Ashurst Tokyo opened in 1990 and now practises law in Japan through
Ashurst Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo which is a separate entity associated
with Ashurst LLP. Our Tokyo office has built up a high profile to
become one of the leading international law firms in Japan.
Ashurst Tokyo provides our clients with both Japanese and English
law capability, further strengthening our practice in both the
domestic and international markets. The Tokyo office works
particularly closely with Ashurst's other offices in Asia and the
Middle East to provide premium legal advice to our clients across
the region.
The office currently comprises over 18 legal professionals
including 3 partners. John
McClenahan is managing partner of Ashurst's Tokyo office. Rupert Burrows and
Kensuke Inoue are the
other resident partners. Many of our lawyers in Tokyo are
bilingual in Japanese and English.
The key practice areas covered by our Tokyo office are:
Cross-border outbound work
- Finance, including project finance, structured finance, acquisition
finance and asset/ship finance
- Project development, including power, transportation, ports and
water infrastructure projects
- Energy and natural resources, including oil, gas, LNG, mining,
petrochemical project development and financing
- Mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures
- Investment funds and private equity
- Dispute resolution
- Competition law
Japanese and inbound work
- Finance, including structured finance, leveraged finance, asset
finance and general banking
- Securities regulation
- Mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures
- Investment funds and private equity
- Dispute resolution
- PFI
- Corporate governance and compliance
- Technology and commercial transactions
- Real estate