Corporate/M&A: Domestic
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Japan
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As one of Japan’s leading law firms, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu provides its clients with strategic and business-orientated legal advice on all aspects of general corporate matters and M&A transactions. With tailor-made and business-orientated practical solutions, we help our international clients to maneuver through the Japanese legal environment including comprehensive market-entry support. As a full-service law firm with around 600 highly-qualified lawyers, we are capable of supporting our clients through the entire M&A process and in all sorts of transactions, from simple share deals to complicated carve-out in highly regulated business sectors.
Our overseas offices in New York, Singapore, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Jakarta* and Shanghai allow us to provide our clients with advice not only in Japan but throughout the United States and in all major Asian jurisdictions. The opening of our first presence in Europe is planned for 2025. In addition to our own offices outside Japan, we have established and maintain a vast network of partner firms in the whole world each of which ranks top tier in its respective jurisdiction. Through this combination of own offices and excellent and long-standing local partners, we can support our clients with one-stop solutions in all relevant jurisdictions.
(*Associate office)
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https://www.noandt.com/en/practices/corporate/
https://www.noandt.com/en/practices/m_and_a/
Chambers Review
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu maintains a superb market reputation for undertaking sophisticated domestic and cross-border transactions pertaining to stock and company acquisitions, joint ventures, asset transfers and takeover bids. The team is instructed by foreign multinationals in the sale of equity stakes in domestic companies and is also adept in business consolidations. The firm is counsel of choice for some of the biggest household-name corporations in Japan, assisting clients from a wide range of sectors including finance, life sciences and manufacturing.
Work Highlights
- Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu served as a lead counsel for the board of directors and the special committee of Toshiba on its sale to a consortium led by Japan Industrial Partners.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Nagashima Ohno provides advice based on a wealth of experience in corporate legal affairs that anticipates potential issues."
"They consider the company's circumstances and provide legal advice as well as options that include reputational considerations, which is very helpful."
"NO&T has technically savvy lawyers who are super capable."
"Nagashima Ohno provides advice based on a wealth of experience in corporate legal affairs that anticipates potential issues."
"They consider the company's circumstances and provide legal advice as well as options that include reputational considerations, which is very helpful."
"NO&T has technically savvy lawyers who are super capable."
Notable Practitioners
Kenichi Fujinawa remains a highly respected player in the corporate law arena. His significant experience in the field spans transactional mandates, corporate compliance and governance matters.
Hiroki Inoue is a highly esteemed practitioner with considerable experience in the market. His wide-ranging expertise covers M&A, private equity, capital markets and venture capital transactions.
Yuko Tamai enjoys a stellar reputation in this practice area and continues to advise high-profile Japanese clients on acquisitions and joint ventures.
"It is indisputable that Yuko Tamai is one of Japan's leading lawyers."
Tomohiko Iwasaki is sought after for his advice on significant domestic and cross-border transactions.
"Iwasaki is easy to work with for his communication skills, knowledge around the matter and his willingness to go the extra mile."
Soichiro Fujiwara is a well-known corporate practitioner in the market. His established reputation in the M&A field includes advising on cross-border transactions.
Ryuji Sakai represents both domestic and international clients in M&A matters, frequently acting for major corporates from a variety of sectors.
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