Philosophy
Your Most Trusted Partner
Our Philosophy
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu is founded on the following two fundamental principles:
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The firm shall strive to cover all legal issues arising from business activity with teams of lawyers working together to provide legal services of the highest quality.
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The firm shall maintain a size and scale to meet its purposes and while giving due consideration to the diversity of values and lifestyles of its members, always proceed on the basis of its lawyers and staff maintaining the highest ethical standards in pursuit of the firm’s goals.
As set out above, each of the firm’s lawyers works together with the common goal of providing the firm’s clients with the highest quality legal services. In addition, providing the highest quality legal services through that co-operative effort is valued as one of the most important principles of the firm. These values are shared by all Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu lawyers.
Guided by an unwavering commitment to a profound understanding of law as a means of addressing complex issues and by a relentless focus on getting to the heart of clients’ challenges, we provide legal services in today’s rapidly changing world as your Most Trusted Partner.
Our Team
Our Team
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Powerful Legal Teams
We have experienced lawyers across a wide range of practice areas, enabling us to provide our clients with effective practical solutions. Our teams have hands-on experience in achieving real results for clients in almost every sector of business. We have a proven track record of representing a diverse array of clients both domestically and internationally, reflecting our extensive cross-border experience.
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Optimum Staffing for Every Case
Team units are organized flexibly based on the type and needs of each case. Having specialized knowledge and experience, our lawyers are able to provide legal services and advice in various fields. Thus, our clients do not need to seek advice from other firms when dealing with complex or multiple matters.
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Emphasis on Training and Continuing Education for Our Lawyers
By providing legal services within our legal team system, our lawyers gain invaluable experience in cases spanning a wide range of practice areas, thereby adding to their knowledge and competency. Learning continues through participation by our lawyers in foreign legal studies programs, independent research and study arrangements and/or through placements with educational and governmental institutions. Further training is accomplished through internal office study sessions and by virtue of our specialty practice group system.
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Staff Development
We train and develop paralegals of incomparable quality and competence. We place great importance on their specialist knowledge and offer them work that affords them substantial learning opportunities and responsibilities under the guidance of our lawyers. Secretaries are trained to continuously improve and maintain excellent communication skills to work swiftly, effectively and precisely. Administration staff members, including information technology staff, are the administrative "backbone" of the firm ensuring the delivery of high quality legal services and supporting various aspects of our business operations.
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Broad Range of Global Networks
With offices in Tokyo, New York, London, and Asian countries, we have developed smooth and close working relationships with top-tier foreign law firms in every major city in the world including cities in Europe, North and Latin America, and Asia based upon its many years of working together with law firms from around the world. Particularly, in supporting the overseas expansion of Japanese companies, we provide comprehensive legal services for any country or area by utilizing our local offices, the business bases secured through co-operative alliances and collaborative relationships with prominent local law firms.
