Nagoya Office | About the Firm

Responding to the increasing legal demand from clients in the Tokai area, TMI opened a representative office in Nagoya (Nagoya Office) on April 2, 2012.
The Nagoya Office provides high quality localized legal services to our clients in the Tokai area, by utilizing the experience accumulated in the Tokyo Office and the abundant resources unique to large law firms.
In addition to the provision of down-to-earth legal services meeting the clients’ needs, which we can only do locally, the Nagoya office provides a “one-stop service” in various fields through intellectual collaboration with the Tokyo Office and our overseas offices and, moreover, with our joint venture partners overseas.
The Nagoya Office particularly focuses on the fields of dispute resolution (litigation, negotiation, etc.), the Antimonopoly Act, labor law, M&As, the Companies Act, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, intellectual property law and international transactions (including support for overseas expansions).
The Nagoya Office is also offering information that matches the clients’ needs by holding various seminars and study sessions.

Name	TMI Associates Nagoya Office
Address	3rd Floor, Nagoya Intercity, 1-11-11 Nishiki Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 460-0003, Japan
Telephone	+81(0)52-219-2626
Facsimile	+81(0)52-219-2627
E-Mail	nagoya@tmi.gr.jp

If you are taking the subway

The building is directly connected to Exit No. 10 at “Fushimi station” on the Higashiyama Subway Line and the Tsurumai Subway Line. The station is next to “Nagoya station” on the Higashiyama Subway Line (Approximately 2 min).

If you are driving

3 minutes from Nishiki-bashi Exit of Nagoya Expressway’s Loop Line
75 minutes from the Central Japan International Airport

Attorney Kazuya Ogata detail He provides highly professional services in areas such as international matters, labor law, M&A, intellectual property, anti-monopoly law and taxation matters, in collaboration with each of our offices.	Patent attorney Toru Kamata detail He provides consulting services such as support for business enhancement in IP departments or support for IP training in development departments, along with services related to the establishment and exploitation of intellectual property centering on patent and designs.
Attorney Takanori Kamiyama detail Making use of his practical experience in the legal department of a Japanese Automobile manufacturer (dealing with international legal affairs), he provides wide-ranging legal services in his fields of expertise such as corporate legal work, international affairs, labor law, M&A, business revitalization and insolvency proceedings.	Attorney Shuhei Ono detail While practicing as an attorney at TMI’s Tokyo Office, he dealt with a multitude of cases, including cases in connection with general corporate legal practice, M&A, and commercial litigation. While practicing as an attorney in Nagoya, he has been engaged in general civil cases at the request of client companies and individual clients (conflict between companies, employment cases, traffic accidents, facility accidents, bankruptcy cases, family court cases, guardianship services, among others), as well as criminal cases, etc. He respects his clients’ needs and provides legal services aiming to settle cases promptly and appropriately in a wide range of fields.
Attorney Yukitaka Iwata detail Based on his practical experience as a central government bureaucrat and as an attorney, and with a focus on litigation, Competition law, addressing administrative regulations and international affairs, he is experienced in a wide range of fields such as labor law, real estate, dealing with compliance issues, addressing employee misconduct, criminal cases and family court cases, and provides quality legal service based on a professional and comprehensive perspective.	Attorney Yuki Awai detail He vigorously provides prompt and diligent services, such as labor law, company fraud investigation, antitrust and space law, by utilizing his practical experience developed in the legal department of a domestic automobile manufacturer.
Attorney Sakie Mori detail She provides services responding to clients’ needs in professional fields such as corporate legal work, M&A, finance, antitrust, labor law, and civil and commercial litigation.	Attorney Kosuke Yamada detail He can craft flexible responses to meet the clients’ needs in wide-ranging fields such as taxation, labor law, finance, general corporate legal practice and commercial litigation, in addition to being able to provide both prompt and proficient services.
Patent attorney Takashi Nakajima detail He provides consulting services for intellectual property rights, with a focus on patents, such as operations for the establishment of rights, prior art searches, and supporting and appraisal operations related to intellectual property.	Patent attorney Takuma Tsuda detail His expertise covers a wide range of technical fields, including controls, machines and electricity systems, and provides services related to the establishment and exploitation of intellectual property with a focus on patents. In addition, his consulting services such as planning strategies for rights establishment in IP management, leverage his practical experience in the IP department of a company.
Patent attorney Satoshi Miwa detail He provides legal services and expert opinions related to the establishment and exploitation of intellectual property, centered on patents, and is willing and able to provide high value-added services by utilizing his practical experience earned in the IP department of a private company.