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於Who's Who Legal 2023獲得高度評價
Law Business Research所發行Who's Who Legal 2023全球版及國別版(日本)中,本事務所律師分別在以下領域獲得高度評價。
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)
*為外部顧問,非隸屬於本事務所之律師。
弘中聰浩律師係訴訟、爭端解決業務團隊之合夥人。負責大型、複雜性國內/國際訴訟、國際仲裁和租稅訴訟等案件。針對大型、複雜之商品製造人責任訴訟、對多數當事人提起的不法行為索賠、大規模契約糾紛、跨國併購相關糾紛、經銷商契約解約相關糾紛、公司訴訟、投資相關糾紛、工廠建設延誤等之國際建設糾紛、國際仲裁(ICC、SIAC、AAA-ICDR、JCAA)等案件,為海內外知名企業提供建議。並就包含集體訴訟和證據開示(discovery)在內的美國訴訟程序、在日本針對海外訴訟的司法互助程序,以及在海外糾紛中形成爭議的日本法,提供相關建議。
主要實績如下:曾負責處理日本知名企業遭美國投資銀行關係企業及美國知名避險基金等提起的訴訟案件,該案包含多達6件、請求金額高達483億日圓的損害賠償請求,最終法院將此案所有請求全數駁回。此外,有關鹽野義製藥公司的稅務訴訟,即鹽野義為其以研發醫藥品為目的所設立之合資企業的企業重組,進行實物出資而受到課稅處分的案件,最終該案於2021年由法院判決國家須退還133億日圓的款項,獲得實質性的全面勝訴。
著有民事訴訟、國際訴訟/仲裁、租稅訴訟領域之多部著作,如《國際仲裁與企業戰略》(共編著 有斐閣)、Yasuhei Taniguchi et al. (eds.), Civil Procedure in Japan(分擔執筆、Juris Publishing)等。2022年獲選為ALB Japan Law Awards 2022 - Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year。畢業於東京大學法學部第1類(LL.B., 1993)、Harvard Law School(LL.M., 2003)。曾擔任橫濱地方法院法官(1998-2000)、任職於Arnold & Porter(Washington D.C., 2003-2004)。取得日本及美國紐約州的律師執照。