2022.11.11 Lawyer Taketani joined Max Law Office. 2022.02.22 Lawyer Kondo has started series of articles about "Understanding a Marine Legal Term in 5 minutes". 2019.6.21 Lawyer Kondo had hard training on the M/V HOKUREN MARU. 2018.12.14 Kei Kondo joined Max Law Office. 2018.12.1 Max Law Office has been recommended as a TOP-TIER FIRM in 1 practice area of Shipping in JAPAN. 2017.12.4 Max Law Office has been recommended as a TOP-TIER FIRM in 1 practice area of Shipping in JAPAN 2016.3.4 Taka Matsui enjoyed being one of the chairmen in Ship Arrest Conference (Program) 2015.12.6 Max Law Office has been recommended as a TOP-TIER FIRM in 1 practice area of Shipping in JAPAN 2014.4.10 Taka Matsui enjoyed being one of panelists in The Asian Maritime Law & Arbitration Conference - Session 1 in Singapore. (Photo) 2013.10.1 Rie Akiba joined Max Law Office as a Partner. 2012.7.4 The speach of takayuki Matsui at IBA was introduced at TradeWinds. 2012.5.31 Taka Matsui enjoyed being one of panelists in International Maritime Law Conference of IBA in Copenhagen. (Pamphlet, Photo) 2011.5.19 Takayuki Matsui gave a speech on "Shipbuilding in Japan" at the 4th Asian Maritime Law Conference in Singapore. 2010.6.18 Takayuki Matsui is introduced in the seventh edition of the Guide to the World's Leading Shipping and Maritime Lawyers. 2010.4.16 Hosted the LMAA 50th Conference in Tokyo. 2010.1.3 Contributed an article for Sale of Ships (Sweet & Maxwell) regarding Nipponsale and its awards in TOMAC. 2009.12.10 Japanese translation of Admiralty & Maritime Law was published by Japan Shipping Exchange. Takayuki Matsui is co-translator of the book. 2008.10.1 New system of investigation by Japan Transport Safety Board has started. We represent some shipowners in respect of the casualty which is subject to the new investigation procedures. 2008.2.19 Takayuki Matsui made comments on the big collision between the Japanese navy ship and the fishing boat in the newspaper. 2007.2.23 TOMAC Salvage Form has introduced the SCOPIC clause. 2006.9.26 Personal Injury Expert joins the Matsui Team of Maritax Law Office. 2006.8.1 New Limitation Law comes into effect. » News Archive DISCLAIMER While all the efforts are made to ensure that the information contained in this homepage is current and accurate, Takayuki Matsui shall not be liable for any actions taken in reliance thereon. Similarly, Takayuki Matsui does not guarantee the reliability of the pages linked to this one. Time Charter Party, Third Edition (in Japanese) by Takayuki Matsui ISBN: 978-4-425-31303-7 Published by Seizando New Book Translation of Cockcroft and Lameijer “A Guide to the Collision Avoidance Rules 7ed”        by  Takayuki Matsui,            Shigeru Akachi, Hiroyuki ISBN: 978-4-425-29013-1-0 Published by Seizando Takayuki Matsui's Appearance on "News Real Time" (NTV) Comments made in a newspaper