Atsumi & Sakai Announces Establishment of Brussels Office

Atsumi & Sakai¹Â is pleased to announce the establishment of our Brussels office. The Brussels office will enable us to support our clients’ European business development, in collaboration with our European offices in London and Frankfurt². Atsumi & Sakaiâ€™s Brussels office focuses on European Union (EU) competition law, while also providing advice on a wide range of other matters involving EU law. Ms. Kameoka, the representative partner of the Brussels office, has extensive experience, with over 20 years working at a law firm in Brussels that specializes in EU competition law.

Atsumi & Sakai includes among its team many non-Japanese lawyers which enables us to provide advice on global projects that influence the Japanese market. In terms of Japanese law, we provide legal advice by Japanese attorneys in collaboration with members of our Tokyo, London and other offices, allowing us to offer our clients a broad range of legal services from the perspectives of matters both outbound from Japan and inbound to Japan.

* Representative partner Etsuko Kameoka is not a lawyer registered in Japan, and does not provide legal advice on Japanese law or any advice on legal matters in Japan, including EU law and Japanese law.

We have the highest gender diversity³Â among the largest law firms in Japan. Represented by a female attorney, the Brussels office aims to meet the diverse needs of our clients by utilizing our extensive local network and experience, and to guide our clients in their overseas expansion and local operations⁴.

Office Name:Â Â Â Â Atsumi & Sakai Brussels EU
Address:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ChausseÌe de la Hulpe 185, 1170, Brussels, Belgium

Telephone: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â + 32-470-85-19-07

Representative: Â Etsuko KameokaÂ (Representative Partner)

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lawyer admitted in New York / Brussels Bar (B-List)
* Not Registered as a Foreign Lawyer in Japan

Practices:Â
The main areas of practice of our European offices are EU competition law (advice on cartels, businessÂ combination regulations, regulations on abuse of dominant positions, horizontal or vertical restraints, state aid,Â foreign subsidies regulations, etc.), digital business operator regulations, EU trade laws (advice on customs law,Â advice on the EPA negotiations, economic sanctions, foreign direct investment regulations, etc.), import controlÂ regulations, intellectual property protection, personal information protection (GDPR, etc.), various regulationsÂ under the European Green Deal policies, cross border M&A, various contracts, compliance with regulations relatedÂ to antitrust and competition laws, intellectual property rights, and dispute resolution procedures (litigation,Â arbitration), etc.

1 Atsumi & Sakai, located in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, employs 238 lawyers as of May 1, 2024. The firm includes professionals at our Tokyo office and affiliate offices, and firms within the group, excluding A-PAC INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRM). Atsumi & Sakai was established in 1994, and thereafter became the first completely independent Japanese law firm to form a foreign law joint venture. We have since been providing international legal services to create client value while meeting global needs. In recent years, the firm has been continuously recognized in the rankings and awards of global legal journals. (Chambers Global â€œInternational & Cross-border Capabilitiesâ€, 2019-2024, Asian Legal Business (ALB) Asia Top Innovative Law Firms2023, one of 15 law firms in Asia Top Innovative Law Firms 2023, etc.)

2 London Office (Office name: Atsumi & Sakai Europe Limited / Address: 85 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7NQ, United Kingdom / Tel: +44-(0)203-696-6540 / E-mail: info_uk@aplaw.jp), Frankfurt Affiliate Office (Office name: Atsumi & Sakai Europa GmbH – RechtsanwÃ¤lte und Steuerberater (A corporation registered in Germany providing legal and tax advisory services / Address: OpernTurm (13th Floor) Bockenheimer LandstraÃŸe 2â€“4, 60306 Frankfurt am Main, Germany / Tel: +49-(0)69-7474-5050 (General) / E-mail: (info_frankfurt@aplaw.jp)
3 The percentage of women among partners and management committee members is around 30%, respectively. Recipient of the first â€œFamily Friendly Awardâ€ by the Daini Tokyo Bar Association, Division for the Promotion of Gender Equality, and the â€œALB Japan Law Awards 2017 â€œWoman Lawyer of the Year.â€ Selected as the Employer of Choice (the best law firm where attorneys and staff wish to work) eight times in the past, more than any other law firm in Japan, an award granted by the Asian Legal Business since 2008 on the basis of surveys of law firm employees in various countries.
4 The firm’s slogan is, â€œA Compass to Find Your Wayâ€

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