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Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu is widely known as a leading law firm in Japan, and a foremost provider of international and commercial legal services. We represent domestic and foreign companies and organizations involved in every major industry sector and in every legal service area in Japan. In recent years, the legal needs of both domestic and foreign businesses have grown tremendously in complexity. In addition, the frequency of large-scale, global transactions which demand cutting-edge legal advice and broad experience in multiple practice areas is also increasing. The traditional Japanese system of business management based on advance governmental administrative guidance is no longer the norm. Businesses are now required to assume responsibility for their decisions based on their own independent interpretation of existing law. In order to meet the many and varied needs of our clients in such an environment, the ability to flexibly organize teams of lawyers possessing both knowledge and experience in the various legal specialty areas necessary to deal with each of our client's needs and the ability to work swiftly and efficiently to address the same is critical. In order to offer high quality legal services, the nurture and development of lawyers with the skills necessary to meet our clients' needs in every specialized legal field is very important. Maintaining a critical firm size is also indispensable in order to be able to provide our clients with a comprehensive range of legal services. Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu was the first law firm in Japan to surpass the 100-lawyer milestone. Since then, we have continuously striven to ensure the highest caliber of lawyers and other human resources. As a result, as of January 2010, we have approximately 350 lawyers (inclusive of foreign-licensed lawyers). At Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, we are continuously striving to improve the skills of our firm's members through various generous educational arrangements, while at the same time, support and enhance their level of performance through the use of cutting-edge information management infrastructure utilizing the latest technology to centralize and share our members' collective knowledge, experience, skills and databases. We are uncompromising in our requirement that all firm members demonstrate the highest standards of professional ethics in their pursuit to consistently provide top quality legal services.