Miura & Partners was established in 2019 by former Mori Hamada & Matsumoto partner, Ryota Miura. The firm now has more than 100 lawyers with offices in Tokyo, Nagoya and Hiroshima. Apart from those locations, the firm has launched a strategic alliance with San Francisco-based law firm Yorozu Law Group and rebranded as Miura & Partners (US) in April 2023, and also commenced a business alliance with Indonesian law firm Atama Law and started operations as the M&P Jakarta Office in April 2023.
Highlights
The firm is primarily focused on M&A, joint ventures, finance, and corporate and financial regulation across the technology, blockchain, startup, fintech, big data, medical and healthcare sectors.
In 2024, the firm kept busy advising domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, handling anti-competition issues, hostile takeovers, and proxy battles. Additionally, the firm offers support in regulatory works including scheme formulation, due diligence, contract drafting, and post-closing. Recent highlights include advised the acquisition (buy-out) of SHiDAX Corporation.
The firm welcomed partner Masahiro Terada in 2024.
Key Clients
Key clients of the firm include Pasona Group Inc., Kenedix Residential Next Investment Corporation, SHIDA Holdings Corporation, Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation, and Noritsu Koki.
Testimonials
Financial restructuring
“Their work was excellent, their knowledge and experience in this area (general corporate regarding Japanese corporate law) is outstanding.”
“With experts in a wide range of areas.”
M&A
“Speedy response.”
“In our investment project, we received valuable advice not only from a legal perspective, but also from a business perspective.”
“Miura & Partners not only works quickly and is polite, but also thinks from our company's perspective from a management perspective.”
“The team, led by partner attorney, Haruka Murata, has a high level of expertise not only in scheme and finance in respect of the cross border deals but also in issues specific to the region, in Japan, China, the U.K., and the U.S., etc. They reviewed and responded promptly with a client-oriented stance.”
“Quick and accurate advice and response to our requests.”
“Fast reaction. Quick response and proper advices.”
“Fast response. High level expertise. Customer's benefits first.”
“High level of expertise and accurate advice.”
“I like that Miura & Partners is quick to respond, and that they help us realize what the legal issue is in each matter.”
“Depth in M&A's legal project management skill, involvement of senior member of the firm, comprehensive communication, and quick responses.”
“Quick response.”
“Promptness and strategic way to proceed.”
"We like Miura & Partners because of: Deal team consist of experienced lawyers with strong specialties of M&A, Capital Market and Structured Finance, to enables our effective financing in complex situations. Advice on our negotiation with the investors, considering power-balance and interests of the investors appropriately. Hard working deal team members to respond to our request quickly. Reasonable advisory fee."
“Strong commitment on a successful transaction, as well as its high responsiveness across the team from a partner level to associates.”
“Accurate advice and speedy response.”
“We like the fact that they provide timely explanations and explanations that are easy to understand and act upon, given our lack of specialized knowledge.”
“The firm has experienced lawyers in various fields. They can assign proper lawyers to a project.”
“The expertise in the areas of the capital market and M&A as backed up by wide experience.”
“Each case is assigned to a team of highly specialized and experienced attorneys who always provide comprehensive and high-quality legal services (such as legal advice, negotiation, negotiation support) with a client-first attitude (maximization of client profits). Miura & Partners is also well-positioned to handle difficult cases, such as disputes with overseas companies, in collaboration with major overseas law firms. In the business acquisition transaction, the high quality of due diligence and legal advice led to the tight on-schedule closing and the smooth execution of PMI.”
“Wide-ranging response capabilities, speed, and support that puts the client first.”
Private Equity
“They are experienced, efficient, and able to provide precise legal advice tailored to the business needs of the clients.”
“Responsiveness.”
Project Development
“Quick response and quality of service.”
“We deeply appreciate Miura & Partners' quick response and appropriate and practical advice.”
“We were able to get the answers we were looking for quickly, and the explanations were detailed and easy to understand.”
Restructuring & Insolvency
“Their services were extremely high level, dedicated, and client friendly. Mr. Imamura and Mr. Kanai are one of the best litigation lawyers.”
“I highly appreciate that Miura & Partner provides practical and effective advice that is closely tailored, considering the business environment and realities faced by our company, rather than adhering strictly to conventional approaches. (This extends beyond legal compliance and demonstrates a strong commitment to understanding and addressing the needs of clients).”
Haruka Murata
“Professional way of working such as quick response and advice for the decision making by her client
“She has extensive experience in cross-border transactions, is highly dedicated, possesses excellent English skills, and consistently delivers efficient and high-quality services.”
“I am satisfied with the lawyer's freedom to work in multiple languages, her expertise in cross-border matters, her legal analysis and drafting skills as well as project management, quality of communicating and loyalty to the users.”
“She is quick to respond and provides constructive feedback with in-depth knowledge of the request.”
“Prompt response and appropriate advice.”
“She responds very quickly, easy to reach out to. She helps us recognize the legal issues in each matter.”
“Responsive, detailed, proactive in finding solutions in less typical work.”
“Experienced legal project manager (coordinating overseas law firms), and legal advisor (conducting cost effective due diligence, SPA drafting, and deal negotiations).”
“Swift Response and international relationship in relation to cross border transaction.”
“Her response is always quick while her advice is also always appropriate and realistic. She has been supporting our business a lot.”
“Clear commitment/leadership on client's success. High responsiveness with timely feedback.”
“She has considerable experience of cross-border M&A. The work I asked was the transaction we purchased 25 percent of shares of a company in Netherlands. We had to set up a legal team including a firm in Netherland. She led to arrange it and negotiate with them about the scope of their work and a fee. Also, she led the project and negotiated with the seller. Thanks to her hard work, we were successful to make a stock purchase agreement on time. During the negotiations, we were OK to communicate with only her because she represented the legal team.”
“Speedy and cost effective.”
Hisashi Shibata
“Shibata has a wealth of knowledge and practical experience regarding M&A and TOB in Japan.
He was also punctual and understood my intentions accurately.”
“I highly appreciate that Shibata-san provides practical and effective advice that is closely tailored to the client, taking into account the business environment and realities we face, rather than adhering strictly to conventional approaches. This extends beyond legal compliance and demonstrates a strong commitment to understanding and addressing the needs of clients.”
“Mr. Shibata did well in organizing and leading Miura’s team members, giving right advice with understanding our goal deeply, and documentation of financing."
Jun Imamura
“Always take right direction by deep thoughts and knowledge.”
Masaki Sekimoto
“Mr. Sekimoto has a wide range of experience and high level of knowledge in M&A, corporate governance, and more, and he is capable of handling cross-border (multilingual) transactions and matters. He always provides multifaced and prompt legal services based on his understanding of the industry and the client's business. In our M&A transaction, he understood our potential needs/risks and always provided thorough, sophisticated, and easy to understand advice. He led the due diligence process, proactively and strategically negotiated contracts (adjusted interests between the parties) and coordinated with a financial advisor and other experts and led the deal to a successful conclusion.”
Ryoichi Inoue
“He, though a Japanese lawyer, is fluent in foreign languages and has mastered five foreign languages (English, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Spanish). He is a logical thinker and reads local laws and regulations on his own, which makes him very dependable in pointing out errors by local experts.”
Ryota Miura
“Familiar with our business.”
“There are no areas in which you are weak.”
“Broad legal knowledge especially corporate law.”
“He is not only knowledgeable in law but also well-versed in the content and environment of our company's business.”
“He knows well about corporate law practices and theories in Japan.”
“Advice from a big-picture perspective.”
“Mr. Miura is always ready to give us the right advice based on our actual situation.”
TMI Associates is one of the fastest-growing law firms in Japan. The firm was established in 1990 and now has 556 attorneys with six domestic offices in Tokyo, Kobe, Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto and Fukuoka and 10 overseas offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, London, Phnom Penh, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore and Yangon. It also has overseas practice groups and joint venture arrangements.
Highlights
The firm was originally focused on intellectual property but has since become transactionally active in a wide range of practice areas including corporate and M&A, finance, projects and debt capital markets.
In the past year, the firm has been active in the banking and finance area, covering extensive legal services in corporate finance, structured finance, project finance, securitization, REITs, derivatives, real estate loans, and regulatory advice.
The capital market team handled debt and equity offerings, blockchain bonds, security tokens, compliance, and listings on exchanges, specializing in cross-border transactions and innovative financial instruments. Recent highlight includes advised issuer SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. in the update of its JPY1 trillion($6.69 billion) Euro Medium Term Note Programme.
In the M&A market, the firm was active in numerous squeeze-out transactions representing both private equity funds and targets. The firm also worked for numerous public companies across all industries and market capitalisations in defending against a wide array of shareholder activism campaigns.
The project team was particularly active in offshore wind projects, corporate PPA transactions, and utility-scale battery storage, alongside urban redevelopment and real estate securitization.
Key Clients
Key clients of the firm include Aozora Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, Mizuho Trust & Banking, Crédit Agricole Securities Asia, SMBC Nikko Securities, and Japan Industrial Partners.
