City-Yuwa Partners is noted for its expertise in a wide range of practice areas, including banking and finance, M&A, as well as dispute resolution and employment. With many of the lawyers at City-Yuwa having additional professional qualifications and expertise, such as being patent lawyers and certified public accountants, the firm is highly capable of solving any legal issues. Tomohiro Tanamura and Nobuyuki Sakuraba are key contacts.
Work highlights
Representing Y.Jacobs Medical in a ¥3.7 billion ($25 million) patent and trade secret infringement action against a major Japanese medical corporation. The ongoing case involves complex cross-border elements requiring coordination of evidence from Korean patent trials, criminal proceedings and Japanese medical regulatory matters. The matter demonstrates novel approaches to evidence collection across multiple jurisdictions in medical device patent litigation.
Key clients
Contrack Watts, SBI Aruhi Corporation, Life Insurance Association of Japan
