Nishimura & Asahi

Nishimura & Asahi is Japan's largest full-service international law firm, founded in 1966 by the late Toshiro Nishimura. The firm employs more than 1,000 professionals and operates from 22 locations worldwide, with offices including Tokyo, Bangkok, Brussels, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, New York, Shanghai and Singapore, spanning Asia, Europe and the Americas. It is a member of Lex Mundi, the global legal network.

The firm provides borderless, one-stop legal services covering the full range of domestic and international business and corporate activity. Practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, finance, real estate, restructuring and insolvency, dispute resolution, corporate crisis management, intellectual property, information law, tax, labour law, competition and antitrust, consumer law, international trade, wealth management, public policy, AI law, technology law and sustainability.

Alongside its practice groups, Nishimura & Asahi offers industry-focused advisory work, with expertise tailored to sectors such as automotive, aviation, chemicals, energy, financial institutions, fintech, food and agriculture, life sciences, private equity, real estate, sports, media and entertainment, AI, technology and sustainability.

The firm holds Band 1 rankings from Chambers and Partners and was named Asian Law Firm of the Year at the Asia Legal Awards. Further information is available at nishimura.com.