OFFICE PROFILE

1. Office Profile

April, 1972
Founded by Koji Takeuchi and Hiroyuki Kawai as Kawai and Takeuchi Law Office
October, 1976
Kunihiko Nishimura joins firm, becomes partner in April 1979, firm renamed Kawai, Takeuchi and Nishimura Law Office
April, 1989
Hideshige Aoki becomes Partner
April, 1991
Junichi Aratake becomes Partner
June, 1991
Firm name changed to Sakura Kyodo Law Offices
June, 1994
Yo Chihara becomes Partner
August, 2002
Office relocation to Uchisaiwaicho
June, 2006
Masayuki Tomari and Shinsuke Matsuo become Partners
April, 2010
Masato Matsumura and Hiroyuki Takano become Partners
January, 2011
Nikko Haku,Kazuya Watanabe and Chie Goto become Partners
April, 2012
Naoki Ueda becomes Partner
April, 2014
Naoko Ohiwa,Kazuki Sato become Partners
April, 2015
Kentaro Kobayashi,Takahiro Arase become Partners
November, 2017
Koji Yamawaki becomes Partner
April, 2019
Daiju Hirayama becomes Partner
May, 2020
Office relocation to Yotsuya
April, 2022
Masaki Kikuno and Yuusuke Kin become Partners
January, 2025
Office relocation to Yotsuyahonshiocho
January, 2026
Akihiro Nozaki becomes Partner

2. Contact Information

SAKURA KYODO BUILDING 4-15 Yotsuyahonshiocho Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0003
Tel: 03-6384-1120 Fax: 03-6384-1121

3. Firm Philosophy

In providing legal services, Sakura Kyodo’s attorneys and staff shall strive to meet the highest standards and to:

  1. treat each client matter equally and fairly from the largest multi-national corporations to the single individual;
  2. render the highest quality service to all clients and to advocate for their rights to the fullest;
  3. adhere to the highest ethical standards and conducts;
  4. promote knowledge and training of our attorneys and staff on dealing with matters relating to international law and commerce;
  5. contribute to the development of the Japanese judicial system through the practice and study of the law;
  6. contribute to and actively participate in pro-bono activities

4. Practice Areas

  1. Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring
    Corporate Reorganization, Corporate Consolidation, Civil Rehabilitation, Voluntary and Involuntary Liquidation, specialist in Cross-Border Insolvency and Corporate Reorganization
  2. Debt Collection
    Court facilitated recovery of debts and debt instruments, excluding collection of high usury interest debts
  3. Corporate Law
    Joint Ventures, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Finance and Investment Management, Corporate Governance and Shareholder Initiatives, Corporate Taxation, Labor and Employment, Commercial Contracts and Transactions and General Corporate Counseling
  4. International Transactions
    International Commercial Transactions, International Commercial Dispute Resolution and Arbitration, Secured Transactions.
  5. Industrial Property Rights, Patent, Trademarks, and Copyright,
    Counseling on wide spectrum of IP matters, including unfair competition, copyright, and purchase, sale or licensing of IP rights, in addition to trademark, copyright and patent registration and advice, enforcement of IP rights, and anti-piracy initiatives, as well as internet and domain name issues, media, advertising and telecommunications law, franchising, trade secret protection, and computer software and data protection.
  6. Real Estate Matters
    Commercial and Personal Real Estate Transactions including Commercial Leasing and Property Management, Sale and Acquisition of Commercial, Industrial and Residential Properties, and Construction Projects
  7. General Contracts
    Contracts relating to Commercial Sales of Goods, Distribution Contracts, Loans and Guaranty, Licensing and Leasing
  8. Litigation
    Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury and other Torts
  9. Trust, Estates and Family Law
    Counseling on Planning, Establishment and Administration of Trusts and Estates, Wills and Inheritance, and Divorce
  10. Criminal Law

5. Range of Clients

Individuals and Business Organizations
(from small closely held companies to large publicly listed companies)

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