito (Formation)
National: Kei Ito, Kohei Ishida
Product Liability Defence
Global: Akihiro Hironaka
Project Finance
National: Tomohiro Sato
Real Estate
Global: Yoshiaki Ikeda, Norio Maeda
National: Yoshiaki Ikeda, Norio Maeda (all Construction & Real Estate)
Trade & Customs
Global: Kozo Kawai, Kojiro Fujii
National: Kozo Kawai, Kojiro Fujii
Transport
Global: Kosuke Shibukawa (Aviation Finance), Nobuhiko Harada (Aviation Finance), Kentaro Miyagi (Aviation Finance), Katsu Sengoku (Aviation Finance (Global Elite Thought Leader), Shipping)
National: Kosuke Shibukawa (Aviation, Shipping), Adrian Joyce (Shipping), Kentaro Miyagi (Aviation), Katsu Sengoku (Aviation, Shipping)
*外部顾问,非本律所所属律师。
作为诉讼纠纷解决业务组的合伙人,主要负责大型、复杂的国内/国际诉讼、国际仲裁、租税诉讼等。针对大型、复杂的产品责任诉讼、多名当事人的不法行为索赔、大型合同纠纷、跨境M&A纠纷、经销商合同解除纠纷、公司诉讼、投资相关纠纷、工厂建筑延误等国际建筑纠纷、国际仲裁(ICC、SIAC、AAA-ICDR、JCAA)等,为海内外著名企业提供法律咨询。还就包括集团诉讼及证据公开在内的美国诉讼程序、为海外诉讼的日本司法协助程序、海外纠纷中针对日本法遇到的问题等提供法律咨询。
主要成就包括:在日本著名企业被美国投资银行关联企业及美国著名对冲基金等起诉(诉讼金额高达总计483亿日元的共计6起损害赔偿诉讼案)中,获得了完全驳回全部诉讼请求的判决。此外,在围绕盐野义制药的税务诉讼案(因在对以研发医药品为目的设立而成的合资企业进行重组时的实物出资受到征税处罚)中,于2021年法院判决结果要求国家返还133亿日元税款,获得了实质性的全面胜诉。
在民事诉讼、国际诉讼与仲裁、租税诉讼领域,著有《国际仲裁与企业战略》(共同编著 有斐阁)、Yasuhei Taniguchi et al. eds., Civil Procedure in Japan(部分编写 Juris Publishing)等多部著作。2022年,入选ALB Japan Law Awards 2022 - Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year。毕业于东京大学法学部第1类(LL.B., 1993)、Harvard Law School(LL.M., 2003)。担任横浜地方法院法官(1998-2000),后进入Arnold & Porter(Washington D.C., 2003-2004)工作。取得了日本及纽约州的律师资格。