Nishimura & Asahi opens a Representative Office in Dubai

October 24, 2016
Nishimura & Asahi

We are pleased to announce that Nishimura & Asahi (N&A) has been granted a license to open its Dubai Representative Office by the authority of the United Arab Emirates Free Zone, and will open the Office in December 2016.

With the opening of our new representative office in Dubai, which is not only the economic center of the Middle East, but also the gateway to Africa, we are strengthening our Middle East Practice Group, especially with regard to our services relating to Iran, which is seen to have promising business opportunities following the recent easing of sanctions, in order to serve the needs of Japanese companies doing business and investing in the region.

In order to further support our clients’ businesses overseas, especially in Asia, we have opened offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Shanghai, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Singapore, Yangon and Hong Kong, and regularly send our lawyers on secondment to Europe, the United States, India, Indonesia, Brazil, etc. Our overseas offices, working in close cooperation with our offices in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka, enable us to provide quality legal services to Japanese companies wherever they do business in the region.

Our Middle East Practice Group and African Practice Group in Tokyo will provide a wide range of legal services with regard to matters relating to the Middle East and Africa markets, which have great potential yet often involve complex issues, in collaboration with our Dubai Representative Office, which will have a resident lawyer with local expertise and keep abreast of clients’ needs and the most recent legal trends.

(Note: Our Dubai Representative Office does not directly provide legal services.)

【Overview of Dubai Representative Office】
Office Name:
Nishimura & Asahi Dubai Representative Office
Representative:
Kazuho Nakajima (Attorney-at-Law)
Resident Representative:
Masao Morishita (Attorney-at-Law)
Address:
7WA 2042, Dubai Airport Freezone, Dubai, UAE
Tel:
+971-56-178-0790 (Temporary)
E-mail
na_dubai@eml.nishimura.com

【Overview of our Middle East Practice Group】

Dubai Representative Office

Kazuho Nakajima
E-mail k.nakajima@nishimura.com
Tel +81-3-6250-6411
Kazuho Nakajima will be a representative of the Dubai Representative Office. He is currently on a long business trip to Tehran in Iran. He specializes in mergers and acquisitions, anti-trust and competition law, and cross-border transactions. He provides legal advice to businesses relating to Middle-Eastern countries (such as Iran).
He is a graduate of the University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2001) and Columbia University School of Law (LL.M., 2009), and he was admitted to practice law in Japan in 2002 and New York in 2010. He was seconded to Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP from 2009 to 2010, and to the legal division of a major trading company from 2010 to 2011.

Masao Morishita
E-mail m.morishita@nishimura.com
Tel +971-56-178-0790
Masao Morishita will be the resident representative of Nishimura & Asahi Dubai Representative Office and has been in Dubai since 2013. His main practice areas are project finance and Middle-East and Africa-related business. He is a graduate of the University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2002) and U.C. Berkeley School of Law (LL.M., 2012), and he was admitted to practice law in Japan in 2004 and New York in 2014. He was seconded to the legal department of JBIC (2007), the legal department of a major international trading and investment company (2011-2012), the London office of Norton Rose Fulbright LLP (2012-2013), and a subsidiary in Dubai of a major Japanese trading company (2013-2016).

Tokyo Office

Masaru Ono
E-mail m.ono@nishimura.com
Tel +81-3-6250-6205
Masaru Ono is an advisor to our firm's Middle East Practice Group. He is a graduate of the University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1976) and the University of Michigan Law School (LL.M., 1978), and he was admitted to practice law in Japan in 1978 and New York in 1983. He serves as a Visiting Professor of law at the University of Tokyo.
He specializes in finance, such as banking, financial regulation and structured finance. Additionally, he has a reputation for giving strategic advice by taking advantage of the expertise and organizational strength of our firm.

Yoshihiko Kawakami
E-mail y.kawakami@nishimura.com
Tel +81-3-6250-6334
Yoshihiko Kawakami is the representative of our Firm’s Middle East Practice Group. His main areas of expertise are real estate, structured finance, international finance, and cross-border corporate matters.
He is a graduate of the University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1988) and Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1995), and he was admitted to practice law in Japan in 1990 and New York in 1996. He also worked for the New York office of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (1995-1996).

Kohei Ishida
E-mail k.ishida@nishimura.com
Tel +81-3-6250-6268
Kohei Ishida spent two years (2010-2012) in London at a major Japanese trading company focusing on energy business (IPP) in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. He specializes in Fund Business, Energy and Resources, Project Finance, etc.
He is a graduate of the University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2002) and University of Michigan Law School (LL.M., 2010), and he was admitted to practice law in Japan in 2003 and New York in 2011.

Chika Igarashi
E-mail c.igarashi@nishimura.com
Tel +81-3-6250-6432
Chika Igarashi extensively advises on general corporate matters, compliance, financial regulation, cross-border transactions, and investigations by governmental authorities on behalf of her wide range of corporate clients. She also frequently advises on doing business in the Middle East and Africa regions.
She graduated from Keio University (LL.B.) in 1993, received an LL.M. from Boston University School of Law in 2000, and did an internship at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in 2006. She was admitted to practice law in Japan in 1997, and New York in 2007.

For further information, please contact us at：
Public Relations Department, Nishimura & Asahi
Tel: +81-3-6250-6202 (Direct)
E-mail: contacts@nishimura.com
Address: Otemon Tower, 1-1-2 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8124, Japan
Website: https://www.nishimura.com/en