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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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Junya Naito and Motomu Wake co-authored an article entitled "Utilizing Third-party Funding in Japan—Issues Regarding the Attorney Act and the Basic Rules on the Duties of Practicing Attorneys." This article appeared in the Japan Commercial Arbitration Journal (Vol. 2/2021) published by the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA).
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Takayuki Matsuo and Hu Yue have authored a client update on the Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China, which was enacted and promulgated on August 20, 2021.
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Tsuyoshi Suzuki has authored "Column: International Arbitration—Preparations for Overseas Business Trouble (Vol. 11) Web Hearing (1)," which appeared in NBL No. 1201(September 1, 2021), p. 72.
Nobuaki Mukai published a book review of Makoto Yamamoto and Hiroaki Matsumoto’s "New Leniency Program under the Antimonopoly Act: Introduction of the Reduction System for Cooperation in Investigation." Dr. Mukai’s review appeared in the August 2021 (No. 850) issue of Fair Trade.
Junya Naito, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Shinichiro Mori and Motomu Wake have authored the Japan chapter (Trends and Developments) of the recently published Global Practice Guide to Enforcement of Judgements 2021 by Chambers and Partners.
Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Naoki Takaishi, Ayano Ise and Suzuka Takehara have co-authored the Japan Chapter of "Lexology Getting the Deal Through: Mediation 2021."
Professionals
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PartnerTsuyoshi Suzuki -
Of CounselYoichi Kikuchi -
AssociateKaori Maeda -
Of CounselHiroshi Inoue -
PartnerKoji Ohe -
PartnerKoichi Nakatani -
PartnerOsamu Iwanami -
AssociateNaoki Takaishi -
PartnerShuichi Namba -
PartnerShinichiro Uemura -
PartnerMakoto Matsuo -
PartnerNorito Ohori -
PartnerYohei Yamada -
AssociateMasayuki Inui
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PartnerJunya Naito -
PartnerTakashi Kobayashi -
PartnerShigeaki Momo-o -
PartnerRin Moriguchi -
AssociateMaki Shiokawa
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PartnerMasao Torikai
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
