tokyo japan no . of offices 1 no . of lawyers 88 including 8 registered foreign lawyers nov. 2013 1 major practice areas finance corporate funds litigation insolvency international practice date founded 1994 founder hiroo atsumi yutaka sakai website http www.aplaw.jp en atsumi & sakai atsumi sakai h ritsu jimusho is a law firm in tokyo japan . the firm has five formal practice groups finance corporate funds litigation insolvency and international practice . 2 the legal 500 ranks atsumi & sakai as a top tier firm in structured finance and securitization and as a second tier firm in antitrust competition banking finance capital markets construction projects energy corporate m & a dispute resolution labor employment real estate and shipping . 3 iflr ranks the firm as first tier in structured finance and securitization and as second tier in banking and project finance . 4 chambers & partners ranks the firm s founding partner hiroo atsumi as a band 1 practitioner in banking finance and capital markets . 5 diet member and former minister of state for financial services yuji yamamoto is an advisor to the firm . 6 the firm was founded in 1994 as atsumi & usui by a group of lawyers led by hiroo atsumi who left the firm of blakemore & mitsuki . 7 the firm was known as atsumi & partners from 2003 . it was the first japanese law firm to register as a joint venture between japanese and foreign lawyers in 2005 . 8 the firm adopted its current name in 2010 after absorbing a practice group from tmi associates . in 2013 the firm formed a joint venture with the german law practice of markus janssen . 9 references edit jfba database http www.aplaw.jp en firm pg system atsumi & sakai . the legal 500 . retrieved 29 november 2013 . atsumi & sakai . iflr1000 . retrieved 29 november 2013 . http www.chambersandpartners.com firm 3553 2 http www.aplaw.jp lawyers yuji yamamoto hiroo atsumi . expert guides . retrieved 29 november 2013 ... retrieved 29 november 2013 . http asj law.net announcementjp.pdf external links edit official website this article about a law firm is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title atsumi % 26 sakai & oldid 736707355 categories law firms of japanlaw firms established in 1994law firm stubshidden categories articles containing japanese language textall stub articles 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 deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 29 august 2016 at 09 23 . 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