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TMI Associates

TMI Associates is a law firm in Japan, founded in 1990, with 820 lawyers listed on its own site. It stands No. 6 of 10 in Japan, recognised by 2 independent publishers. Its practice areas include Arbitration, Aviation, Corporate, Employment.

Jurisdiction
Japan
Standing
No. 6 of 10 in Japan
Founded
1990
Professionals
Not stated
Offices
18
Recognitions
28
Lawyers on file
820
In the news
3
www.tmi.gr.jp
TMI Associates, homepage
TMI Associates’s own websiteCaptured 4 Nov 2026

Standing in Japan

No. 6of the top 10, recognised by 2 independent publishers

In Japan, 10 of 31 verified firms are placed: 10 placed by recognitions the firm announced from at least two independent publishers, reconciled to one figure per publisher. Firms on file without either are listed in the directory below and are not ranked. No composite score is published for Japan. The full list for Japan

Organization

0 practice areas and sectors · 820 lawyers on the firm’s site

How TMI Associates is organised, read from the titles and practice areas it publishes for each lawyer. A head is named only where the firm states one; otherwise the partner admitted earliest on record stands first and is labelled so.

192 of TMI Associates’s profiles print the firm’s whole practice list rather than the person’s own, so they are left out of the groups above; only titles the firm states are shown.

628 lawyers list no practice area on the firm’s site; they appear in the list below.

Lawyers

820 on the firm’s own site

Names, titles and practice areas as TMI Associates publishes them, senior titles first. Each name opens the firm’s own page for that person.

Directory placements

17 practice areas · read from the publishers’ tables

Where the directories place TMI Associates, practice area by practice area, as each table stands on the publisher’s own site. Each cell links to that table. The columns are the same on every page of this site.

Practice areaChambersThe Legal 500
Banking and FinanceBand 3Tier 1Tier 3
Corporate and M&A—Tier 1
Intellectual PropertyBand 1Tier 2
Sport: Independent local firms—Tier 1
Capital Markets—Tier 2
Competition and AntitrustBand 3Tier 2
Employment and LabourBand 4Tier 2
Energy, Resources and InfrastructureBand 2Tier 3
Litigation and DisputesBand 4Tier 2
Real Estate and ConstructionBand 3Tier 2
Shipping, Aviation and Transport—Tier 2
TaxBand 3Tier 2
Technology, Media and TelecomsBand 2Tier 2
Compliance, Investigations and White-Collar—Tier 3
Healthcare and Life SciencesBand 3—
International TradeBand 3—
Private Equity and FundsBand 3Tier 3

Recognition

28 announcements

What other publishers have said, as TMI Associates reports it on its own site, with the lawyers each announcement names. Each entry links to the page where it was read.

  • The Legal 500Tier 22026

    Antitrust and competition: Independent local firms

    “The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026: Tier 2, Antitrust and competition: Independent local firms, Japan”

    The Legal 500’s published table

  • The Legal 500Tier 12026

    Banking and finance: Independent local firms

    “The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026: Tier 1, Banking and finance: Independent local firms, Japan”

    The Legal 500’s published table

  • The Legal 500Tier 22026

    Capital markets: Independent local firms

    “The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026: Tier 2, Capital markets: Independent local firms, Japan”

    The Legal 500’s published table

  • The Legal 500Tier 12026

    Corporate and M&A: Independent local firms

    “The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026: Tier 1, Corporate and M&A: Independent local firms, Japan”

    The Legal 500’s published table

  • The Legal 500Tier 22026

    Dispute resolution: Independent local firms

    “The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026: Tier 2, Dispute resolution: Independent local firms, Japan”

    The Legal 500’s published table

  • The Legal 500Tier 32026

    Fintech - Independent local firms

    “The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026: Tier 3, Fintech - Independent local firms, Japan”

    The Legal 500’s published table

From the Firm

What TMI Associates has published on its own site lately: news, deals, recognitions and publications. Each links to the firm.

In the News

Coverage in which TMI Associates was named. Each headline links to the publisher.

Sponsored: guides and chapters the firm wrote

Written by the firm. Practice guide chapters are placed with the publishers that carry them, usually for a fee. Listed for the reader’s use; never counted in the firm’s standing.

Record

Jurisdiction
Japan
Founded
1990
Entity source
The firm's own website
Firm’s site read
12 Aug 2026

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