Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners (弁護士法人大江橋法律事務所, Bengoshi Hōjin Ōebashi Hōritsu Jimusho) is the largest law firm in Osaka, Japan and 8th largest law firm in Japan.
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| Headquarters | Osaka, Japan |
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| No. of offices | 3 |
| No. of attorneys | 106 Japanese Lawyers, 6 Foreign Lawyers |
| No. of employees | about 110 |
| Major practice areas | general practice |
| Date founded | 1981 |
| Founder | Tadashi Ishikawa, Hiroaki Tsukamoto & Makoto Miyazaki |
| Company type | legal professional corporation under Japanese law |
| Website | Official English Website |
After 10 years of relationship with China-based clients, Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners was the first Japanese law firm to open an office abroad in Shanghai, China.[1]
Although all three offices of Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners are active in Corporate Legal Affairs,[2] Individual Representation[3] and Pro Bono Activities,[4] Osaka-based M&A work concerning foreign and domestic companies remains a "core strength".[5]
Development history
edit- (1974 April) Makoto Miyazaki founds Makoto Miyazaki Law Office (宮崎誠法律事務所, Miyazaki Makoto Hōritsu Jimusho)
- (1980 April) Tadashi Ishikawa founds Ishikawa Law Office (石川法律事務所, Ishikawa Hōritsu Jimusho)
- (1981 January) Ishikawa, Tsukamoto and Miyazaki together found Ishikawa Tsukamoto & Miyazaki Law Office (石川・塚本・宮崎法律事務所, Ishikawa Tsukamoto Miyazaki Hōritsu Jimusho)
- (1983 January) Name officially changes to Oh-Ebashi Law Office (大江橋法律事務所, Ōebashi Hōritsu Jimusho)
- (1995 July) Opening of the Shanghai Office
- (2002 August) Reorganized into a Legal Professional Corporation; name officially changes to the current Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners (弁護士法人大江橋法律事務所, Bengoshi Hōjin Ōebashi Hōritsu Jimusho)
- (2002 September) Opening of the Tokyo Office
The main and largest office is in Kita-ku, Osaka. The Shanghai office opened in 1995, the Tōkyō office opened in 2002, and there is an office in Nagoya.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Establishment of Office | OH-EBASHI LPC & PARTNERS". Archived from the original on 2004-11-23.
- ^ "Practice areas | OH-EBASHI LPC & PARTNERS". www.ohebashi.com.
- ^ "Individual Representation | OH-EBASHI LPC & PARTNERS". Archived from the original on 2004-11-22.
- ^ "Pro Bono Activities | OH-EBASHI LPC & PARTNERS". Archived from the original on 2004-11-22.
- ^ "The Legal 500 > Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners > Osaka, JAPAN > What we say". legal500.com. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
- ^ "Access｜About Us｜OH-EBASHI LPC & PARTNERS". www.ohebashi.com.