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Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba was founded in April 1989 by its three name partners and their associates. With our experience in the areas of international and domestic business transactions and litigation, our goal has always been to effectively accommodate the needs of clients while providing superior and reliable legal advice.
We pride ourselves on the ability to meet the complicated demands of corporate clients in an ever-changing world economy. Our expertise spans various areas of law, including commercial transactions, corporate, M&A, bankruptcy, antitrust, intellectual property, labor & employment and general litigation/arbitration. Many lawyers in our firm have obtained advanced legal degrees abroad and worked at foreign law firms. Many are recognized experts in their fields of practice. It is this depth of experience that enables us to provide timely and hands-on counsel to domestic and international corporations on a wide range of cross-border matters.
While the trend for law firms in Japan has been to increase its attorney-count, we firmly believe that by maintaining and enhancing our clients' trust, our firm can and will keep growing organically as a mid-sized law firm practicing efficiently and effectively in many different practice areas.
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Takashi Kobayashi, Shinichiro Mori, Sho Tanaka and Hiroki Kikkawa have co-authored the Japan chapter of the recently published practice guide, "Cartels 2019," published by Mondaq.
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Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba and the following attorneys have been featured in "Chambers Asia-Pacific 2020" by Chambers & Partners:
Competition/Antitrust (Japan): Nobuaki Mukai
Dispute Resolution: Domestic (Japan): Junya Naito
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Toshiyuki Nambu has joined Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba as Advisor on December 2, 2019.
Nobuaki Mukai served as Panelist in a panel discussion on intellectual property law and SEPs (standard essential patents) from the viewpoint of competition law at DLA Piper’s 2019 Corporate and Intellectual Property Symposium held in Nagoya and Tokyo. The discussion was moderated by Ｍr. Shuzo Maruyama (DLA Piper LLP), and Dr. Mukai’s co-panelists were Mr. Misao Shimizu (Yanagida & Partners/ Tokyo session only) and Mr. Hirohiko Usui (Usui Patent Office).
In a recurring feature series, Nobuaki Mukai authored the article "The Key Evidence of Antitrust Violation #1: Toshiba Chemical Case" in the January 2019 (Vol. 20, No. 1) issue of Business Law.
Tsuyoshi Suzuki served as a judge at the 18th Intercollegiate Negotiation Competition on November 23 and 24 at Sophia University in Tokyo.
Professionals
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PartnerNorito Ohori -
PartnerKakuji Mitani -
PartnerJunya Naito -
PartnerTetsuhiro Nishiyama -
PartnerTakashi Kobayashi -
PartnerNobuo Sugimoto -
PartnerMasao Torikai -
PartnerMakoto Matsuo -
PartnerYuriko Kanematsu -
PartnerShinichiro Mori -
AssociateNaoki Takaishi -
AssociateYukako Ishikawa -
PartnerShuichi Namba -
Of CounselYoichi Kikuchi -
PartnerYohei Yamada -
PartnerShinichiro Uemura -
PartnerKoji Ohe -
PartnerKoichi Nakatani -
PartnerNobuaki Mukai -
PartnerShigeaki Momo-o
Interlaw
Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba works integrally with our clients throughout the world as the only Japan member of Interlaw, the elite-ranked international network of full-service independent law firms.
Interlaw is an elite international network of more than 80 pre-vetted, annually reviewed, full-service independent law firms in more than 150 cities worldwide comprising over 7,000 lawyers. Interlawyers are fluent in the rules, laws, customs and language of their own jurisdiction as well as in English, and many hold advanced legal degrees from internationally regarded universities and law schools. There is never a fee for referral between Interlaw member firms and every Interlaw member will extend “Best Client” status to clients referred from fellow Interlawyers. Criteria for membership include impeccable ethical standards, reputation for excellence, client responsiveness, expertise in legal representation, transparency in billing, technological capabilities and shared core values. Prospective clients are encouraged to review the expertise of the member firms at www.Interlaw.com.
Practice Areas
The legal issues facing our global and local clients are diverse and represent an ever-changing and increasingly integrated world economy. This reality is reflected in our attorneys who are internationally-recognized experts in practice areas such as litigation and arbitration, corporate law and compliance, M&A, antitrust and competition, bankruptcy and reorganization, intellectual property and labor and employment.
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4-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 102-0083 Japan
