Nozomi Sogo is a medium-sized Japanese law firm based in Tokyo and Los Angeles, providing with a wide range of legal services, including corporate transactions, business disputes, crisis management, white collar criminal defense, antitrust, entertainment, intellectual property, and various contract matters. One of our unique features is great relationships with the Japanese governmental and supervisory agencies: three of Nozomi attorneys were former public prosecutors; seven attorneys at the Bank of Japan, Japan’s central bank; four at Japan’s Financial Services Agency; one at Japan’s Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission; two at the Japan Fair Trade Commission; three at the Consumer Affairs Agency; one at the Personal Information Protection Commission; and one at the Office of Integrated Resort Regime Promotion / Cabinet Secretariat. We regularly handle matters relating to government investigations, compliance, and other daily general corporate matters. We also have a wide experience of cross-border matters, including contract reviews and negotiation, cross-border M&A and dispute resolution, including civil litigation and criminal investigations. Our International Practice Group is the firm’s largest practice group. We regularly advise non-Japanese corporations with regard to matters in their Japanese subsidiaries. We have seven lawyers who are qualified in New York and/or California, and we have a great network with law firms in the U.S., South Korea, Singapore, and other various countries. Main Practice Areas - General corporate, M&A, JV, incorporation, labor/employment - Distribution agreement, license agreement and other contract review - Internal investigations, crisis management, white collar defense - Compliance, whistleblower issues - Antitrust and competition law - Entertainment and intellectual property - Litigation and other dispute resolution