Miura & Partners

Number of partners: 61

Number of lawyers: 103

Languages: Japanese, English, Hindi, Indonesian, Mandarin

Firm Overview

Miura & Partners was founded in January 2019 by Mr. Ryota Miura, together with a team of experienced lawyers, with the goal of establishing a professional law firm where client satisfaction is the starting point. M&P’s lawyers believe that the role of legal professionals is not just to advise on specific legal provisions, but to provide comprehensive legal advice and support to assist clients in achieving their business goals.

M&P covers virtually all legal issues for corporate clients, including M&A, joint venture, finance, corporate and financial regulation, competition law, intellectual property law, litigation, general corporate legal matters, international trade, and domestic and cross border disputes. M&P’s geographical coverage is expansive, assisting clients in their ventures across the globe. M&P’s lawyers also have in-depth knowledge of new technologies and legal practices in evolving fields such as blockchain, start-ups, fintech, big data, and medical and healthcare.

Collectively, the firm offers a one-stop legal solution to its clients.

Main Areas of Practice

Mergers and Acquisitions:

39 Partners 4 Counsels; 64 fee earners

Recent Representation:

• Representation of Noritsu Koki in acquisition of Alpha Theta (Pioneer DJ) from KKR PDJ Investment L.P. and Pioneer Inc
• Representation of Pepti Dream in acquisition of certain Radiopharmaceutical business from Fuji Film Group

Contact: Hisashi Shibata +81-3-6270-3513, Haruka Murata +81-3-6270-3520

Email: [email protected] ,[email protected]

Competition Laws:

6 Partners and 2 Counsels; 18 fee earners

Recent Representation:

• Advised Showa Sangyo on its acquisition of its competitor San-ei Sucrochemical in the highly concentrated glucose market.M&P represented Showa Sangyo during antitrust law proceedings and achieved quick unconditional approval in the Phase I review.The case is published by the JFTC as one of the major merger control cases of last year.
• Advised Benefit One Inc. on its acquisition of its competitor JTB Benefit in a highly concentrated market.Even though the matter involves a difficult issue regarding a two-sided market, the firm successfully persuaded the JFTC to clear the transaction unconditionally in the Phase I review.

Key Clients: Tokyo Electron Ltd. (a leading semiconductor manufacturing equipment company in the world), Recruit Co., Ltd (a Japanese leading platform operator)

Contact: Masayuki Atsumi +81-3-6270-3516

Email: [email protected]

Litigation and Disputes:

37 Partners and 3 Counsels; 64 fee earners

Recent Representation:

• Successfully closed the first hostile takeover deal in J-REIT which involved multiple court proceedings by representing Lion Partners GK, an investor in Sakura Sogo REIT Investment, regarding the acquisition of that REIT by Star Asia Investment Corporation
• Defended a major Japanese company in a number of high-profile lawsuits in Japan regarding an extremely large-scale round-tripping fraud case
• Represented a leading Japanese manufacturing company in an HKIAC arbitration regarding a 40-million-dollar dispute over a JV business in Hong Kong
• Advised a foreign subsidiary of a leading Japanese company in a tax related dispute before a Chinese court

Key Clients: KOSHIDAKA HOLDINGS Co., LTD., Net One Systems Co., Ltd.

Contact: Yoshie Midorikawa +81-3-6270-3515

Email: [email protected]

Practice Areas

Mergers and Acquisitions

Finance

Corporate Governance and Commercial Disputes

Competition Laws

Startup Practice (Supporting Venture Enterprise)

Intellectual Property

Information Technology and Entertainment

Personal Information and Privacy

Consumer Law

Medical and Healthcare

Crisis Management and Security

Employment and Labor Regulation

Litigation and Disputes, Business Revitalization, and Bankruptcy

Tax Law

ESG/SDGs

PPP/PFI/Concession

Government Relations

International Practice and Trade Law

General Corporate Practice

International Work

M&P has been involved in numerous mid-size outbound transactions involving the US, Europe, and Asia, using its network of law firms around the world.

M&P is also increasing its presence internationally. Led by Ryoichi Inoue, partner in charge of Asian practice, M&P co-founded a consultancy firm (M&P Asia) to provide one-stop service to Japanese clients operating in the Asian region.

Offices

Otemachi Office (head office)

3F East Tower Otemachi First Square 1-5-1, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan

+81-3-6270-3500

[email protected]

Shibuya Office

Shibuya QWS Booster Office 4, 15F Shibuya Scramble Square, 2-24-12 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-6115, Japan

+81-3-6268-0820

[email protected]

Kanda Office

2F UT Building 1-3-4, Sarugaku-cho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0064, Japan

+81-3-5577-4951

[email protected]

Nagoya Office

8F Nagoya Sakae Building, 5-1 Buhei-cho, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 461-0008, Japan

+81-52-211-9421

[email protected]

Hiroshima Office

8F Kamiya-cho Building 2-2-2, Kamiya-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0031, Japan

+81-82-258-5481

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