Recent News
| June 14, 2010 | Yoshiko Nakayama, an attorney admitted in Japan, joined the Firm on June 14, 2010, as Of Counsel. |
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| June 01, 2010 | Atsumi & Partners has become a supporting member of the Japan personal property appraisal nonprofit organization, Nihon Dosan Kantei. |
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| May 11, 2010 | Hiroyuki Nezu, Partner, and Michiaki Hosoi, Partner, have become special members of the Asset Based Lending Association. |
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| May 01, 2010 | Tetsuji Tsujikawa has been promoted to the position of Partner at the Firm, as of May 1, 2010. |
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| March 25, 2010 | Takahiro Tsumagari, an attorney admitted in Japan, joined the Firm on March 25, 2010, as Of Counsel. |
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| March 01, 2010 | Bonnie L. Dixon, Partner, has been selected as External Counsel of the Year Japan 2009, published by ASIAN-COUNSEL Magazine. |
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| February 10, 2010 | Takeo Nishiwaki has been promoted to the position of Of Counsel at the firm, as of February 10, 2010. |
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| February 04, 2010 | Shiro Muto, an attorney admitted in Japan and in New York, joined the Firm on February 4, 2010, as Of Counsel. |
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| January 25, 2010 | Makoto Tsuchiya, Of Counsel, has been requested to be an Arbitrator Candidate for the Arbitration Centre of the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association on January 25, 2010. |
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| January 01, 2010 | Masayoshi Takashina, Michiya Iwasaki and Chie Kasahara were promoted to the position of Partner as of January 1, 2010. |
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| November 12, 2009 | Our firm has been ranked in Tier 1 for Structured Finance/Securitisation in the 2009/2010 edition of Legal 500. |
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| October 30, 2009 | Patrick J. Smith has been registered as a Registered Foreign Lawyer (for the laws of the State of Victoria, Australia), effective as of October 30, 2009. |
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| October 22, 2009 | Our firm has been ranked in Tier 1 amongst the Recommended Firms for the Banking/Finance area in the 2010 edition of Asialaw Profiles – The Guide to Asia-Pacific’s Leading Law firms. |
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| September 25, 2009 | ASIAN-COUNSEL magazine has named Atsumi & Partners as the Most Responsive Domestic Firm of the Year 2009 in Japan. |
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| August 27, 2009 | Countermeasures against Swine Flu |
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| August 27, 2009 | Practice Group System |
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| July 24, 2009 | Four of our partners have been selected as Leading Lawyers in “Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2009 – The Guide to Asia-Pacific’s Leading Lawyers” published by Asia Law & Practice. |
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| June 01, 2009 | Masaji Hashimoto, an attorney admitted in Japan, joined the Firm on June 1, 2009, as Of Counsel. |
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| March 23, 2009 | Atsumi & Partners has been selected by Asian Legal Business as the Employer of Choice (The Best Place to Work) in Japan amongst domestic Japanese law firms. |
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| March 02, 2009 | Three of our partners have been selected for inclusion in the inaugural Best Lawyers list for Japan by a peer review survey. |
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| February 23, 2009 | Katsuhiko Kuwayama, an attorney admitted in Japan and New York*, joined the Firm on February 23, 2009, as Partner. *Not practicing New York law |
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| February 02, 2009 | Guo Qing Hua, an attorney registered in Japan and admitted in People’s Republic of China, joined the Firm as Of Counsel on February 1, 2009. |
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| January 05, 2009 | Michiaki Hosoi has been promoted to the position of Partner, as of January 5, 2009. |
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| December 17, 2008 | Atsumi & Partners has been selected as one of Asia’s fastest growing firms for 2008, by Asian Legal Business. |
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| September 26, 2008 | Four new associates, Akihiro Ishihara, Masatoshi Ujimori, Yoshiharu Hamada and Atsushi Fukurojiri, attorneys admitted in Japan, joined the Firm as of September 24, 2008. |
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| September 08, 2008 | Ryuichi Nozaki, partner, returned to the Firm from his study abroad on September 8, 2008. |
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| August 11, 2008 | Yoshiki Tsurumaki, an attorney admitted in Japan, returned to the Firm from his study abroad on August 11, 2008. |
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| June 02, 2008 | Atsushi Iritani and Takuji Nozaka have been promoted to the position of Partner, and Makoto Tsuchiya has been promoted to the position of Of Counsel ate the firm, as of June 1, 2008. |
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| February 04, 2008 | Trea B. Tuck, an attorney admitted in Texas, joined the Firm as an associate on February 1, 2008. |
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| January 07, 2008 | Yuri Suzuki and Eiji Yanagawa have been promoted to the position of partner, Patrick Smith and Hidefumi Takagi have been promoted to the position of Of Counsel at the Firm |
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