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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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Effective April 8, 2020, our office will be closed during the pendency of the declared state of emergency.
All attorneys and staff members are working from home until the situation improves.
Please contact us by email as we are unable to respond to telephone calls to our firm’s phone number. If you know the cell phone number of your attorney contact, please call him or her directly.
Communications should be made by email or cell phone.
Physical mail will continue to be received. However, please be aware that we may not be able to confirm physical mail in a timely fashion. Again, we suggest you contact us by email or cell phone.
Thank you very much for your understanding.
In a recurring feature series, Nobuaki Mukai authored the article, "The Key Evidence of Antitrust Violation #5: LCD Module Case for Nintendo DS Products," in the May 2020 (Vol. 20, No. 5) issue of Business Law.
Tsuyoshi Suzuki and Naoko Takekawa have authored the Japan chapter of the recently published Twelfth Edition of "The Dispute Resolution Review" (ed. Damian Taylor) (The Law Reviews).
In a recurring feature series, Nobuaki Mukai authored the article, "The Key Evidence of Antitrust Violation #4: Modifier Case," in the April 2020 (Vol. 20, No. 4) issue of Business Law.
Naoki Nihonmatsu joined the firm as associate on February 25, 2020.
Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba and Junya Naito have been ranked in the practice area of "Dispute Resolution: Domestic Japan" in "Chambers Global 2020" by Chambers and Partners.
Professionals
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PartnerTetsuhiro Nishiyama -
PartnerMasao Torikai -
PartnerTakayuki Matsuo -
PartnerShinichiro Uemura -
PartnerTsuyoshi Suzuki -
Of CounselYoichi Kikuchi -
PartnerYohei Yamada -
PartnerNobuaki Mukai -
PartnerNobuo Sugimoto -
AssociateKaori Maeda -
AssociateYukako Ishikawa
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PartnerMakoto Matsuo -
PartnerRin Moriguchi -
PartnerKakuji Mitani -
PartnerTakashi Kobayashi -
PartnerKoichi Nakatani -
PartnerShigeaki Momo-o -
PartnerOsamu Iwanami -
PartnerShuichi Namba -
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
