Latest 10 topics
- Jan. 2010[Seminars]
- Kojiro Fujii, Toshihiko Hamano and Ing Chian Sun gave a presentation titled "Chinese Laws and Regulations Regarding the Limitations and Exceptions to Patent rights: Significant Matters for Foreign Patent Holders and Consistency with TRIPS" at the International Intellectual Property Laws Study Group of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on January 18, 2010.
- Jan. 2010[News]
- Hiroshi Maeda was appointed as the vice chairman of the Infrastructure Subcommittee of the Japan-Australia Business Co-operation Committee.
- Jan. 2010[News]
- 46 new associates join Nishimura & Asahi
- Dec. 2009[News]
- The Nikkei selected Yo Ota (No.8), Masakazu Iwakura (No.11), Kazuhiro Takei (No.12) and Hiroshi Kimeda (No.18) in the corporate category, and Hideki Matsushima (No.4) and Kenichi Minami (No.10), in the restructuring / insolvency category, as their "Most successful lawyers in 2009".
- Dec. 2009[News]
- Impressive reputation according to PLC Which Lawyer? 2010
- Dec. 2009[Publications]
- Cross Border Newsletter: NEW INSURANCE ACT (December, 2009)
- Dec. 2009[News]
- Masaru Ono is one of Japan's top Banking experts according to The International Who's Who of Banking Lawyers 2010.
- Dec. 2009[Seminars]
- NIALS and Formosan Brothers (co-sponsored by NNA JAPAN Co., Ltd.) jointly held a seminar regarding the possibility of Japanese Companies undertaking China investment projects through Taiwan on December 3, 2009, at Hotel Okura Tokyo.
- Dec. 2009[News]
- Nishimura & Asahi and Soga, Uryu & Itoga Form Business Alliance for China Practice
- Dec. 2009[News]
- Hiroyuki Tezuka is one of Japan's top commercial arbitration experts according to The International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration 2010.
Topics
RSSPublications
- Dec. 2009[Articles]
- Cross Border Newsletter: NEW INSURANCE ACT (December, 2009)
- Dec. 2009[Articles]
- Hiroshi Fukuda authored an article entitled "Why Are There So Many Hereditary Politicians in Japan?", which appears in "Asia-Pacific Review", Volume16(2).
- Nov. 2009[Articles]
- Michihiro Mori, Michito Kitamura, Akira Nagasaki and Yasuyuki Iwasaki co-authored the Japan Chapter of PLC Cross-border Handbooks Labour and Employee Benefits Volume 2: Employee Share Plans 2009/10, published by Practical Law Company.
- Nov. 2009[Articles]
- Michihiro Mori and Eri Sugihara co-authored the Japan Chapter of PLC Cross-border Handbooks Labour and Employee Benefits Volume 1 2009/10, published by Practical Law Company.
- Nov. 2009[Articles]
- Cross Border Newsletter: Tender Offer Regulations in Japan (November, 2009)
- Oct. 2009[Articles]
- Hideaki Ozawa, Yasuo Asami and Ryoji Moroi co-authored the Japan Chapter of PLC Cross-border Handbooks Environment 2009/10, published by Practical Law Company.
- Oct. 2009[Articles]
- Mitsuru Tanizawa authored an article entitled "Points to Consider in Discussion of Capital Quality Enhancement(2)", which appears in the weekly magazine "Financial Affairs", number 2856 (2009.10.19).
- Oct. 2009[Articles]
- Mitsuru Tanizawa authored an article entitled "Points to Consider in Discussion of Capital Quality Enhancement(1)", which appears in the weekly magazine "Financial Affairs", number 2855 (2009.10.12).
- Oct. 2009[Articles]
- Makoto Igarashi authored an article entitled "Private Equity Fund Regulations in Japan," which appears in The American Lawyer's Global 100 issue, October 2009 (www.americanlawyer.com).
- Sep. 2009[Articles]
- Eiichi Fukushima, Naoko Omukai, Miwako Kumagai and Tamao Shinbo co-authored the Japan Chapter for World Trademark Review Yearbook 2009/2010, published by Globe Business Publishing.
Seminars
- Jan. 2010
- Kojiro Fujii, Toshihiko Hamano and Ing Chian Sun gave a presentation titled "Chinese Laws and Regulations Regarding the Limitations and Exceptions to Patent rights: Significant Matters for Foreign Patent Holders and Consistency with TRIPS" at the International Intellectual Property Laws Study Group of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on January 18, 2010.
- Dec. 2009
- NIALS and Formosan Brothers (co-sponsored by NNA JAPAN Co., Ltd.) jointly held a seminar regarding the possibility of Japanese Companies undertaking China investment projects through Taiwan on December 3, 2009, at Hotel Okura Tokyo.
- Nov. 2009
- Toshiaki Tashiro gave a lecture titled "Japanese PFI and PPP" at the 28th Sino-Japanese Modern Engineering and Technology Symposium held in Taipei by the Chinese Institute of Engineers from November 15 to November 20, 2009.
- Nov. 2009
- Takemi Hiramatsu co-chaired, and Takatoshi Monya made a presentation entitled "IP Enforcement in China: from the Viewpoint of a Foreign Country," at the IP & Licensing Practice Group meeting held at the Pacific Rim Advisory Council (PRAC) Beijing Conference, focusing on the topic of "Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in China."
- Oct. 2009
- Toshiaki Tashiro will give a lecture titled "How to understand the needs of the public sector through PFI 'Basic Approaches' and the draft standard PFI contract published by the Cabinet Office" at a seminar hosted by the Japan Planning Institute on December 3, 2009.
- Oct. 2009
- Masakazu Iwakura attended "International Symposium on Cross-Border Investment and M&A -Implications of the financial crisis and government intervention" held in Cambridge from October 15-16, 2009 as a invited member. The organizer of symposium is International Institute for the Study of Cross-Border M&A which is a joint venture between the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University, the Stern School of Business at New York University and Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge.
- Oct. 2009
- Shimpei Nakada will be the speaker in a session entitled "Negotiating the Schedule to the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement " at the Understanding the ISDA Master Agreements Conference in Tokyo.
- Oct. 2009
- So Saito will give a lecture titled "Islamic Finance and Japanese Law" at the "Islamic Finance Symposium 2009: Islamic Finance amid Global Financial Turmoil - Its implications for Japan" co-hosted by Nikkei Inc., Japan Bank for International Cooperation, and Japan Securities Dealers Association, on November 11, 2009.
- Oct. 2009
- Ryutaro Nakayama will be one of the speaker in a session entitled "Who would want to be a director?" at the annual conference of the International Bar Association(IBA) held in Madrid, Spain from October 4th to October 9th, 2009.
- Aug. 2009
- Hiroyuki Tezuka participated in the panel entitled "Asian Perspectives on Conflict of Laws and Choice of Court" as a Panel Speaker at The Second Biennial General Conference of the Asian Society of International Law in Tokyo.
In the press
- Mar. 2009[Web]
- Masakazu Iwakura commented in an article that appeared in LAW.COM entitled "Glut of Lawyers in Japan, but No Layoffs" on March 4, 2009.
- Nov. 2008[Journal]
- Stephen D. Bohrer was interviewed for a special report on Japan that appeared in the November, 2008 issue of ALB magazine.
- Sep. 2008[Journal]
- Masakazu Iwakura was interviewed for an article entitled "Know Your Rights" on the Fair Use Law for Digital Content that appeared in Billboard magazine, 26 July, 2008.
- Jul. 2008[TV]
- An interview with Kei Umebayashi regarding the institution of criminal trials in Japan appears on "Tonight with Trevor McDonald" on ITV (a British TV network), in October, 2008.
- Dec. 2006[Journal]
- Asa Shinkawa's comments regarding the amendment of the TOB rules in Japan appeared in the Japan Corner - Commentary which appears in the December 2006 issue of the Asia Private Equity Review.
- Mar. 2004[Web]
- Nishimura completes merger with bankruptcy specialist
- Aug. 2003[Web]
- IFLR Week focus: Nishimura & Partners merger with Tokiwa Sogo Law Offices "to provide clients with leading advice in bankruptcy, corporate, financial and international law"
- Apr. 2003[Web]
- Legal Week Describes Formation of "Tokyo Giant": Focus on Merger of Nishimura & Partners and Tokiwa Sogo Law Offices
- Aug. 2002[Journal]
- An interview with Kenichi Fujinawa of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu and Koichi Kusano, entitled "The practical utilizing method of a reformed stock system and M&A, as revealed by leading M&A lawyers in Japan", appeared in the July issue of M&A magazine "Marr". "Marr" is published by RECOF Corporation and is one of the most respected M&A magazines in Japan. In the interview, both attorneys mainly talk about the meaning of stock system reform and its practical use for M&A.
News
- Jan. 2010[Appointments]
- Hiroshi Maeda was appointed as the vice chairman of the Infrastructure Subcommittee of the Japan-Australia Business Co-operation Committee.
- Jan. 2010[Recruitment]
- 46 new associates join Nishimura & Asahi
- Dec. 2009[Achievements]
- The Nikkei selected Yo Ota (No.8), Masakazu Iwakura (No.11), Kazuhiro Takei (No.12) and Hiroshi Kimeda (No.18) in the corporate category, and Hideki Matsushima (No.4) and Kenichi Minami (No.10), in the restructuring / insolvency category, as their "Most successful lawyers in 2009".
- Dec. 2009[Achievements]
- Impressive reputation according to PLC Which Lawyer? 2010
- Dec. 2009[Achievements]
- Masaru Ono is one of Japan's top Banking experts according to The International Who's Who of Banking Lawyers 2010.
- Dec. 2009[Press releases]
- Nishimura & Asahi and Soga, Uryu & Itoga Form Business Alliance for China Practice
- Dec. 2009[Achievements]
- Hiroyuki Tezuka is one of Japan's top commercial arbitration experts according to The International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration 2010.
- Nov. 2009[Achievements]
- Nishimura & Asahi have been selected as one of Japan's leading tax firms according to "World Tax 2010" published by International Tax Review.
- Nov. 2009[Case]
- With respect to the JPO's dismissal of a request for trial against examiner's decision of refusal for a patent application, Mitsuru Shishido and Hiroshi Suga represented the patent applicants and took an action against the JPO's dismissal decision by alleging that there were reasons for rescinding the dismissal decision (JPO's negligence in not noticing that the two patent applicants had requested the trial and/or JPO's failure to order the applicants to make a correction). On November 19, 2009, the IP High Court sustained our contentions and rescinded the JPO decision.
- Nov. 2009[Appointments]
- Hajime Ueno has been appointed as the Chair of the Banking, Finance & Securities Committee of the IPBA (Inter-Pacific Bar Association) for the period from April 2010 to April 2012.
