Nishimura & Asahi

Nishimura & Asahi
西村あさひ
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
No. of offices20+
No. of lawyers800+ (Jan. 2024)[1]
Major practice areasGeneral Practice
Date founded1966
FounderToshiro Nishimura
Company typeConsists of a Japanese partnership, Japanese professional corporation and Singaporean limited liability partnership
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Nishimura & Asahi (西村あさひ) is the largest of the "Big Four" law firms in Japan, as of January 2024, by number of lawyers.[2]

History

The firm's current form was established in 2007 by the acquisition of the Kokusai Bumon (International Division) of Asahi Law Offices (the former Asahi Koma Law Offices, itself a merger of the Masuda & Ejiri and Komatsu Koma law firms) by Nishimura & Partners (one of the "Big Four" and founded in 1966).[1] The firm is a member of the international legal network Lex Mundi.

In August 2012 it opened offices in Nagoya and Osaka to assist clients based outside of Tokyo.[3] In October 2023, Nishimura & Asahi updated its logo.[4]

Clients and services

The Legal 500 ranks N&A as a top tier firm in the fields of antitrust and competition law, banking and finance, capital markets, construction, projects and energy, corporate and M&A, dispute resolution, real estate and structured finance/securitisation.[5] Chambers & Partners ranks the firm as "Band 1" in banking and finance, securitisation and structured finance, corporate and M&A, dispute resolution, real estate and restructuring/insolvency.[6]

N&A clients include América Móvil, Citibank, France Telecom, Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance, Johnny & Associates, KDDI, Microsoft, Mizuho Securities, Nippon Steel, NTT, Oriental Land, Tokyo Broadcasting System and Universal Studios Japan.[7][8][9][10]

Offices

Nishimura is headquartered in Tokyo (Otemachi) and has domestic branch offices in Fukuoka, Nagoya (JR Central Towers) and Osaka. It also has overseas offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong (Okada Law Firm), Jakarta, Shanghai, Singapore and Yangon.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "About Us". Nishimura & Asahi. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  2. ^ "2018年全国法律事務所ランキング200".
  3. ^ "Japan law firms rush to set up in Asia". The Japan Times. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  4. ^ Benjie (2023-10-27). "Nishimura & Asahi rebrands logo, forges foreign alliances". Law.asia. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  5. ^ "Nishimura & Asahi > Tokyo > Japan | the Legal 500 law firm profiles".
  6. ^ http://www.chambersandpartners.com/Asia/Firms/3571-282971 [dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Nishimura & Asahi". IFLR1000. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  8. ^ "Nishimura & Asahi". Asialaw Profiles. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  9. ^ "NGリストの外部流出事案に関する事実調査について" (in Japanese). Johnny & Associates, Inc. 2023-10-10. Archived from the original on 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  10. ^ Kaneko, Karin (2023-10-11). "Johnny's denies that it was involved in reporter blacklisting". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 2023-10-11. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
  11. ^ "Offices". Nishimura & Asahi. Retrieved 17 July 2013.


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