no . of offices 8 no . of attorneys 380 feb. 2014 1 no . of employees 626 feb. 2014 1 major practice areas general practice date founded october 1 1990 company type partnership under japanese law website http www.tmi.gr.jp english headquarters tmi associates tmi tmi s g h ritsu jimusho is the fifth largest law firm in japan . the firm was founded in 1990 by ten intellectual property specialists who left the law firm of nishimura & partners . it grew quickly in ensuing years with 33 attorneys as of 1998 and 84 attorneys as of 2004 . 2 tmi is headquartered in the roppongi hills mori tower in minato tokyo japan . it has branch offices in beijing hanoi ho chi minh city shanghai singapore and yangon . 3 it opened its first domestic branch office in nagoya in 2012 . 4 it was the first japanese law firm to open an office in myanmar . 5 the firm has joint ventures with the american law firm of morgan lewis & bockius the british law firm of simmons & simmons and the german law firm of arqis rechtsanw lte . the simmons & simmons venture begun in 2001 was the first registered joint venture between a major japanese law firm and an international law firm under the attorney at foreign law system . 2 6 tmi s singapore office is also shared with simmons & simmons . 7 the firm is particularly known for its intellectual property practice being ranked one of the top 3 trademark firms in japan by world trademark review 8 and winning the best japanese ip firm 2013 award at the international legal alliance summit & awards . 9 in 2010 the firm hired a former head of the intellectual property high court as an advisor . 10 chambers & partners ranks tmi as a second tier firm in intellectual property and as a third tier firm in corporate m & a and dispute resolution . 11 notable people edit toshiharu furukawa member of the house of councillors isao imai former japanese supreme court justice tokuji izumi former japanese supreme court justice chiharu saiguchi former japanese supreme court justice references edit a b 292 japanese attorneys at law 5 registered foreign attorneys 23 unregistered foreign attorneys 59 patent attorneys and 1 foreign patent attorney . . tmi associates . retrieved 13 february 2014 . a b chan kay wah 2005 . foreign law firms implications for professional legal education in japan pdf . journal of japanese law 20 56 79 . http www.tmi.gr.jp english global index.html http www.tmi.gr.jp english about nagoya.html . . 14 june 2012 . retrieved 27 august 2013 . http asia.legalbusinessonline.com law firms tmi associates secures third jv 1083 22331 simmons & simmons to open shop in singapore . managing partner . 10 may 2013 . retrieved 27 august 2013 . japan . world trademark review . retrieved 27 august 2013 . winners 2013 . ila summit . retrieved 27 august 2013 ... 18 august 2010 . retrieved 27 august 2013 . http www.chambersandpartners.com uk firms 3574 254185 dead link external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tmi associates & oldid 724134983 categories law firms of japanlaw firms established in 1990hidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from march 2015articles containing japanese language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 7 june 2016 at 10 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view