Herbert Smith is consistently recognised as being one of the leading law firms in Japan and has more registered foreign lawyers in Tokyo than any other UK law firm. The team consists of eight partners and over fifty fee-earners in total.
Our Tokyo office advises a significant client base of major Japanese companies on international transactions, projects and disputes as well as foreign international corporations doing business and investing in Japan.
We provide advice to our Japanese and international clients across three principal practice areas:
- M&A (including competition and merger control)
- dispute resolution (including litigation, arbitration and other forms of ADR)
- energy, infrastructure and mining
We are regularly ranked in the top-tier for each of these areas and have particular experience within them across the telecoms, media, financial services, oil and gas, mining, infrastructure, power, chemicals, technology, publishing, and heavy industry sectors.
Our work centres on multi-jurisdictional matters for major multinational corporations. We service these by working closely with our international offices and network.
For further information about our Tokyo office, please contact Steve Lewis, Managing Partner.
Accolades
Law Firm of the Year, Asia
PLC Which lawyer? Awards, 2010
Ranked first tier in Energy & Natural Resources, Asia
Chambers (Global and Asia), 2010
Ranked first for Dispute Resolution
Asia Pacific Legal 500, 2003-2010
Ranked first for Projects and Energy
Asia Pacific Legal 500, 2002-2010
Ranked first tier in Project Finance, Japan
IFLR 1000, 2010
Firm of the year - International Arbitration and Litigation, Japan
Asian-Counsel, 2009
"Consistently fantastic in M&A transactions"
Chambers Asia, 2008