The firm

With more than 800 professionals around the world, the diversity and depth of expertise offered by our world-class lawyers is unparalleled. We have been providing our clients with comprehensive solutions through our exceptional knowledge and experience since 1966.

Services offered

As the largest group of its kind in Japan with over 60 attorneys specializing in insolvency, we are able to provide our clients and all interested parties with high-quality and expeditious legal services. Our strengths include our ability to form optimal teams for each case, collaborate across different practice areas within our firm, and provide on-site attorney services via our numerous overseas branches. As a testament to our reputation, we have received the top ranking for Restructuring/Insolvency in Japan at both Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023 and The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2023; selected for inclusion in Global Restructuring Review’s GRR 100 2022; and won Restructuring and Insolvency Law Firm of the Year at ALB Japan Law Awards (2008–2014, 2018–2020).

Examples of assignments undertaken

We have a great track record in large-scale and international restructuring/insolvency cases.

• Advised Japan Airlines on its filing for corporate reorganization proceedings (2010), and advised a major electrical appliance manufacturer on its early-stage restructuring (2013 through 2016).
• Represented debtor enterprises regarding their filing for civil rehabilitation; for example, JOLED (2023), REINOWA group including FCNT and JEMS (2023), Daiichi Chuo Kisen (2015), and Emori Group Holdings (2015).
• Advised Toshiba Corporation on the sale of its claim against Westinghouse for US$2.16 billion (2018) and on the issuance of its shares worth US$5.3 billion (2017) via a third-party allotment.
• Advised creditors on all areas of in-court proceedings and out-ofcourt workouts, including an automotive OEM creditor in Takata’s civil rehabilitation, bitcoin creditors in Mt. Gox’s bankruptcy/civil rehabilitation, the creditors in Skymark Airlines’ civil rehabilitation, he representative of creditors in Elpida Memory’s corporate reorganization, and creditors in Sanko Steamship’s corporate reorganization.
• Advised major financial creditors on the corporate reorganization proceedings against Ise Group (2022) and the restructuring of Marelli Holdings (2022).

Overseas offices and connections

We have offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Shanghai, Dubai, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta*1, Kuala Lumpur*1, New York, Singapore, Taipei, and Yangon. We have domestic branches in Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Sapporo. We are headquartered in Tokyo.

*1Associate office

Contact us

Address
Otemon Tower, 1–1–2 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8124, Japan

Telephone
+81-3-6250-6200

Email
Info@nishimura.com

Website
‍http://www.nishimura.com/en

Contacts

Kenichi Minami
Partner
E: k.minami@nishimura.com

Hajime Ueno
Partner, INSOL Fellow
E: h.ueno@nishimura.com

Shin Fukuoka
Partner
E: s.fukuoka@nishimura.com

Yuri Sugano
Partner, INSOL Asia
Advisory Council
y.sugano@nishimura.com

Further information on our services, attorneys, and offices can be found at www.nishimura.com/en