• 2021.09.01

  

  Mr. Issei Tanaka joined Marunouchi International Law Office.
• 2020.01.01

  

  Mr. Shu Tanaka has joined Marunouchi International Law Office as Partner.
• 2016.10.24

  

  Mr. Hiroshi Fukuda has become Honorary Of Counsel to Marunouchi International Law Office.
• 2015.03.01

  

  Mr. Mitsuhiro Yasuda has become Of Counsel to Marunouchi International Law Office.
• 2014.11.25

  

  Taku Ishizu gave a lecture entitled “Finance Agreements – Agreements for Fundraising – Debt and Equity” at the 3rd installment of a series of lectures “2014 Intensive Course in Domestic Contracts [Purchase and Sale/Lease] (at Tokyo)” held by The Association of Corporate Legal Departments on November 25, 2014.
• 2014.10.29

  

  Marunouchi International Law Office (also known as Marunouchi Kokusai Law Office) was highly ranked in the Banking- finance section in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2015 Edition (http://www.legal500.com/c/japan/banking-and-finance/independent-local-firms).
  Noriko Sakai has been recommended in the areas of asset-backed finance, etc. for five consecutive years.
• 2014.09.26

  

  A book entitled “Commentary on the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act 2” co-authored by Hiroshi Hori was published by Shojihomu.
• 2014.08

  

  A transaction in which Noriko Sakai represented a leading global company was reported in the news.
• 2014.07.10

  

  A book entitled “Ronten-taikei Financial Instruments and Exchange Law 2” co-authored by Hirotada Inoshita and Hiroshi Hori with other authors was published by Dai-ichi Hoki.
• 2014.04

  

  Noriko Sakai was awarded the “Best Lawyers Awards” by a financial institution.
• 2014.04

  

  A transaction in which Noriko Sakai represented a leading global company was reported in the news.
• 2013.11.13

  

  Marunouchi International Law Office (also known as Marunouchi Kokusai Law Office) was introduced in the Legal market overview section in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2014 Edition, and was also highly ranked in the Banking- finance section, being described as below:
  Marunouchi Kokusai Law Office was launched by Noriko Sakai, formerly of TMI Associates, and Hiroshi Hori, Hirotada Inoshita and Taku Ishizu from Nishimura & Asahi. The firm handles financial regulation, acquisition, asset and project finance and financial ADR.
  Please refer to www.legal500.com for more details.
• 2013.09.17

  

  Taku Ishizu co-authored the Japan Chapter (Investing) and the Japan Chapter (Fundraising) of The Private Equity Review, published by Law Business Research.
• 2013.05.01

  

  Hirotada INOSHITA was recommended in the Banking and Finance Law area by Best Lawyers.
• 2013.03.25

  

  A book entitled “BASIC GLOSSARY OF FINANCIAL PRACTICE” co-authored by Hiroshi Hori and supervised by Hirotada Inoshita was published by Kinzai.
• 2012.11.22

  

  The Marunouchi International Law Office web site is now online.

Marunouchi International Law Office was established by a group of talented attorneys (bengoshi) who had successful careers at some of the most prestigious law firms in Japan, some of them have also worked at financial institutions or financial regulatory agencies, which honed their expertise and gave them the know-how to provide world-class legal services.

Under the rapidly changing social and economic conditions in the world, it is becoming more important for domestic and foreign enterprises to enter into new business areas, expand their businesses to new regions and countries, and, in some cases, reorganize their enterprises. Also, as a sound and appropriate investment environment for individuals’ financial assets has become an important concern of the Japanese government and society in general, and the requirement to protect consumers’ and investors’ property has increased, adapting to frequently changing laws and regulations, establishing a robust compliance environment, and managing risks have become very important to the management of financial institutions, investment managers and other enterprises.

We are committed to providing high quality legal service tailored to address our clients’ particular needs under such an environment in a highly responsive and cost effective manner.