SHINWA LAW (Shinwa Sohgoh Law Offices) is one of the leading law firms in Japan.
In Japanese, “SHINWA” means true harmony. As the name suggests, SHINWA LAW is committed to providing our clients with truly harmonious solutions for their business and life through our comprehensive and integrated legal services.
Our firm was established in the early 2000s by three experienced attorneys who had served as senior bar association executives. Since then, our firm has been expanding our legal practices with attorneys with various fields of expertise and has been providing one-stop legal services for Japanese and international clients for more than 20 years.
We have been helping international clients, including corporations, individuals and governments, to solve various legal issues related to Japan with our deep understanding of Japanese laws in a global context.
Our areas of practices include:
Approximately 25 attorneys belong to our firm. Our attorneys have various fields of expertise and have held important positions within Japan such as president and vice president of bar associations; prosecutor; judge; government advisor; diet member; faculty member of the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court; faculty member of universities; board members of companies; and external legal counsel.
For the details of our attorneys’ backgrounds, please see our Japanese webpage.
If you have any inquiry or question about our law firm or our legal service, please feel free to contact Ms. Mariko MATSUMURA, Mr. Daisuke TAKAHASHI, and Mr. Yuto SUZUKI, partners in charge of international affairs of our firm.
Our office is located in the business and financial center of Tokyo, only a few minutes’ walk from Tokyo station and Nihonbashi station.
4F, Nihonbashi Kato Bldg.,
2-1-14, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0027
