>>Legal Client Alerts related to the recent Tohoku Earthquake 2012/2/2 Baker & McKenzie Represents Gibson Guitar in Onkyo Strategic Alliance 2012/1/20 We currently have openings in our Tokyo office for experienced Associates and a Business Development/Marketing Assistant. 2012/1/10 We welcome five new associates. 2012/1/5 Edwin Whatley has been appointed as the Co-Chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan's tax committee.   Currently, there are no scheduled seminars. 2012/3/6 Norihiro Sekiguchi will give a presentation entitled "Three stages for business and legal strategies in Asia" at a seminar hosted by Business Research Institute. (this seminar will be held in Japanese). 2012/2/17 Yugo Nagata will give a presentation entitled "Comparison of Enterprise Law in Japan and Vietnam" at the University of Economy and Law, Ho Chi Minh City. 2012/2/10 Kenichi Nakayama will give a lecture on intellectual property at a seminar hosted by the Ministry of Finance's Customs Training Institute (this seminar will be held in Japanese). 2012/2/9 Naoaki Eguchi will give a presentation entitled "Acquisitions of foreign companies and M&A financing" at a seminar hosted by the Financial Management Forums, Inc. (this seminar will be held in Japanese). 2012/2/6 Yugo Nagata will give a presentation entitled "Construction Disputes in Vietnam" at a seminar hosted by Japanese Business Association of HCMC (this seminar will be held in Japanese). 2011/12/5 Australian Mineral Resources Rent Tax 2011/12/5 Clean Energy Legislative Package 2012/2/2 Baker & McKenzie Represents Gibson Guitar in Onkyo Strategic Alliance 2012/1/5 Baker & McKenzie Bolsters Japanese Corporate/M&A Practice 2011/8/10 Baker & McKenzie GJBJ attorneys co-authored Legal and tax practices on conducting business in Asia - from business start-up to expansion and withdrawal, Chuokeizai-sha, August 2011. 2012/2/3 Ken Okawara was chosen as a Leading Transfer Pricing Adviser in Legal Media Group's "Guide to the World's Leading Transfer Pricing Advisers 2011." 2012/1/30 The 2011 edition of PLC Which Lawyer? ranked Baker & McKenzie Tokyo as a Leading Firm in Tax. We also received top tier rankings for Banking and Finance, Environment, Labor and Employee Benefits and Restructuring and Insolvency. Our lawyers were also recognized individually in their respective fields: Banking and finance: Naoaki Eguchi, Fusako Otsuka, Jeremy Pitts Capital markets: Hiroyoshi Kuromaru Competition/antitrust: Fumio Koma Corporate/M&A: Chris Hodgens, Hiroshi Kondo Hideo Norikoshi Dispute resolution: Yoshiaki Muto, Haig Oghigian Environment: Hideo Ohta, Gavin Raftery Intellectual property: Yasunori Hashiguchi Investment funds: Yusaku Ono Labor and employee benefits: Yasuhiro Fujii Life sciences: Hiroshi Kondo Private equity: Chris Hodgens, Hiroshi Kondo Restructuring and insolvency: Shinichiro Abe Tax: Ken Okawara, Hideyuki Yamamoto