News

2019

Firm News
Opening of Takamatsu Office
Media
Interview of Yohsuke Higashi and Shintaro Okawa were featured in a M&A Online article about “Revisions to the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act and Strengthened Foreign Investment Regulations” published on December 20, 2019
Public Service
Masakazu Masujima became an Associate Member of Council for Promotion of Regulatory Reform (Investment and Miscellaneous Issues Working Group), Cabinet Office
Awards
Top rankings received in The Nikkei's "Corporate Legal Affairs and Lawyer Survey 2019"
Firm News
Launch of Toru Ishiguro's Law Office
Media
Comments by Yusuke Murakami were featured in an Asia Law Portal article titled "Legal Experts Predict 2020 Trends in Asia Pacific Region Infrastructure Development" published on December 12, 2019
Media
Comments by Atsushi Okada were featured in an OneTrust DataGuidance article titled "Japan: APPI revision includes "strengthening regulations of cross-border data transfers"" published on December 5, 2019
Awards
Top Ranking Received From Chambers Asia Pacific 2020
Public Service
Yasuzo Takeno became the director of Lawyers for LGBT and Allies Network
Public Service
Atsushi Okada became the member of Advisory Committee on Data Utilization, Recruit Co., Ltd.
Public Service
Hiroyuki Tanaka became an Advisor to Japan DPO Association
Public Service
Yoshikazu Abe became a lecturer on "LGBT Laws and Society," a WSC Contribution Course at Waseda University
Awards
Top rankings received in "ALB M&A Rankings 2019"
Public Service
Atsushi Okada became an Advisor to Japan DPO Association
Firm News
Ryosuke Nishimoto joins Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Public Service
Atsushi Okada became a member of Study Group on Data Utilization for Increasing the Sophistication of Trading Operations, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Public Service
Masakazu Masujima became a member of Plant Sector Committee for Data Sharing Businesses in Cooperative Fields and AI System
Public Service
Masakazu Masujima became a member of Public-Private Cooperation Task Force for "My Number" Point Utilization, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Public Service
Masakazu Masujima became a member of the Research Study Committee on Supporting Personnel Development and Contract Guidelines for Promotion of Open Innovation, Japan Patent Office
Media
Comments by Yohsuke Higashi and Shintaro Okawa were published in the Nikkei Online edition in an article