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 seven 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
"Consistently fantastic in M&A transactions"
Chambers Asia 2008
Ranked first for Dispute Resolution
Asia Pacific Legal 500, 2003-2009
Ranked first for Projects and Energy
Asia Pacific Legal 500, 2002-2009
Asian Law Firm of the Year
Chambers Global Awards 2007
Asia-Pacific Firm of the Year
Legal Business Awards 2006