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March 29, 2013 |

Anderson Mori Announces New Office Plans

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, one of Tokyo's Big Four corporate law firms, has announced plans to open in Singapore and Shanghai this year, pending regulatory approvals. The expansion is the latest in a series of similar overseas moves by Japanese firms hoping to better compete with international firms in advising Japanese companies on their investments abroad.
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May 13, 2013 |

Japanese Firms on Expansion Drive

A significant amount of yen is flowing into Southeast Asia as Japanese companies seek growth outside the country. The lawyers aren't far behind.
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September 14, 2005 |

They Rule the World

The LLM, a one-year advanced degree that allows foreign lawyers to attend U.S. law schools, is rarely regarded as revolutionary -- yet, in the hands of many heads of state, it has helped promote political change. "LLMs are undoubtedly the most effective rule-of-law programs," says Bryant Garth, a law school dean and longtime director of the American Bar Foundation. "You create friends. You create people who understand U.S. models. You build an army of advocates for reform."
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September 01, 2005 |

They Rule The World

Mikheil Saakashvili left the former Soviet Republic of Georgia in the early 1990s to get a degree at Columbia Law School-then returned to lead a democratic revolt. In late 2003 Saakashvili rallied his countrymen against corruption in the so-called Rose Revolution, elbowing out former president Eduard Shevardnadze. Today Georgian cabinet meetings have the feel of an Ivy League seminar, with the foreign minister and deputy justice minister also trained in American law.
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June 29, 2004 |

Who's Sorry Now?

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September 30, 2013 |

Simpson, Japanese Firms Handle KKR's Panasonic Buy

In the third major M&A deal out of Japan this week, private equity and investment giant KKR, advised by its longtime lawyers from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, said Friday it has agreed to acquire Panasonic's health care unit for $1.67 billion.
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September 10, 2013 |

Bingham Striving to Be Japan's Top International Firm

Because most of its 81 lawyers in Tokyo are Japanese-qualified attorneys, Boston-based law firm Bingham McCutchen has often been seen as a domestic practice in Japan. Now, Bingham wants to change that image and become the country's top international firm.
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September 09, 2013 |

Bingham Aims for Top of Tokyo Pack

Though the Boston-based firm has a large presence in Japan, it is rarely seen as one of the leading international firms in the market. It now wants to change that perception.
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