Honmachi International Law Office (“HILO”) was established in October 2015 by Kazuhiko Nishihara and two other professionals as a full service international law firm in Osaka, and it added a new experienced attorney, Ryoko Yabuki, in August 2016.  Kazuhiko Nishihara is admitted in Japan and New York and has practiced in Japan and in the US, and has been providing many clients with many kinds of legal services.  Each of HILO’s member make every effort to provide our clients with the satisfactory solutions abiding by the rule of law and justice.

 

Kazuhiko Nishihara is active in public activity and serves as vice chairperson of the International Committee and the Attorney’s Ethics Committee of the Osaka Bar Association, and as Deputy Secretary General of the Japan Arbitrator’s Association.  He played an important role to connect the Osaka Bar to International Section of the California Bar and Barcelona Bar which signed friendship agreements.

 

Honmachi International Law Office, P.C.

8F, Osaka Kokusai Building

2-3-13 Azuchi-machi, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 541-0052 JAPAN

Tel: +81(6)-6226-7213 / Fax: +81(6)-6226-7214

Email: [email protected]

Webpage: http://honmachi-law.com/

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Bar Members, Committee

1. Osaka Bar Association
2. Japan Federation of Bar Associations
3. New York State Bar Association
4. Vice Chair of the International Committee of the Osaka Bar Association
5. Vice Chair of the Lawyer’s Ethics Committee of the Osaka Bar Association
6. Member of the Committee of International Relations of Japan Federation of Bar Association
7. Japan Arbitrators Association
8. Secretariat of the CSR Promotion Association, Kinki Branch

Professional Positions

Founding Partner   Honmachi International Law Office, P.C. (2016.10-present)

Partner       Umegae Chuo Legal Profession Corporation (2011.1-2016.5)

Associate  Umegae Chuo Law Office (2002.10-2010.12)

Main Areas of Practice

Corporate Law (incl. M&A); Contractual & Commercial Law; Dispute Resolution & Litigation; Negotiation; Labor & Employment Law; Real Estate; Wills Probates & Estates; Bankruptcy & Insolvency

Education

Northwestern University School of Law (LLM, 2008)
The Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan (Diploma, 2002)
Kyoto University Graduate School of Law (LLM, 2001)
Kyoto University, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1999)

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