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Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo

Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo is a law firm in Japan, with 500 professionals and 41 lawyers listed on its own site. It stands No. 9 of 10 in Japan, recognised by 2 independent publishers.

Jurisdiction
Japan
Standing
No. 9 of 10 in Japan
Founded
Not stated
Professionals
500
Offices
1
Recognitions
26
Lawyers on file
41
www.vl-tokyo.co.jp
Japan
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Standing in Japan

No. 9of 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

5 practice areas and sectors · 41 lawyers on the firm’s site

How Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo 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.

取り扱い業務

20

Lawyers

中澤章, 今泉友希, 吉田淳史, 小森谷脩斗, 山川亜紀子, 岡田和樹, 木下昌彦, 木南直樹, 朴将在, 杉本茉永and 9 more

Employment

19

Lawyers

Akiko Yamakawaranked, Misa Osagane, Masahiko Kinoshita, Tomohiro Yokota, Aika Tauchi, Atsushi Yoshida, Hiroshi Yabunaka, Hiroto Matsuda, Jangjae Park, Keita Suganumaand 8 more

Disputes and Investigations

18

Lawyers

Akiko Yamakawaranked, Masahiko Kinoshita, Tomohiro Yokota, Aika Tauchi, Atsushi Yoshida, Hiroshi Yabunaka, Hiroto Matsuda, Jangjae Park, Keita Suganuma, Mana Sugimotoand 7 more

労働ページへ

18

Lawyers

今泉友希, 吉田淳史, 小森谷脩斗, 山川亜紀子, 岡田和樹, 木下昌彦, 朴将在, 杉本茉永, 松丸佑都, 松田博登and 7 more

訴訟・危機管理ページへ

17

Lawyers

今泉友希, 吉田淳史, 小森谷脩斗, 山川亜紀子, 岡田和樹, 木下昌彦, 朴将在, 杉本茉永, 松丸佑都, 松田博登and 6 more

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

Lawyers

41 on the firm’s own site

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

2 ranked individually by the directories, shown first

  • Kazuki Okada法律事務Partner · admitted 1975Employment · Disputes and InvestigationsChambers: Senior Statespeople, Employment · Chambers: Senior Statespeople, Dispute Resolution: Domestic
  • Akiko Yamakawa法律事務Partner · admitted 1999Employment · Disputes and InvestigationsChambers: Band 1, Employment
  • Akira Nakazawa法律事務Partner · admitted 1997Corporate
  • Masahiko Kinoshita法律事務Partner · admitted 2015Employment · Disputes and Investigations
  • Misa Osagane法律事務Partner · admitted 2013Employment · Corporate
  • Tomohiro Yokota法律事務Partner · admitted 2020Employment · Disputes and Investigations
  • 中原優弁護士取り扱い業務 · 労働ページへ · 訴訟・危機管理ページへ
  • 中澤章弁護士取り扱い業務 · コーポレートページへ
  • 今泉友希弁護士取り扱い業務 · 労働ページへ · 訴訟・危機管理ページへ
  • 吉田淳史弁護士取り扱い業務 · 労働ページへ · 訴訟・危機管理ページへ
  • 小森谷脩斗弁護士取り扱い業務 · 労働ページへ · 訴訟・危機管理ページへ
  • 山川亜紀子弁護士取り扱い業務 · 労働ページへ · 訴訟・危機管理ページへ
  • 岡田和樹弁護士取り扱い業務 · 労働ページへ · 訴訟・危機管理ページへ
  • 木下昌彦弁護士取り扱い業務 · 労働ページへ · 訴訟・危機管理ページへ
  • 木南直樹弁護士取り扱い業務
  • 朴将在弁護士取り扱い業務 · 労働ページへ · 訴訟・危機管理ページへ
  • 杉本茉永弁護士取り扱い業務 · 労働ページへ · 訴訟・危機管理ページへ
  • 松丸佑都弁護士取り扱い業務 · 労働ページへ · 訴訟・危機管理ページへ
  • 松田博登弁護士取り扱い業務 · 労働ページへ · 訴訟・危機管理ページへ
  • 横田友宏弁護士取り扱い業務 · 労働ページへ · 訴訟・危機管理ページへ
  • 水戸悠貴弁護士取り扱い業務 · 労働ページへ · 訴訟・危機管理ページへ
  • 田内愛花弁護士取り扱い業務 · 労働ページへ · 訴訟・危機管理ページへ
  • 菅沼奎太弁護士取り扱い業務 · 労働ページへ · 訴訟・危機管理ページへ
  • 藪中弘志弁護士取り扱い業務 · 労働ページへ · 訴訟・危機管理ページへ

Directory placements

2 practice areas · read from the publishers’ tables

Where the directories place Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo, 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
Employment and LabourBand 1Tier 2
Litigation and DisputesBand 3Tier 4

Recognition

26 announcements

What other publishers have said, as Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo 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 42026

    Dispute resolution: Independent local firms

    “The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026: Tier 4, Dispute resolution: Independent local firms, Japan”

    The Legal 500’s published table

  • The Legal 500Tier 22026

    Labour and employment: Independent local firms

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

    The Legal 500’s published table

  • ChambersBand 12026

    Employment

    “Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026: Band 1, Employment, Japan”

    Chambers’s published table

  • ChambersBand 32026

    Dispute Resolution: Domestic

    “Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026: Band 3, Dispute Resolution: Domestic, Japan”

    Chambers’s published table

From the Firm

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

Record

Jurisdiction
Japan
Founded
Not stated
Entity source
The firm's own website
Firm’s site read
10 Nov 2026

Read from: headcount

On its size, the firm says: “…500 lawyers, as stated on the firm's The Legal 500 profile…”

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