People

Hiroyuki heads our international dispute resolution practice. He specializes in international commercial litigation, ...

He plays a vital senior role within the firm’s fund/asset management practice group which he has set up. With the res...

Kozo’s anti-trust/competition practice covers every area of the practice, i.e., violation cases such as cartel and un...

Among other things, Yoshihiko is recognized as an authority on real-estate finance and a pioneer in structured financ...

Kazuhiro Takei has extensive expertise representing Japanese public companies on a variety of matters, including M&am...

Katsuyuki has been the Managing Partner of our New York office since its inception through 2024, and currently s...

Asa Shinkawa has been a partner in the M&A/corporate group at Nishimura & Asahi since 2001. She has a long an...

Yoshinobu was promoted to partner in 1999. He has experience in NP loans, real estate transactions, and equity invest...

Kei Ito is one of the leading partners of the Firm’s investment fund/asset management practice group. Mr. Ito has sig...

Since 2002, Hiroshi has been a partner in the firm’s M&A and corporate practice area. His experience ranges from ...

Mr. Ota has a wealth of practical international and domestic legal experience, focusing on the areas of hostile takeo...

His practice covers various financial business sectors with a focus on real estate finance, structured finance, and s...

While mainly focusing on financial transactions and financial regulations, he has also advised on a variety of projec...

Takefumi Sato is a partner in the M&A and general corporate practice groups at Nishimura & Asahi. He has repr...

Mr. Kimeda’s main areas of practice are Corporate Crisis Management and Litigation. As for Corporate Crisis Managemen...

Since becoming an attorney-at-law, I have been consistently engaged in bankruptcy and business revitalization practic...

Hiroyuki has advised on numerous M&A transactions in both domestic and cross-boarder areas, and in both the priva...

In addition to corporate disputes such as shareholder derivative actions and share purchase demands, Masako has exten...

Akihiro’s experience covers product liability, contractual claims, mass tort claims, and tax disputes, in various ind...

Tatsuya Tanigawa is a partner at Nishimura & Asahi, and has represented Japanese and non-Japanese buyers and sell...

Ryutaro Nakayama specializes in General Corporate and M&A work, and advises clients on a broad range of issues an...

Hajime has extensive expertise in the area of corporate restructuring and insolvency, as well as securitization/struc...

Norio Maeda is a partner with expertise in transactions involving the acquisition and development of, the financing o...

He has an extensive track record representing clients in over 80 corporate rehabilitation and bankruptcy cases to dat...

Kei Umebayashi is a partner at Nishimura & Asahi and previously worked at the Special Investigative Section of th...

Hikaru took the initiative in launching the firm’s ASEAN practice in 2010, and since she has supported various Japane...

Mr. Morimoto has a high degree of expertise in complex transactions, such as takeover bids and complicated transactio...

Takahiko handles a wide range of domestic and international M&A transactions, general corporate matters, and labo...

Yuji’s practice includes a wide range of M&A, investment, and joint venture transaction, etc. involving a Japanes...

Yuki Oi is a partner in our M&A/Corporate practice group. He advises domestic and international corporations and ...

He has an extensive track record representing issuers, managers and selling shareholders in various capital markets t...

He has represented 37 debtor companies in civil rehabilitation cases and 10 debtor companies in business turnaround A...

Since joining the firm, Mitsuhiro Harada has been actively involved in Mergers & Acquisitions and has represented...

Masaki Noda is a partner at Nishimura & Asahi, practicing corporate and M&A including mergers, acquisitions, ...

Tomohiro regularly serves as legal counsel to major financial institutions, trading companies, and energy companies o...

His main practice area is corporate crisis management and litigation. He is also highly knowledgeable and experienced...

Hiromune specializes in domestic and cross-border M&A cases, including hostile takeovers defenses, and organizati...

Hitomi handles patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and other IP-related matters in multiple business sect...