Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners (弁護士法人大江橋法律事務所, Bengoshi Hōjin Ōebashi Hōritsu Jimusho) is the largest law firm in Osaka, Japan and 8th largest law firm in Japan.

弁護士法人大江橋法律事務所
Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Headquarters	Osaka, Japan
No. of offices	3
No. of attorneys	106 Japanese Lawyers, 6 Foreign Lawyers
No. of employees	about 110
Major practice areas	general practice
Date founded	1981
Founder	Tadashi Ishikawa, Hiroaki Tsukamoto & Makoto Miyazaki
Company type	legal professional corporation under Japanese law
Website	Official English Website

Osaka office

Shanghai office

Tōkyō office

After 10 years of relationship with China-based clients, Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners was the first Japanese law firm to open an office abroad in Shanghai, China.^[1]

Although all three offices of Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners are active in Corporate Legal Affairs,^[2] Individual Representation^[3] and Pro Bono Activities,^[4] Osaka-based M&A work concerning foreign and domestic companies remains a "core strength".^[5]

Development history

• (1974 April) Makoto Miyazaki founds Makoto Miyazaki Law Office (宮崎誠法律事務所, Miyazaki Makoto Hōritsu Jimusho)
• (1980 April) Tadashi Ishikawa founds Ishikawa Law Office (石川法律事務所, Ishikawa Hōritsu Jimusho)
• (1981 January) Ishikawa, Tsukamoto and Miyazaki together found Ishikawa Tsukamoto & Miyazaki Law Office (石川・塚本・宮崎法律事務所, Ishikawa Tsukamoto Miyazaki Hōritsu Jimusho)
• (1983 January) Name officially changes to Oh-Ebashi Law Office (大江橋法律事務所, Ōebashi Hōritsu Jimusho)
• (1995 July) Opening of the Shanghai Office
• (2002 August) Reorganized into a Legal Professional Corporation; name officially changes to the current Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners (弁護士法人大江橋法律事務所, Bengoshi Hōjin Ōebashi Hōritsu Jimusho)
• (2002 September) Opening of the Tokyo Office

The main and largest office is in Kita-ku, Osaka. The Shanghai office opened in 1995, the Tōkyō office opened in 2002, and there is an office in Nagoya.^[6]