2020

Expert Guides 2020

Japan
- Setsuko Yufu
  - Competition and Antitrust
  - Women in Business Law
- Chie Kasahara
  - Women in Business Law
- Emi Uchida
  - Women in Business Law

Asian Legal Business (ALB) Japan Law Awards 2020

Firm Categories
- Overseas Practice Law Firm of the Year
- Regulatory and Compliance Law Firm of the Year

Who's Who Legal Japan 2020

Hiroo Atsumi
- Banking
Setsuko Yufu
- Competition
Saori Hanada
- Competition
Tatsuo Yamashima
- Competition
Chie Kasahara
- Life Sciences
Takafumi Ochiai
- Data

asialaw Awards 2020, Client Service Excellence Awards

Firm of the Year: Japan
Lawyer of the Year: Japan
- Setsuko Yufu

Who's Who Legal: Competition 2020

Setsuko Yufu
- Competition
Saori Hanada
- Competition
Tatsuo Yamashima
- Competition (Future Leaders)

The Best Lawyers in Germany 2020

Frank Becker
- Private Equity Law

asialaw Client Service Excellence 2020

Law firm report
- Best Overall Firm
Lawyer report
- Setsuko Yufu
  - Competition/antitrust

Global Competition Review (GCR) 100 2020

Japan
- Highly Recommended

Asian Legal Business (ALB), IP Rankings 2020

Tier 1 Japan Domestic Firm
- Copyright/Trademarks
Tier 2 Japan Domestic Firm
- Patents

Chambers Global 2020

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

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2020

Japan
- Tier 1 Independent Local Firms
  - Banking and finance
  - Projects and energy
  - TMT
- Tier 2 Independent Local Firms
  - Antitrust and competition law
  - Capital markets
  - Corporate and M&A
  - Dispute resolution
  - Investment funds
  - Labour and employment
  - Real estate and construction
  - Restructuring and insolvency
  - Risk management and investigations
  - Shipping
  - Tax
- Tier 3 Independent Local Firms
  - Intellectual property
- Leading Individual
  - 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
    - Intellectual property
  - Masataka Hayakawa
    - Risk management and investigations
  - Yuri Suzuki
    - Banking and finance
  - Michiaki Hosoi
    - Projects and energy
  - Takafumi Ochiai
    - Banking and finance
- Next Generation lawyers
  - Fumiko Oikawa
    - Banking and finance
  - Takafumi Uematsu
    - Real estate and construction
  - Ryosuke Oue
    - Banking and finance
  - Masayuki Matsuura
    - Antitrust and competition
  - Kohei Murakawa
    - Risk management and investigations

Chambers FinTech 2020

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

Chambers Asia-Pacific 2020

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

IFLR 1000 Financial and Corporate 2020

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）
    - Banking
    - Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
    - Project development
    - Project finance
  - Miho Niunoya（Highly regarded）
    - Banking
    - M&A
    - Project development
    - Project finance
  - 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

asialaw Leading Lawyers

Senior statesman
- Hiroo Atsumi
  - Banking and finance
  - Capital markets
Elite practitioner
- Yutaka Sakai
  - Banking and finance
Distinguished practitioner
- Setsuko Yufu
  - Competition/antitrust
- Russell K. Kawahara
  - Real estate
- Miho Niunoya
  - Construction
- Yuri Suzuki
  - Banking and finance
  - Capital markets
- Michiaki Hosoi
  - Banking and finance
- Saori Hanada
  - Competition/antitrust
- Tatsuo Yamashima
  - Competition/antitrust
Notable practitioner
- Kohei Murakawa
  - Competition/antitrust

asialaw Profiles 2020

Outstanding
- Competition/antitrust
- Construction
- Labour and employment
- Energy
- Infrastructure

Highly Recommended
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets
- Dispute Resolution
- Investment funds
- Regulatory
- Banking and financial services
- Real Estate
- Technology and telecommunications

Recommended
- Corporate and M&A
- Private equity
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Aviation and shipping
- Insurance
- Media and entertainment

Other notable firms
- Intellectual property

The Best Lawyers in Japan 2021

Setsuko Yufu, Saori Hanada, Tatsuo Yamashima, Kohei Murakawa, Kentaro Mano
Antitrust / Competition Law
Hiroo Atsumi,Akio Kawamura, 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, Michiaki Hosoi, Keita Imaizumi, Ryosuke Oue, Takafumi Ochiai
Banking and Finance Law
Hiroo Atsumi, Nozaki Ryuichi
Capital Markets Law
Miho Niunoya
Construction Law
Akimoto Kawamura, Ian S. Scott, Takafumi Uematsu, Shintaro Hamasu, Masayuki Matsuura, Feng Qin Chen
Corporate and M&A Law
Setsuko Yufu, Ashish Jejurkar, Yusuke Miura, Rikiya Okuhara, Hirofumi Hosoda, Osamu Fujiwara, Kenichi Tanizaki, Minako Otsuka, Akira Shimazaki
Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice
Hiroyuki Nezu, Masataka Hayakawa, Daisuke Suzuki
Criminal Defense
Miho Niunoya, Takeshi Takahashi
Energy Law
Akimoto Kawamura, Masaji Hashimoto
Financial Institution Regulatory Law
Chie Kasahara
Information Technology Law
Hiroki Mori, Norio Suzuki
Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Kazutomo Ueyama
Insurance Law
Hiroyuki Sanbe, Tadashi Yuzawa
International Business Transactions
Yasuhiro Usui
Investment and Investment Funds
Emi Uchida
Labor and Employment Law
Hisashi Miyatsuka, Teruhisa Toyama
Litigation
Yutaka Sakai, Tatsuo Tezuka, Takeshi Takahashi, Miki Ono, Jun Oishi
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, Bonnie L. Dixon, Fumiko Soejima, Takeshi Takahashi, Takaya Konishi, Naoki Kanehisa, Kazuya Sato
Structured Finance Law
Hisashi Miyatsuka, Fumiaki Matsuoka, Shinichiro Shimizu
Tax Law
Setsuko Yufu, Fumiko Oikawa
Trade Law