Our partners, Akira Kawamura, Junichi Kondo and Hiroshige Nakagawa participated in a conference entitled "New focus of international business: Asia, the centre stage", as panelists and a chair, which was presented by International Bar Association (IBA) Asia Pacific Forum from September 17 to 19, 2008 in Hong Kong.

Akira Kawamura participated as a panelist in a plenary session discussing regulatory exigencies and free market interests in Greater China and beyond, Junichi Kondo participated as a panelist in a session entitled "Acquiring regulated investments in Asia and the Pacific", and Hiroshige Nakagawa participated as a chair in a session entitled "Expansion of insolvency practice in emerging-market countries".