Japan’s biggest law firm, Nishimura & Asahi (N&A), has expanded its global presence to Europe with two new offices in Germany – a principal office in Frankfurt and a branch office in Düsseldorf.
Nishimura says the German operations will target Europe-based work post-Brexit and be co-led by partner Noriya Ishikawa and foreign law partner Dominik Kruse.
Frankfurt is tipped to become Europe’s financial hub after Brexit, so N&A ’s primary focus will be in the city, where services provided will be related to cross-border transactions, M&A, IP and dispute resolution.
The Düsseldorf branch will advise on subsidiaries and affiliates of Nishimura’s existing Japanese clients based in the city and surrounding regions.
N&A Germany co-head Kruse explained the firm’s timing for expansion into Europe to Asia Business Law Journal, along with what made them decide upon Frankfurt and Düsseldorf. “Having successfully expanded and developed our operations across Asia, followed by the opening of our New York office in 2018, we felt that the time was right for us to expand our presence into Europe,” he said.
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