Nishimura & Asahi

The team at Nishimura & Asahi possesses deep expertise in a broad range of areas, including business succession planning, cross-border inheritance matters, tax and estate planning, and financial services regulation. The team is led by Yoshinobu Fujimoto, who brings extensive experience in business succession planning, inheritance matters, international taxation, and various corporate issues, alongside Masaru Shibahara, who specialises in advising high-net-worth individuals on business succession and related disputes. Another key figure is Kohei Matano, whose practice spans a wide array of business succession matters, from M&A to drafting property division agreements, with further expertise in dispute resolution, including both claims and litigation.