Profile
Number of partners: 62
Number of lawyers: 104
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:
38 Partners 4 Counsels; 67 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; 19 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:
38 Partners and 3 Counsels; 70 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
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
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
Kanda Office
2F UT Building 1-3-4, Sarugaku-cho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0064, Japan
+81-3-5577-4951
Nagoya Office
8F Nagoya Sakae Building, 5-1 Buhei-cho, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 461-0008, Japan
+81-52-211-9421
Hiroshima Office
8F Kamiya-cho Building 2-2-2, Kamiya-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0031, Japan
+81-82-258-5481
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
Offices
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