Mainland China

Having established our Beijing Office in 1998 and our Shanghai Office in 2013, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune is one of the top Japanese law firms having strong teams with China practice. Our China practice has a critical mass of outstanding Japan-qualified lawyers as well as PRC-qualified lawyers, all of whom are fluent in Mandarin, English and Japanese and who are highly proficient in traversing China's business, legal and cultural landscape. Our firm has a group of in-house professional translators actively supporting our China practitioners in quickly and efficiently translating Chinese legal documentation to English, Japanese or other languages as necessary. Given the depth of expertise of our lawyers and the convenience offered by the seamless coordination among our Tokyo, Shanghai and Beijing offices, our firm is well placed to provide high-caliber advice to state-owned and private Chinese companies in their M&A transactions and financing activities in Japan. In addition to corporate, finance, IP, labor, competition law and tax, our expertise extends to dispute resolution matters as our firm regularly represents Chinese companies in litigation and arbitration proceedings in Japan. Apart from our excellent track record in representing Chinese companies in their business ventures in Japan, our firm likewise has considerable expertise in providing a full complement of legal services to international and Japanese companies in connection with their investments and operation in China. We assist our international and Japanese clients in handling investment, regulatory issue, intellectual property, labor, dispute resolution, international trade remedy, and other types of matters in close collaboration with able PRC law firms when necessary.

Office Information

Beijing
Overview
We established the Beijing Office in 1998. We have been serving Chinese multinational companies as well as Japanese corporations doing business in China. With a group of approximately 20 Japanese and Chinese attorneys based in Tokyo, Beijing and Shanghai, all fluent in Mandarin, English and Japanese, the firm's China Desk provides comprehensive legal services to clients around the world with respect to China and China-related matters. Our China Desk is frequently involved in large, complex China-related M&A and investment transactions. Also, it has particular expertise in representing Chinese clients in international finance transactions, including global securities offerings and other cross-border investment transactions, as well as commercial, IP and employment/labor matters, and litigations and arbitrations. We also counsel many large Japanese clients on China-related FDI, securities, Antitrust, IP, anti-dumping, and Compliance matters, in cooperation with experienced Chinese law firms.
PROFESSIONALS
Representative
Ko Wakabayashi
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Tokyo
Beijing
Partner
Wakabayashi Ko
Ko Wakabayashi is a partner of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune working primarily in the field of China related matters. His professional experience includes direct investment into China, licensing, M&A in China, general corporate advice in relation to Japanese enterprises' operation in China, and litigation and arbitration in China.
Ko Wakabayashi is a partner of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune working primarily in the field of China related matters. His professional experience includes direct investment into China, licensing, M&A in China, general corporate advice in relation to Japanese enterprises' operation in China, and litigation and arbitration in China.
Shanghai
Overview
We established the Shanghai Office in 2013. It serves Chinese multinational companies as well as global corporations doing business in China. With a complement of approximately 15 Japanese attorneys and Chinese attorneys based in Tokyo, Beijing and Shanghai, all fluent in Mandarin, English and Japanese, the firm's China Desk provides comprehensive legal services to clients around the world with respect to China and China-related matters. Our China Desk is frequently involved in large, complex China-related M&A and investment transactions. Also, it has particular expertise in representing Chinese clients in international finance transactions, including global securities offerings and other cross-border investment transactions, as well as commercial, IP and employment/labor matters, and litigations and arbitrations. We also counsel many large Japanese clients on China-related FDI, securities, IP and anti-dumping matters, in cooperation with experienced Chinese law firms.
PROFESSIONALS
Representative
Akira Moriwaki
AkiraMoriwaki
Tokyo
Shanghai
Partner
Moriwaki Akira
Akira Moriwaki's legal practice in China first began in 1998, back when doing so was still a relatively rarity amongst Japanese lawyers. He continued to practice in Beijing until 2007, during which time, he dealt with a large variety of legal issues encountered by Japanese companies then entering into the Chinese market. Although the main focus of his work continues to remain in China related business matters, since returning to Japan he has used his unique experiences to widen his areas of interest to include other Asian jurisdictions, such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, Singapore and Myanmar. Akira is highly experienced in a wide range of fields, such as green-field direct investment into Asian jurisdictions, M&A, private equity and Competition law. Through over a decade of experience, he has come to be recognized as one of the foremost and most experienced Japanese lawyers in international trade issues, such as anti-dumping and countervailing duty. For over 3 years, Akira has provided invaluable support to Japan's ODA project relating to the promulgation of Chinese Company law, Competition law and other distribution regulations, and he was also involved in the promulgation of Tort Law of China. Since 2009, he has been conducting lectures in Mandarin Chinese as a visiting professor at Renmin University of China (RUC) Law School. In December 2012, he was ranked first in the "overall ranking" and second in the "companies choice ranking" under the Foreign Law division of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun "Most active lawyer of the year" awards.
Akira Moriwaki's legal practice in China first began in 1998, back when doing so was still a relatively rarity amongst Japanese lawyers. He continued to practice in Beijing until 2007, during which time, he dealt with a large variety of legal issues encountered by Japanese companies then entering into the Chinese market. Although the main focus of his work continues to remain in China related business matters, since returning to Japan he has used his unique experiences to widen his areas of interest to include other Asian jurisdictions, such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, Singapore and Myanmar. Akira is highly experienced in a wide range of fields, such as green-field direct investment into Asian jurisdictions, M&A, private equity and Competition law. Through over a decade of experience, he has come to be recognized as one of the foremost and most experienced Japanese lawyers in international trade issues, such as anti-dumping and countervailing duty. For over 3 years, Akira has provided invaluable support to Japan's ODA project relating to the promulgation of Chinese Company law, Competition law and other distribution regulations, and he was also involved in the promulgation of Tort Law of China. Since 2009, he has been conducting lectures in Mandarin Chinese as a visiting professor at Renmin University of China (RUC) Law School. In December 2012, he was ranked first in the "overall ranking" and second in the "companies choice ranking" under the Foreign Law division of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun "Most active lawyer of the year" awards.
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