Tokyo law firm Spring Partners joined Alliott Group on 1st November 2015, extending the firm’s resource base to 70 countries worldwide and providing the professional services alliance with a highly regarded law firm presence in one of the world’s leading economies. The Belgian member firm of the Alliott Group is Peeters Advocaten-Avocats.
While Spring Partners is one of Japan’s many medium sized, full service business law firms, it differentiates itself by offering unique capabilities that combine experience of advising pre-IPO companies, public companies and financial institutions, with strong technical know-how in assisting Japanese and foreign companies with business transactions at every stage of the business life cycle. In addition to company commercial law and corporate finance, the firm advises on corporate regulatory compliance, business reorganization and dispute resolution.
The firm offers sector experience that includes but is not limited to, finance, equity investment, real estate development and transactions, manufacturing, wholesale and retail, medical and social welfare, education and IT. The firm’s lawyers regularly work with foreign clients to assess the viability of Japanese markets.
Partner Yasuko Fukuyama, who is also licensed to practice in New York, comments: “Our firm has always been active internationally, but joining Alliott Group provides access to a wider network of law and accounting firms across the world, and gives us a high profile platform from which to extend services to Japanese companies and investors, boost our local profile, and grow our international client base. We are excited about the future.”
James Hickey, Alliott Group’s CEO, comments: “Spring Partners is one of Japan’s strongest medium sized business law firms and has a clear vision of where it wants to be. We are delighted that the Alliott Group value proposition is aligned with Spring Partners’ own strategic plans – the wealth of experience the firm has in helping international companies to operate successfully in Japan provides tremendous resources and opportunities to our member firms and their clients in one of the world’s largest economies.”
