We are very pleased to announce that Ms. Harume Nakano has joined our firm as a partner, and Mr. Masayuki Hashimoto, Mr. Motoya Ishibashi, and Mr. Hideyuki Yamabe have joined the firm as associates as of September 10, 2014. Mr. Takehisa Sato has also joined the firm as an associate as of August 20, 2014.

We warmly welcome them to our firm. With our desire to continually increase our capacity to handle complex legal projects, we are excited about the addition of them and their wealth of experience to our firm.