Nishimura & Asahi

Managing Partner: Ryutaro Nakayama

Number of partners: 249

Number of lawyers: 842

Languages:Japanese, English, Chinese (Mandarin), Spanish, French, Cantonese, Indonesian, German, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Filipino, Malay, Myanmar, Taiwanese, Burmese, Catalan, Cebuano, Gaelic, Swedish, Hindi, Russian, Tagalog

Japan’s Largest International Law Firm | Delivering Solutions Across Asia and Beyond:

Nishimura & Asahi is Japan’s largest law firm, covering all aspects of domestic and international business and corporate activity. The firm has over 800 professionals* and employs a diverse team of more than 900 business service specialists and paralegals.

*including Associate and Alliance offices

The Highest Global Standards:  

We speak over 20 languages and have advanced international law degrees and bar admissions — with experience working at top global law firms. Nishimura & Asahi has also established strong professional relationships with the most eminent law firms worldwide, enabling the firm to focus on international corporate and financial transactions, advising both Japanese and international clients at the highest international standards.

Cutting-Edge Business Issues:  

Nishimura & Asahi works with the most prominent Japanese and global corporations, to find novel solutions for its industries’ most innovative changes and disruptive challenges.

Commitment To Excellence:  

Through the enhancement of professional and organisational synergies — a result of the firm’s expansion — an unprecedented level of client service is made possible in highly specialised and complex areas of commercial law. Nishimura & Asahi understands its clients’ growing needs and its fully integrated team of lawyers and professional staff are proud to share the same fundamental philosophy: An uncompromising commitment to excellence.

International Presence:  

With the continued expansion of international presence and clientele, the firm has five domestic and 15 overseas offices; Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sapporo, Bangkok, Beijing, Shanghai, Dubai, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta*, Kuala Lumpur*, Manila*, New York, Singapore, Taipei, Yangon. Through the firm’s domestic and global networks, Nishimura & Asahi is ideally placed to provide clients with a borderless one-stop service, from Japan to the world.

*Associate office

Main Areas of Practice:  

■ M&A

■ Corporate

■ Finance

■ Real Estate & Construction

■ Restructuring & Insolvency

■ Dispute Resolution & International Arbitration

■ Corporate Crisis Management

■ Intellectual Property

■ Labour & Employment

■ Competition & Antitrust Law

■ Consumer Law

■ International Trade

■ Public Interest Activities & Pro Bono

■ Natural Resources & Energy

■ TMT

■ Life Sciences & Healthcare

■ Technology

■ Digital Transformation & Innovation

■ Tax

■ Agri-Food