News 2007

December 27, 2007	Five new associates, Yasuhiro Usui, Asako Ochiiwa, Ken Kato, Naoki Kanehisa and Yoko Nobata, attorneys admitted in Japan, joined the Firm as of December 26, 2007.

November 01, 2007	Michiya Iwasaki, an attorney admitted in Japan, joined the Firm on November 1, 2007, as a new associate.

October 02, 2007	Four new associates, Takuji Nozaka, an attorney admitted in Japan and New York, and Yasutaka Harada, Makoto Fujii and Koichiro Tokumitsu, attorneys admitted in Japan, joined the Firm as of October 1, 2007.

September 20, 2007	Six new associates, Junko Asai, Kazutaka Otatsu, Kazuya Sato, Daisuke Tsuzuki, Koji Niimura and Sayaka Mori, attorneys admitted in Japan, joined the Firm as of September 20, 2007.

September 03, 2007	Teruki Uchida, an attorney admitted in Japan, joined the Firm on September 3, 2007, as Special Counsel. Atsushi Iritani, an attorney admitted in Japan, joined the Firm on September 3, 2007, as a new associate.

August 07, 2007	Izumi Yoshida, an attorney admitted in Japan, joined the Firm on August 7, 2007, as a new associate.

August 07, 2007	Junichi Okuhisa, an attorney admitted in Japan, returned to the Firm from his study abroad on August 7, 2007.

August 01, 2007	Reiko Watase, an attorney admitted in New York, joined the Firm on August 1, 2007, as a new associate.

July 10, 2007	Hiroaki Shinomiya has come back to the Firm as of July 5, 2007.

July 10, 2007	Ryuichi Nozaki has been promoted to the position of partner at the Firm, as of July 1, 2007.

June 01, 2007	Dr. Andreas Kaiser, an attorney registered in Japan and admitted in Germany, joined the Firm on June 1, 2007, as Of Counsel.

May 07, 2007	Fumiko Oikawa has come back to the Firm as of May 7, 2007.

May 01, 2007	Saori Hanada, an attorney admitted in Japan, joined the Firm on March 1, 2007, as a new associate.

April 02, 2007	Tatsuya Fukui has been promoted to the position of partner at the Firm, as of April 1, 2007.

March 05, 2007	Nathan S. Roth, an attorney admitted in New York, joined the Firm on March 5, 2007, as a new associate.

March 01, 2007	Two new associates, Shintaro Hamasu and Masayuki Matsuura, attorneys admitted in Japan, joined the Firm as of March 1, 2007.

February 13, 2007	Kazutomo Ueyama, an attorney admitted in Japan, joined the Firm on February 13, 2007, as a new partner.

February 01, 2007	Two new associates, Miki Ono, an attorney admitted in Japan, and Patrick J. Smith, a Barrister and Solicitor admitted in Victoria, Australia, joined the Firm as of February 1, 2007.