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Practicing in Tokyo (3): Know Your Firms

20061008-Shinjuku0093A short, simple post – if you want to practice somewhere like Tokyo, you need to know the firms that you want to practice with – and this post is designed to help you figure that out. No frills, bells or whistles – just a long, linked-up like crazy list of firms. A list of major multinational firms with Tokyo offices are listed below:

  1. Allen & Overy
  2. Arqis Foreign Law Office
  3. Ashurst
  4. Baker & McKenzie
  5. Bingham McCutchen
  6. Clifford Chance
  7. Cotty Vivant Marchiso & Lauzeral
  8. Davis Polk & Wardwell
  9. DLA Piper
  10. Finnegan Henderson
  11. Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer
  12. Herbert Smith
  13. Hogan & Hartson
  14. Hughes Hubbard & Reed
  15. Jones Day
  16. King & Wood
  17. Latham & Watkins
  18. Linklaters
  19. Lovells
  20. Milbank Tweed
  21. Morgan Lewis & Bockius
  22. Morrison Foerster (“MOFO”)
  23. Norton Rose
  24. O’Melveny & Myers
  25. Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
  26. Paul Hastings
  27. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  28. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
  29. Quinn Emanuel
  30. Ropes & Gray
  31. Shearman & Sterling
  32. Sidley Austin
  33. Simmons & Simmons
  34. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
  35. Skadden Arps
  36. Sughrue Mion
  37. Squire Sanders
  38. Sullivan & Cromwell
  39. Vinson & Elkins
  40. Wakely Foreign Law Office
  41. White & Case
  42. Wikborg Rein
  43. Hayabusa Asuka
  44. TMI Associates

Presentation to Returnees : Taking the JET Experience into the Legal Field

Certainly this site isn’t the only one looking to help JETs take their time in Japan and segue into the legal marketplace.  Last month, there was a presentation at the Tokyo Returnee’s Conference specifically aimed at JETs considering legal careers.

The slides are posted here, and have some great information, including:

  • A list of foreign law firms that employ in Tokyo;
  • A list of possible legal careers, and;
  • A list of the qualifications necessary for a legal career in the various JET participating countries.

Happy reading!