Mr. Nakamachi is a fully bilingual and bicultural attorney and possesses over 30 years of solid experience as a practicing lawyer in the United States and Japan. He has the rare distinction among Japanese lawyers of having served as a partner at top-tier law firms in both of the two countries. He has special expertise in intellectual property/technology transactions for technology-driven clients, ranging from young start-ups to fully-matured global enterprises. Aki represents clients operating in a wide range of industries, including software, Internet, e-commerce, computer gaming, computer equipment, telecommunications, automobile, semiconductor, pharmaceuticals, biotech and medical devices. With over 10 years of work experience at first-tier national U.S. law firms across the United States, Aki has acquired exceptionally deep and practical knowledge of not only the laws but also the "business culture" of both the United States and Japan, and utilizes his expertise to assist clients in achieving successful outcomes in cross-border commercial transactions and dispute resolution matters.

Yoshikazu Iwase joined Anderson Mori & Tomotsune after working with an intellectual property firm in Tokyo for three years. His litigation experience involves a number of patent infringement trials and revocation suits against the trial decisions of the Japanese Patent Office concerning patentability/validity of patents over various technologies. He has also been involved with a wide range of trademark/trade dress and copyright infringement suits, licensing and IP assets transfer transactions, and dispute resolution. Mr. Iwase has provided a wide range of advice regarding U.S. patent infringement issues in Japan. His experience also includes drafting and negotiating licensing, patent and various intellectual property transfer agreements, transactions and due diligence of intellectual property in the course of M&A deals.

Leveraging his expertise in cutting-edge technologies such as AI and cybersecurity, Wataru Shimizu provides legal advice that is tailored to the practical needs of companies. He handles a wide range of issues from intellectual property (“IP”)-related agreements such as patent and know-how license agreements, software license agreements, and joint research and development agreements, to large-scale corporate alliances, as well as the development of business and IP strategies. In addition, he has handled a large number of legal and IP matters in Asia and emerging countries (in particular Mainland China and Southeast Asia). He also has extensive experience in general corporate law in areas such as corporate and labor law.

Mr. Goto has an exceptional background as a Japanese lawyer with an academic background in both science and engineering, and professional experience working in the intellectual property department of a major electronics company. Mr. Goto’s practice covers a wide range of complex intellectual property and technology/data related matters, including disputes concerning patents, licensing, trade secrets, trademark and technology related antitrust claims, as well as various data privacy/protection issues. He also has broad experience in various regulatory matters as well as product liability issues involving chemical substances, pharmaceutical products and other industrial products. Mr. Goto is recommended for: ・Intellectual Property (Japan) - Chambers Global (2019-2026) ・TMT (Technology, Media, Telecom) - The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2021-2026) ・Intellectual Property (Japan) - Asialaw Profiles (2021-2026) Since 2017, Mr. Goto has been serving as the vice chair of Standing Committee on Trade Secret of AIPPI. In addition to being admitted to the bar in Japan (2008) and the state of New York (2014), he passed the Japanese Patent Attorney Examination in 2003.

Masayuki holds a master's degree in science, and has been engaged in a number of patent infringement lawsuits and other IP related matters since he became a lawyer. His main focus is on the pharmaceutical industry, in patent infringement actions as well as licensing negotiations, joint development projects, and technology transfer projects. He also has expertise and experience in other forms of intellectual property, including trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. In addition, with his experience in the U.S. (both in law school and at a law firm focusing on patent matters), he also provides advice to clients involved in patent lawsuits in the U.S.

Mr. Aoki is a registered and qualified patent attorney (benrishi) at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. He has been involved with various intellectual property matters centering around patent issues and he is well versed in intellectual property strategies, patent filing, providing support for start-ups and intellectual property due diligence.

Mr. Okamoto is a registered and qualified patent attorney (benrishi). He has been involved with various patent matters and is well versed in international and domestic patent filing and prosecution. He is specialized in Mechanical devices, Life Science and Food Engineering.

Ms. Tu is a Chinese attorney and is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. Ms. Tu's practice includes cross-border corporate transactions, compliance structure building and litigation. She assists non-Chinese, overseas companies including Japanese companies by coordinating their business activities in China and Chinese companies in Japan, including establishing enterprises, supply and distribution, labor and employment, antitrust and competition regulation, joint ventures, M&A and strategic alliances and litigation and arbitration proceedings.

Eriko Kinoshita has been involved with trademark and design related matters and is well-versed in domestic and foreign trademark/design proceedings. Her practice covers trademark/design searches, prosecution, opposition/cancellation/invalidation proceedings; enforcement; and IP licensing and assignment.