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Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Key contacts
Partner: Motohiro Yanagawa
Partner: Yushi Hegawa
Quick facts
# Practitioners (worldwide)

685, including 71 lawyers qualified in jurisdictions other than Japan (as of September 1, 2026)

Languages

Japanese, English, Chinese, French, German, Dutch, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Filipino, Malay, Hindi, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian

Firm overview
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, based in Tokyo, Japan, is widely recognized as a leading law firm and one of the foremost providers of international and commercial legal services. The firm’s overseas network includes locations in New York, Silicon Valley, Shanghai, Singapore, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Jakarta* and London. The firm also maintains collaborative relationships with prominent local law firms across Asia and other regions.

In representing our leading domestic and international clients, we have successfully structured and negotiated many of the largest and most significant corporate, finance and real estate transactions related to Japan. The firm has extensive corporate and litigation capabilities spanning key commercial areas such as antitrust, intellectual property, labor and taxation, and is known for path-breaking domestic and cross-border risk management/corporate governance cases and large-scale corporate reorganizations.

The over 650 lawyers of the firm, including about 70 experienced lawyers from various jurisdictions outside Japan, work together in customized teams to provide clients with the expertise and experience specifically required for each client matter.

(*Associate office)
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Key practice areas
  • Asset finance
  • Banking
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Derivatives
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Capital markets: High yield
  • CLO/CDO
  • Competition
  • Covered bonds
  • Financial restructuring
  • Financial services regulatory
  • Hedge funds
  • Investment funds
  • M&A
  • PPP/PFI
  • Private equity
  • Private equity funds
  • Project bonds
  • Project development
  • Project finance
  • Real estate finance
  • Real estate funds
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Securitisation
  • Structured finance/securitisation
  • Trade finance
  • Other
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Sector expertise
  • Aviation
  • Automotive
  • Banking
  • Construction and materials
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Food and beverage
  • Gaming
  • Government and public policy
  • Healthcare
  • Industrials
  • Insurance
  • Investment management
  • Media
  • Natural resources
  • Pharmaceutical and life sciences
  • Real estate
  • Shipping
  • Social infrastructure
  • Technology and telecommunications
  • Tourism
  • Transport
  • Utilities
  • Other
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Address:
JP Tower, 2-7-2 Marunouchi,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo,
100-7036,
Japan
Tel:+81 368897000 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://www.nagashima.com/en/
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