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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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On March 30, 2023, Takayuki Matsuo delivered a speech on ChatGPT. Cancan Yang, Foreign Legal Staff, assisted.
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On March 24, 2023, Takayuki Matsuo published an essay on government utilization of AI.
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On March 23, 2023, Takayuki Matsuo delivered a speech on ChatGPT.
On March 10, 2023, Takayuki Matsuo published an article on brain technology and law.
Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba has been ranked in Band 2, Junya Naito in Band 1, and Tsuyoshi Suzuki in Band 4, in the practice area of "Dispute Resolution: Domestic Japan" in "Chambers Global 2023" by Chambers and Partners.
Takayuki Matsuo and Hu Yue have authored a newsletter on the Determination of the Standard Contract for Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Information.
Professionals
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Of CounselYoichi Kikuchi -
Of CounselHiroshi Inoue -
PartnerNobuaki Mukai -
PartnerTsuyoshi Suzuki -
PartnerRin Moriguchi -
PartnerKoichi Nakatani -
AssociateMasayuki Inui -
PartnerJunya Naito -
PartnerTakayuki Matsuo -
PartnerKoji Ohe -
AssociateSho Tanaka
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AssociateMariko Sumiyoshi
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PartnerShinichiro Uemura -
PartnerHirotoshi Kakumoto -
PartnerYuriko Kanematsu -
PartnerNobuo Sugimoto -
PartnerMakoto Matsuo -
PartnerShuichi Namba -
PartnerNaoki Takaishi -
PartnerNorito Ohori
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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Kojimachi Diamond Building
4-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 102-0083 Japan
Awards
Certification
Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba has obtained ISO/IEC27001 certification, the standard for information security management systems.
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