2019

Who's Who Legal Japan 2019

Japan
- Hiroo Atsumi
  - Banking
  - Structured Finance and Securitisation
- Setsuko Yufu
  - Competition and Antitrust
  - Women in Business Law
- Miho Niunoya
  - Project Finance
- Chie Kasahara
  - Women in Business Law
- Emi Uchida
  - Women in Business Law

Japan
- Leading Firm
  - Banking & Finance: Domestic
  - Capital Markets: Domestic: Securitisation & Derivatives
  - International & Cross-Border Capabilities (Spotlight Table)
- Leading Individual
  - Hiroo Atsumi
    - Banking and Finance: Domestic (Senior Statespeople)
    - Capital Markets: Domestic: Securitisation & Derivatives (Senior Statespeople)
  - Yutaka Sakai
    - Banking & Finance: Domestic

Japan
- Tier 1 Independent Local Firms
  - Antitrust and Competition
  - TMT
- Tier 2 Independent Local Firms
  - Banking and Finance
  - Capital Markets
  - Corporate and M&A
  - Dispute Resolution
  - Investment Funds
  - Labour and Employment
  - Projects and Energy
  - Risk Management and Investigations
  - Shipping
- Tier 3 Independent Local Firms
  - Intellectual Property
  - Tax
- Leading Individuals
  - Setsuko Yufu
    - Antitrust and Competition
  - Russell K. Kawahara
    - Real Estate and Construction
  - Bonnie L. Dixon
    - Dispute Resolution
  - Yutaka Sakai
    - Shipping
  - Miho Niunoya
    - Projects and Energy
    - Real Estate and Construction
  - Chie Kasahara
    - TMT
  - Masataka Hayakawa
    - Risk Management and Investigations
  - Yuri Suzuki
    - Banking and Finance
  - Michiaki Hosoi
    - Projects and Energy
  - Takafumi Ochiai
    - Banking and Finance
- Next Generation Lawyers
  - Masayuki Matsuura
    - Antitrust and Competition
  - Kohei Murakawa
    - Risk Management and Investigations

Japan
- Leading Firm
  - Banking & Finance: Domestic
  - Capital Markets: Domestic: Securitisation & Derivatives
  - Competition/Antitrust
  - Employment
  - Insurance
  - Projects & Energy: Domestic
  - Real Estate
- Leading Individual
  - Hiroo Atsumi
    - Banking and Finance: Domestic (Senior Statespeople)
    - Capital Markets: Domestic: Securitisation & Derivatives (Senior Statespeople)
  - Setsuko Yufu
    - Competition/Antitrust
  - Russell K. Kawahara
    - Real Estate: Registered Foreign Lawyers
  - Yutaka Sakai
    - Banking & Finance: Domestic
    - Projects & Energy: Domestic
  - Miho Niunoya
    - Projects & Energy: Domestic
  - Saori Hanada
    - Competition/Antitrust (Up and Coming)
  - Tatsuo Yamashima
    - Competition/Antitrust

Japan - Legal
- Band 1 Leading Firm
- Leading Individual
  - Yuri Suzuki
  - Takafumi Ochiai

Japan
- Tier 1 Recommended Firm
  - Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
- Tier 2 Recommended Firm
  - Banking
  - Project finance
  - Project development
- Tier 3 Recommended Firm
  - Capital markets : Equity
  - Capital markets : Debt
  - M&A
- Leading Lawyer
  - Hiroo Atsumi（Market leader）
    - Banking
    - Capital Markets: Structured finance and securitisation
  - Yutaka Sakai（Highly regarded）
    - Energy and infrastructure
    - Project development
    - Banking
    - Project finance
    - Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
  - Miho Niunoya（Highly regarded）
    - Energy and infrastructure
    - Project development
    - Banking
    - Project finance
    - M&A
  - Ryuichi Nozaki（Highly regarded）
    - Banking
    - Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
  - Y uri Suzuki（Highly regarded）
    - Banking
  - Takafumi Ochiai（Highly regarded）
    - Banking
- Notable Practitioner
  - Shuji Koyama
    - Real estate acquisitions
    - Real estate finance
  - Shintaro Hamasu
    - Banking
    - Project finance
  - Teruhisa Toyama
    - Project development

Japan
- Outstanding
  - Competition & Antitrust
  - Construction
  - Energy
  - Infrastructure
  - Labour & Employment
- Highly Recommended
  - Banking & Finance
  - Capital Markets
  - Dispute Resolution
  - Investment Funds
  - Real Estate
  - Regulatory
  - Technology and telecommunications
- Recommended
  - Aviation and shipping
  - Corporate and M&A
  - Insurance
  - Private equity
  - Restructuring and insolvency
  - Tax

Setsuko Yufu, Saori Hanada, Tatsuo Yamashima
Antitrust / Competition Law
Hiroo Atsumi, Bonnie L. Dixon, Yutaka Sakai, David Deyo Deck, Takeshi Takahashi
Asset Finance Law
Hiroo Atsumi, Bonnie L. Dixon, Yutaka Sakai, Toyoki Emoto, Junko Ogushi, Hiroyuki Nezu, Yuri Suzuki, Keita Imaizumi, Takafumi Ochiai
Banking and Finance Law
Hiroo Atsumi, Nozaki Ryuichi
Capital Markets Law
Miho Niunoya
Construction Law
Ian S. Scott, Akimoto Kawamura
Corporate and M&A Law
Setsuko Yufu
Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice
Hiroyuki Nezu, Masataka Hayakawa
Criminal Defense
Miho Niunoya, Takeshi Takahashi
Energy Law
Akimoto Kawamura, Masaji Hashimoto
Financial Institution Regulatory Law
Chie Kasahara
Information Technology Law
Hiroki Mori
Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Hiroyuki Sanbe, Tadashi Yuzawa
International Business Transactions
Emi Uchida
Labor and Employment Law
Teruhisa Toyama, Hisashi Miyatsuka
Litigation
Yutaka Sakai, Takeshi Takahashi, Miki Ono
Project Finance and Development Practice
Hiroo Atsumi, Russell K. Kawahara, Miho Niunoya, Shuji Koyama, Eiichiro Hata
Real Estate Law
Ian S. Scott
Sports Law
Hiroo Atsumi, Hiroshi Maeda, Bonnie L. Dixon, Takeshi Takahashi
Structured Finance Law
Setsuko Yufu, Fumiko Oikawa
Trade Law