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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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Tsuyoshi Suzuki played the role of a party’s counsel in a mock emergency-arbitrator arbitration in the 2019 ICC Arbitration Seminar in Japan organized by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Japan and co-organized by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Paris), and the Japan International Dispute Resolution Center (JIDRC) on October 16.
Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba and its attorneys have been recognized in the following practice areas by "Who's Who Legal 2019" published by Law Business Research:
"Global Leader: Asset Recovery 2019" Junya Naito
"National Leader: Japan - Arbitration 2019" Junya Naito
"National Leader: Japan - Arbitration 2019" Tsuyoshi Suzuki
"National Leader: Japan - Competition 2019" Nobuaki Mukai
Takayuki Matsuo, Peter Tyksinski and Yang Cancan have co-authored the Japan chapter of “LexisNexis Company and Foreign Investment Law Guide 2020” published by LexisNexis.
Junya Naito has been reappointed as a Committee Member of the Tokyo District Court Committee.
Nobuaki Mukai was appointed Executive Board Member and Secretary General of the Japan Competition Law Forum.
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.
Lawyers
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PartnerTakashi Kobayashi -
PartnerMasao Torikai -
PartnerShinichiro Uemura -
PartnerNobuaki Mukai -
PartnerNorito Ohori -
PartnerTsuyoshi Suzuki -
PartnerRin Moriguchi -
PartnerKoichi Nakatani -
PartnerKakuji Mitani -
Of CounselYoichi Kikuchi -
PartnerKoji Ohe -
PartnerTakayuki Matsuo -
PartnerShigeaki Momo-o -
PartnerYohei Yamada -
PartnerNobuo Sugimoto -
AssociateKaori Maeda -
PartnerTetsuhiro Nishiyama -
AssociateNaoki Takaishi -
PartnerShuichi Namba -
PartnerMakoto Matsuo
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
