About TMI Associates (TMI総合法律事務所)
TMI Associates is a Japanese law firm whose main office sits in the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, Minato-ku, Tokyo. The firm was founded in 1990 by ten intellectual property specialists who left the law firm of Nishimura & Partners. It has grown to more than 700 domestic and foreign attorneys and patent attorneys as of 2026. Its primary areas of practice include corporate and M&A, litigation and arbitration, banking and finance, antitrust and competition law, risk management, and labour and employment law. Its intellectual property practice covers patent and trademark prosecution, transactions such as sales, acquisitions, and licensing, as well as litigation, invalidation trials, oppositions, due diligence, and customs import suspension.
The firm's domestic offices outside Tokyo are in Kobe, Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto and Fukuoka, and its overseas offices include Bangkok, Beijing, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, London, Phnom Penh, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore and Yangon. A new Sydney office commenced operations on September 9, 2026. The sources reviewed do not list any office in New York State; the North American location named in them is Silicon Valley.
| Type | Law firm |
|---|---|
| Website | tmi.gr.jp |
| Registered NY attorneys | 1 |
Practice areas
Areas of work that TMI Associates (TMI総合法律事務所) describes on its own website. They describe the organization as a whole, not the practice of any individual attorney listed below.
Organization profile based on its official website and public sources (reviewed October 29, 2026). Attorney list from the New York State Unified Court System registration data. Not affiliated with TMI Associates (TMI総合法律事務所).
Registered attorneys
Takuya Yamago SuspendedRegistration status can change at any time. Confirm any attorney's current status through the official New York Attorney Search.