Miura & Partners

Number of partners: 65

Number of lawyers: 105

Languages: Japanese, English, Hindi, Indonesian, Mandarin, Vietnamese

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

Recent Representation:

• Advised on sales of the common shares of Benefit One Inc.
• Legal advice on Ichigo Trust's execution of a capital alliance agreement with Japan Display Inc. and underwriting of a third-party allotment of new shares (payment method: dead equity swap) etc. for the purpose of supporting Japan Display Inc (“JDI”)
• Legal advice on Alpha Theta Corporation signed agreement to acquire 100% shares of Serato Audio Research Limited in New Zealand.

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

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Competition Laws

Recent Representation:

• Continuous antitrust advice to Recruit Co., Ltd.
• Continuous antitrust compliance advice to Toyota Corporation on joint venture called “CJPT” for joint development of CASE technology
• Advised TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION on merger between its subsidiaries and Astomos Retailing Corporation

Key Clients: Tokyo Electron Ltd., Recruit Co., Ltd, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION

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

Email: [email protected]

Litigation and Disputes

Recent Representation:

• Advised VINA ECO BOARD COMPANY LIMITED, a foreign subsidiary of a leading Japanese company, SUMITOMO FORESTRYCO., LTD, in a tax related dispute before a Chinese court
• Represented our client, MIYATA GAKUEN, in a lawsuit to revoke an administrative disposition
• Claims for damages for employee misconduct of our client, FUJIFILM Corporation
• Defending a major Japanese company in a number of high-profile lawsuits in Japan regarding an extremely large-scale round-tripping fraud case

Key Clients: KOSHIDAKA HOLDINGS Co., LTD., Net One Systems Co., Ltd., VINA ECO BOARD COMPANY LIMITED, MIYATA GAKUEN, FUJIFILM

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

Email: [email protected]

Labour and employment

Recent Representation:

• Advised KADOKAWA CORPORATION on handling of labor-related litigation, labor unions, and other human resources matters.
• An employee, who had already been dismissed, filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate his dismissal against SBI Holdings, Inc. As a legal advisor in the area of labor and employment law, we have identified the grounds that led to the dismissal and won the case in the first trial.
• Based on the issue raised by the Board of Statutory Auditors and the Governance Committee, we investigated the labor situation at subsidiaries within the Group and the governance system of the Group as a whole for SAINT-CARE HOLDING CORPORATION and made a report on measures to improve the situation.

Intellectual property

Recent Representation:

• Advice on old documents pertaining to the ownership of the Kakiemon family, the most famous family of potters in Japan
• Negotiations regarding trademark infringement against Wacoal Corp.
• Advice on new services for Sapiens inc.
• Represented KING JIM CO.,LTD. for negotiations pertaining to patent trials

Key Clients:Kakiemon Foundation Japan, Wacoal Corp., Sapiens inc., KING JIM CO.,LTD., Ci FLAVORS Co., Ltd.

Crisis management

Recent Representation:

• Represented a member of the Governance Review Committee for Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Practice Areas

Mergers and Acquisitions

Finance

Corporate Governance

Competition Laws

Startup Practice (Supporting Venture Enterprise)

Intellectual Property

Information Technology and Entertainment

Personal Information and Privacy

Consumer Law

Medical and Healthcare

Crisis Management

Information Security

Employment and Labor Regulation

Litigation and Disputes

Business Revitalization and Bankruptcy

Tax Law and Wealth Management

ESG/SDGs

Real Estate and Construction

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

[email protected]

Ho Chi Minh Office

Saigon Trade Center 17th floor No. 37 Ton Duc Thang Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Jakarta Office

Pacific Century Place 18th floor SCBD Lot 10, Jl. Jenderal Sudirman Kavling 52-53, Jakarta, Indonesia

San Francisco Office

550 California Street, Suite 803, San Francisco, CA 94104

+1-415-707-5000

London Office

19th Floor, 100 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AG, United Kingdom

+44-20-7864-1670

[email protected]