Our Mission is Simple: High Quality,
Sophisticated International Work at Local Law Firm Rates

Jeffrey P. Clemente

Admission:

1978 New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey,
1988 District of Columbia,
1988 New York,
1989 U.S. Supreme Court,
1991 Japan, as Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi

Member:

New Jersey State Bar Association,
The District of Columbia Bar,
Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association (Special Foreign Member),
Colonel (Ret.) US Army

Practice Area:

General Practice (U.S. Law), International Commercial Transactions, Financial Transactions and Cross-Border Litigation

Languages:

English and Japanese

Birthplace:

Darby, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Education:

Cornell University (B.S., 1970; M.B.A., 1972)
Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D.,cum laude, 1978)

E-mail:

clemente@tozaisogo.com

Takashi Sugawara

Admission:

1988 Japan

Member:

Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association

Practice Area:

Corporate law, International Commercial Transactions, Labor Law, Bankruptcy Law, and Intellectual Property Rights

Languages:

Japanese and English

Education:

Tokyo University (B.A. concentration in French Literature, 1979; LL.B., 1983)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court (1988)
Cornell Law School (LL.M., 1992)

Peter M. Nadler

Admission:

1983 New Jersey,
1985 New York,
2002 New South Wales (Australia),
2003 Japan, as Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi

Member:

New York County Lawyers' Association,
Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Asssociation (Special Foreign Member)

Practice Area:

General Practice (U.S. Law), International Commercial Transactions, HR matters and Cross-Border Litigation

Languages:

English and Japanese (near native level)

Birthplace:

New York City, New York, U.S.A.

Education:

Columbia College (B.A.,1979)
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 1982)

E-mail:

nadler@tozaisogo.com

Tomomi Sagawa

Admission:

2001 Japan

Member:

Tokyo Bar Association

Practice Area:

General Corporate Commercial Practice and Litigation

Languages:

Japanese and English

Education:

Chuo University (LL.B. 1995)
Waseda University (Master, Corporate law major, 1997)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court(2001)

Kazue Tanaka

Admission:

2006 Japan

Member:

Tokyo Bar Association

Practice Area:

General Corporate Commercial Practice and Litigation

Languages:

Japanese and English

Education:

Kumamoto University (B.A., 1991)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court (2006)

Taeko Narikawa

Admission:

2008 Japan

Member:

Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association

Practice Area:

General Corporate Commercial Practice and Litigation

Languages:

Japanese and English

Education:

Waseda University (B.Econ., 1998)
Waseda Law School (J.D., 2007)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court (2008)

Kyoko Morita

Admission:

2013 Japan
(voluntarily deregistered in 2021
and readmitted in 2023)
2023 New York

Member:

Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association

Practice Area:

General Corporate Commercial Practice and Litigation

Languages:

Japanese and English

Education:

Hitotsubashi University (LL.B, 2004)
Chiba University School of Law (J.D., 2010)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court (2012)
New York University School of Law (LL.M, 2022)

Shuto Wata

Admission:

2015 Japan

Member:

Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association

Practice Area:

General Corporate Commercial Practice and Litigation

Languages:

Japanese and English

Education:

University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 2009),
Keio University Law School (J.D., 2014),
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court (2015)

Toshihide Ban

Admission:

2018 Japan

Member:

Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association

Practice Area:

General Corporate Commercial Practice and Litigation

Languages:

Japanese and English

Education:

Hosei University (LL.B, 2014)
The University of Tokyo School of Law (J.D., 2016)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court (2017)

David H. Ching

Admission:

2017 Hawaii,
2018 New York
(Foreign Associate, not admitted in Japan)

*Currently on international secondment in the U. S. A.

Member:

Hawaii State Bar Association

Practice Area:

General Practice (U.S. Law) and International Commercial Transactions

Languages:

English

Birthplace:

Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.

Education:

University of Hawaii (B.A.,2007; M.B.A., 2010; J.D., 2017)

Claire E. Adams

Admission:

2017 New Mexico
(Foreign Associate, not admitted in Japan)

Member:

New Mexico State Bar Association

Practice Area:

General Practice (U.S. Law)

Languages:

English and Spanish

Birthplace:

Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.

Education:

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.A., 2012)
University of New Mexico School of Law (J.D., 2016)

Our Mission is Simple: High Quality,
Sophisticated International Work at Local Law Firm Rates

Of Counsel

Hiroshi Nagayasu

Admission:

1974 Japan

Member:

Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association

Practice Area:

Corporate Law, International Law, Real Estate, Litigation, Arbitration and International Commercial Transactions

Languages:

Japanese and English

Education:

Tokyo University (LL.B., 1971)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court (1974)

Norifumi Tateishi

Admission:

1979 Japan

Member:

Tokyo Bar Association

Practice Area:

Corporate Law, International Commercial Transactions, Litigation, Arbitration, Financial Transactions, Securities Business and Intellectual Property Rights

Languages:

Japanese and English

Education:

Tokyo University (LL.B., 1977)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court (1979)
Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1985)

Russell G. Fujiwara

Admission:

1985 California
1988 New York
(not admitted in Japan)

Member:

State Bar of California

Practice Area:

International Commercial Transactions and Intellectual Property Rights

Languages:

English

Education:

University of California (B.A., 1981)
Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 1984)