Recent News

May 16, 2013	Ayako Tamiya, an attorney admitted in Japan, joined the Firm on May 16, 2013, as an Associate.

April 18, 2013	Best Lawyers has listed our lawyers as "Lawyer of the Year" and "Best Lawyers" in 2013.

April 01, 2013	A Partner, Takeshi Takahashi, a Registered Foreign Lawyer (for the laws of the State of New York, and the federal laws of the United States of America), and a Of Counsel, Fumiyuki Hara, an attorney admitted in Japan, joined Atsumi & Sakai on April 1, 2013.

March 19, 2013	Atsumi & Sakai has been recognized as a Leading Firm in the following areas; "Banking & Finance", "Capital Markets", "Capital Markets: Securitisation & Structured Finance" and "Corporate/ M&A" in the 2013 edition of Chambers Global. Also, 2 of our lawyers are ranked in each of the following areas.

March 11, 2013	Shingo Noguchi, an attorney admitted in Japan, joined Atsumi & Sakai on March 11, 2013, as an Associate.

March 04, 2013	Atsumi & Sakai has been recognized as the winner of the "ILO Client Choice Award Japan 2013" by the International Law Office (ILO). Also, Akiko Monden, Partner, has been exclusively selected as the winner of the "ILO Client Choice Award 2013" in the area of Employment & Labour practice for Japan.

March 01, 2013	Kinya Takino, an attorney admitted in Japan, joined the Firm on March 1, 2013, as Special Counsel.

March 01, 2013	Atsumi & Sakai has been recognized as a Leading Firm in the following areas; "Banking & Finance", "Employment", "Real Estate", "Capital Markets", "Capital Markets: Securitisation & Structured Finance", "Competition/ Antitrust", "Construction" and "Corporate/ M&A" in the 2013 edition of Chambers Asia Pacific. Also, 6 of our lawyers are ranked in each of the following areas.

February 22, 2013	Atsumi & Sakai has been ranked as Tier 2 among Japanese domestic law firms in the category of "Private Equity" in the ALB 2013 Private Equity Rankings, announced in the February 2013 issue of Asian Legal Business.

January 21, 2013	Hiroo Atsumi, Partner, has been recognized as one of the "CLIENT CHOICE HOT 75" in the January 2013 issue of Asian Legal Business.

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Publications/Seminars

May 08, 2013	[Article] An introductory article about Shingo Noguchi, "A Japanese Lawyer Starts Working at APEC", has been published in Vietnam Sketch Travel Guidebook, May 2013, published by APEX Vietnam Travel Corporation.

May 01, 2013	[Article] "Legal Evaluation of the Internship System", authored in Japanese by Shingo Noguchi, has been published in Vietnam Sketch Travel Guidebook, May 2013, published by APEX Vietnam Travel Corporation.

April 01, 2013	[Article] "Dispute Over Legal Standing in a Lawsuit Over Argentine Sovereign Debt", co-authored in Japanese by Yutaka Sakai, has been published in NBL No.998, April 2013, published by Shojihomu.

March 14, 2013	[Article] "Closing (Dissolving) and Liquidating a Legal Entity in China", authored in Japanese by Feng Qin Chen, has been published in MIZUHO China Legal/Tax/Labor Headlines, published by MIZUHO Bank, Ltd.

March 11, 2013	[Article] "Japan－changes in regulation following the "AIJ scandal"", authored in English by Ryuichi Nozaki, Partner, has been published in Euromoney Yearbooks - Global Asset Management & Servicing Review 2013/14, published by Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC.

March 01, 2013	[Seminar] Junko Ogushi, Partner, presented a seminar lecture entitled "Insurance Business Regulations in Japan", on March 1, 2013, hosted by the the Cambodian Society of Comparative Law Annual Conference 2013.

February 28, 2013	[Publication] "Renewable Energy for Beginners: A Business Manual for Eco-Friendly Renewable Energy", co-authored in Japanese by Yutaka Sakai, Partner, has been published by Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs.

February 28, 2013	[Seminar] Junko Ogushi, Partner, presented a seminar lecture entitled "Insurance Law", on February 28, 2013, hosted by the Combodian Royal University of Law and Economy.

February 27, 2013	[Seminar] Setsuko Yufu, Partner, presented a seminar lecture entitled "Looking at Our Country Through EU Cartel Enforcement Practice", on February 27, 2013, hosted by the EU Institute in Japan (Kansai).

February 01, 2013	[Article] "J-REITs as a Core Investment for the Asia Market and Global Competitiveness – The Final Report by the Working Group at the Financial System Council and Comparison of the System with S-REITs", authored in Japanese by Masaji Hashimoto, Partner, has been published in ARES Real Estate Securitization Journal Vol.11, February 2013, published by the Association for Real Estate Securitization.

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