Milbank's Japan practice group is recognized as a leading provider of legal services to Japan's major financial institutions and multinational corporations and to international corporations and financial and other entities doing business in Japan.
Unlike many other international law firms that have come and gone since then, we have continuously maintained and expanded our presence in Tokyo throughout Japan's booming growth years as well as during its periods of recession.
Milbank's commitment to Japan began in 1925, when founding partner Morris Hadley traveled to Yokohama to prepare an indenture for the Toho Electric Power Company. This commitment was consummated in 1977, when Milbank became the first U.S. law firm to establish an office in Tokyo under its own name
We remain dedicated to maintaining a multi-discipline practice in Tokyo of outstanding reputation and global reach. Our Tokyo team has a considerable range of experience in negotiating complex transactions in the region and works closely across related practice areas throughout our global network of more than 550 lawyers worldwide. Additionally, the majority of attorneys in our Tokyo office have fluent Japanese language ability.
Milbank's key practice areas in Japan include:
Corporate
Finance
Financial Restructuring
Intellectual Property
Firm Recognition. We routinely win deal and firm of the year awards from international legal and financial journals.
In 2005, Milbank swept the Asian Legal Business China and Southeast Asia awards. For four years running, International Financial Law Review (IFLR) nominated us as Asia’s #1 “International Law Firm of the Year.” Our awards include:
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China Deals of the Year: Equity, M&A, Debt, the #1 China Deal of the Year - Asian Legal Business
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SE Asia Deals of the Year: M&A and the #1 SE Asia Deal of the Year - Asian Legal Business
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China Deals of the Year: Equity, M&A, Debt, the #1 China Deal of the Year - Asian Legal Business
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M&A Firm of the Year – IFLR Asian Awards
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Project Finance Deal/Firm of the Year - IFLR Asian Awards
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Debt & Equity Linked Deal/Firm of the Year - IFLR Asian Awards
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Best Equity Deal. Best IPO Deal - Finance Asia Achievement Awards
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Best Non-Investment Grade Bond Deal for 2005 – Finance Asia Achievement Awards
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Deal of the Year 2005 – Asian Counsel
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Debt Market Deal of the Year – Asian Legal Business
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Best value for money; most commercially aware; most innovative; best after deal support; fastest. - Airfinance Journal’s Guide to Aviation Lawyers (2006)
Partner Recognition. Our partners in Asia are widely recognized as among the “world’s leading lawyers” in capital markets, M&A, private equity, project finance, corporate restructuring, banking and finance, by legal publications, including: Chambers Global, AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers 2005 – Asia Law & Practice, Euromoney’s “Best of the Best” Legal Expert Guide 2005, IFLR’s Expert Guide, IFLR1000, Euromoney International Legal Guide, Asia Pacific Legal 500 and the “Who’s Who of International Lawyers.”
Information on how to pursue a career with Milbank's Tokyo practice