Notice of the appointment of our new partners

We are pleased to announce that the following lawyers became partners of the firm as of January 1, 2016:

Toshihiro Takeshita, Maya Ito, Kohei Ishida, Yuri Sugano, Yutaro Kawabata, Atsushi Mizushima, Kojiro Fujii, Masato Yamanaka, Hideshi Obara, Shintaro Uno, Vũ Lê Bằng (Vietnam Partner*) (HCMC Office), Ha Hoang Loc (Vietnam Partner*) (HCMC Office), Jirapong SriwatSriwat (Thailand Partner*) (Bangkok Office).

*Please note that we are not engaged in a Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo (the operation of a foreign law joint enterprise).