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Wealth Management Law firm of the Year – Japan
Masatoshi Tanaka is an Attorney at Law (registered in 1999), Patent Attorney (registered in
2001), Managing Partner/ Founder of Meilin International Law Firm
Expertise: Cross-Border Investment, Intellectual Property, Contracts, M&A, Corporate. Have extensive
experiences of International Arbitrations and Cross-Border Disputes.
I have been practicing on international business-related matters and providing full-legal services
to approximately 200 companies including public companies each year.
Meilin International Law Firm has its main office in Fukuoka, Japan with other domestic branch
offices in Tokyo and Nagoya, overseas in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Vietnam. We are
available in Japanese, English, Chinese, and Vietnamese.
With regard to businesses between Asia, EU, USA and Japan, we provide a wide range of full-service
to companies on, including but not limited to, cross-border disputes resolution and business
expansions.
Established in Fukuoka, Japan in 2010. Currently we have 22 lawyers in our firm.
Areas of Expertise:
Corporate: Contracts, Start-ups, Support for Structure of Internal Control and Compliance,
Business Consulting, Finance, IPO and Capital Markets, M&A, Labor and Employment, Debt
Collections, Tax, Entertainment and Sports, Antitrust, Corporate Crises Management,
Restructuring, Insolvency, Venture
International Matters: Research on Overseas Laws and Regulations, International business expansion
consulting, Contracts, Comply with Administrative Agency, Cross-Border M&A, International
Litigation
Intellectual Property: IP Prosecution, Drafting and Negotiation for IP Agreements, Protection of
Trade Secret, Dispute Resolution, Strategic Exploitation
For Individual: Inheritance and Will, Wealth Management, Traffic Accident, Divorce and other
Family Law Matters, Parent-Child Relationship, Real Estate and Construction-related disputes,
Medical Malpractice, Debt-related disputes, Consumer Law, Labor and
Employment, Workers’ Compensation, Insurance claim, Criminal Cases and Juvenile Cases.