Atsumi & Sakai
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
|---|---|
| No. of offices | 1 |
| No. of lawyers | 88, including 8 registered foreign lawyers (Nov. 2013)[1] |
| Major practice areas | Finance, corporate, funds, litigation/insolvency, international practice |
| Date founded | 1994 |
| Founder | Hiroo Atsumi, Yutaka Sakai |
| Website | |
| http://www.aplaw.jp/en/ | |
Atsumi & Sakai (渥美坂井法律事務所 Atsumi Sakai Hōritsu Jimusho) is a law firm in Tokyo, Japan. The firm has five formal practice groups: finance, corporate, funds, litigation/insolvency, and international practice.[2]
The Legal 500 ranks Atsumi & Sakai as a top-tier firm in structured finance and securitization, and as a second-tier firm in antitrust/competition, banking/finance, capital markets, construction/projects/energy, corporate/M&A, dispute resolution, labor/employment, real estate and shipping.[3] IFLR ranks the firm as first-tier in structured finance and securitization and as second-tier in banking and project finance.[4] Chambers & Partners ranks the firm's founding partner Hiroo Atsumi as a "Band 1" practitioner in banking, finance and capital markets.[5]
Diet member and former Minister of State for Financial Services Yuji Yamamoto is an advisor to the firm.[6]
The firm was founded in 1994 as Atsumi & Usui by a group of lawyers led by Hiroo Atsumi who left the firm of Blakemore & Mitsuki.[7] The firm was known as Atsumi & Partners from 2003. It was the first Japanese law firm to register as a joint venture between Japanese and foreign lawyers in 2005.[8] The firm adopted its current name in 2010 after absorbing a practice group from TMI Associates. In 2013, the firm formed a joint venture with the German law practice of Markus Janssen.[9]
References
- ↑ JFBA database Archived November 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ http://www.aplaw.jp/en/firm/pg_system/
- ↑ "Atsumi & Sakai". The Legal 500. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ↑ "Atsumi & Sakai". IFLR1000. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ↑ http://www.chambersandpartners.com/firm/3553/2
- ↑ http://www.aplaw.jp/lawyers/yuji-yamamoto/
- ↑ "Hiroo Atsumi". Expert Guides. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ↑ "「渥美総合法律事務所・外国法共同事業」の概要". 伊藤塾. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ↑ http://asj-law.net/announcementJP.pdf