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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.
News
Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Rin Moriguchi and Mariko Sumiyoshi authored the Japan section of "Getting the Deal Through: Legal Privilege & Professional Secrecy 2019," published by Law Business Research Ltd. NEW!
Junya Naito served as a panelist at the SIAC-JAA Tokyo Conference 2019 entitled “Perils and Precautions in Complex Disputes: Navigating Multiple Contracts, Multiple Parties, and Multiple Proceedings” held in Tokyo, Japan on June 4, 2019. NEW!
We are pleased to announce the renewal of our website on May 20, 2019.
Momo-o, Matsuo and Namba is ranked as a Recommended Firm in Japan and Junya Naito has once again been ranked as a Dispute Resolution Star in the practice areas of Commercial and Transactions by "Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2019" published by Euromoney Institutional Investor.
Junya Naito serves as the manager (kanji) of the Conference Regarding Operation of Civil Litigation for the year starting from April 2019. The members of the Conference are composed of judges from the Tokyo District Court and attorneys from the three Bar Associations in Tokyo.
Junya Naito has been selected by his peers as The Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year 2020" for his work in Arbitration and Mediation in Tokyo. This is the third time Mr. Naito has been recognized as the "Lawyer of the Year." He was previously recognized in 2013 and 2018. Only one lawyer in each practice area in each community is honored as "Lawyer of the Year."
Lawyers
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PartnerMasao Torikai -
PartnerShigeaki Momo-o -
Of CounselYoichi Kikuchi -
PartnerYohei Yamada -
PartnerJunya Naito -
PartnerRin Moriguchi -
AssociateKaori Maeda -
PartnerKoji Ohe -
PartnerKakuji Mitani -
AssociateNaoki Takaishi -
PartnerTetsuhiro Nishiyama -
PartnerKoichi Nakatani -
PartnerNorito Ohori -
AssociateYukako Ishikawa
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PartnerNobuaki Mukai -
PartnerShuichi Namba -
PartnerTakashi Kobayashi -
PartnerOsamu Iwanami -
PartnerNobuo Sugimoto -
AssociateHirotoshi Kakumoto
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
