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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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In a recurring feature series, Nobuaki Mukai authored the article, "The Key Evidence of Antitrust Violation #14: Toys‘R’Us Case," in the April 2021 (Vol. 21, No. 4) issue of Japan Business Law Review.
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Nobuaki Mukai authored the article "Special Feature: Background History and Outline of the Antimonopoly Act Amendment—New Systems of Administrative Fine ("Kachokin") and Leniency Program, and Confidentiality of Attorney-Client Communications." This article appeared in the February 2021 (Vol. 72, No. 2) issue of "Jiyu to Seigi" (Liberty and Justice).
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Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba has been ranked in Band 2 and Junya Naito in Band 1 in the practice area of "Dispute Resolution: Domestic Japan" in "Chambers Global 2021" by Chambers and Partners.
MMN co-hosted a webinar entitled “How Japanese Companies Can Monetize Their US Patents: Trends and Access to Third-Party Funding” with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP on February 4, 2021.
Junya Naito, Koichi Nakatani, Koji Ohe, Yohei Yamada and Shinichiro Mori participated as speakers at this webinar.
Peter R. Tyksinski participated in Interlaw’s virtual 2021 Asia Pacific Regional Meeting held from February 2 through February 5 and presented the topic, "Tokyo Olympics 2021: To Hold or Not to Hold!" to the Sports, Media and Entertainment Special Business Team. MMN is the sole Japan member of Interlaw. Interlaw is an elite-ranked international law firm network comprised of independent law firms working collaboratively on a “Best Client” basis.
Toshiyuki Nambu, Nobuaki Mukai and Takashi Kobayashi have co-authored the Japan chapter of the recently published practice guide, “The Settlements Guide – First Edition,” published by Global Competition Review.
Professionals
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PartnerMakoto Matsuo -
PartnerJunya Naito -
PartnerHirotoshi Kakumoto -
AssociateMotomu Wake -
AssociateMaki Shiokawa -
PartnerShuichi Namba -
PartnerMasao Torikai -
PartnerTakayuki Matsuo -
AssociateMasayuki Inui
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PartnerNorito Ohori -
AssociateYukako Ishikawa
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AssociateNaoki Takaishi -
PartnerShinichiro Uemura -
PartnerShigeaki Momo-o -
PartnerNobuaki Mukai -
PartnerYuriko Kanematsu -
PartnerYohei Yamada -
PartnerOsamu Iwanami -
PartnerNobuo Sugimoto -
Of CounselHiroshi Inoue
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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4-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 102-0083 Japan
