Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Tokyo has over 35 legal professionals, around half of whom are locally admitted. Our team in Tokyo includes lawyers admitted in Japan to advise on Japanese law and foreign lawyers to advise on both English and US law. Most of our Japanese lawyers are also admitted abroad. We can therefore provide domestic and international companies with English, US and Japanese legal services across a wide range of practice areas.

Our areas of practice include advising on M&A and private equity, structured finance, securitisation, asset and project finance, commercial banking, joint ventures, labour and employment matters, distribution, antitrust and competition, licensing and other commercial arrangements and forms of investment in Japan and elsewhere.

We are also experienced in dispute resolution in Japan (including representing disputants in international arbitration proceedings and in Japan Commercial Arbitration Association proceedings).

The lawyers in our Tokyo office speak Japanese, English and French and are qualified in jurisdictions including the US, England and Wales and Japan.

Naoki Kinami, a bengoshi partner and New York qualified lawyer, is the managing partner of our Tokyo office.

For more information please email Verena Urbschat, marketing and operations manager, Japan.

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