JAPAN BEST DOMESTIC LAW FIRMS
Corporate Tax
The firms are listed alphabetically within each bandFIRMS LEADING PARTNERSLEADINGNagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Atsushi Fujieda, Yuko Miyazaki, Yushi HegawaEXCELLENTAnderson Mori & Tomotsune Koji Fujita, Eiichiro Nakatani, Kei SasakiMori Hamada & Matsumoto Atsushi Oishi, Susumu Masuda, Kazuhiro KanamaruNishimura & Asahi Yo Ota, Yoshimi Nakamura, Toshiyuki KatoHIGHLY RECOMMENDEDAdachi Henderson Miyatake & Fujita Toshio MiyatakeTMI Associates Hidehiro Utsumi, Nobuaki IwashinaTrack record: Mr. Hegawa’s team recently
represented a holding company of IBM in a $4
billion tax litigation case, as well as advised
a Japanese trust bank in a complex fiscal
transaction valued at $10 billion. Mr. Hegawa
also participated in a transfer pricing litigation
that, for the first time in Japan, overturned the
current tax method. Other significant clients
include Honda Motors, Tokyo Star Holdings
and Johnson Controls.Team & differentiation: A graduate of the Uni-
versity of Tokyo and Harvard Law School, Mr.
Hegawa leverages his considerable exper-
tise in tax law matters such as international
transactions, tax and transfer pricing litiga-
tions. Nagashima Ohno’s corporate tax team
consists of five partners and approximately 10
associates, several of whom have also gained
professional experience with the Ministry of
Finance.L eaders:
Atsushi Fujieda, Yuko
Miyazaki and Yushi Hegawa
E stablished:
2000Yushi HegawaNAGASHIMA OHNO & TSUNEMATSU: A LEADER WITH LUCRATIVE VICTORIES THE TAX SERVICE DOMAIN
JAPAN BEST DOMESTIC LAW FIRMS
Competition
The firms are listed alphabetically within each bandFIRMS LEADING PARTNERSLEADINGAnderson Mori & Tomotsune Hideto Ishida, Yusuke Nakano, Vassili MoussisMori Hamada & Matsumoto Harumichi Uchida, Kenji Ito, Hideki UtsunomiyaNishimura & Asahi Kozo Kawai, Yoshiyuki Miyashita, Hiromasa ShiozakiEXCELLENTAtsumi & Sakai Setsuko Yufu, Tatsuo Yamashima, Guohui FanNagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Eriko Watanabe, Kaoru Hattori, Yoshitoshi ImotoHIGHLY RECOMMENDEDHibiya Sogo Law Offices Riki Nakato, Toshiaki TadaMomo-o, Matsuo & Namba Nobuaki MukaiOh-Ebashi LPC & Partners Tetsuya Nagasawa, Koya UemuraRECOMMENDEDCity-Yuwa Partners Yumiko Aoi, Yoshiko KoizumiTMI Associates Yusuke Kashiwagi, Tetsuro ToriumiYabuki Law Offices Kimitoshi Yabuki