2021

Asian Legal Business (ALB) Japan Law Awards 2021

Individual Categories
- Ian S. Scott
  - Foreign Lawyer of the Year

Who's Who Legal: Competition 2021

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

Who's Who Legal: Fintech & Blockchain 2021

Takafumi Ochiai
- Fintech

Who's Who Legal Japan 2021

Hiroo Atsumi
- Banking
Setsuko Yufu
- Competition
Yutaka Sakai
- Transport Shipping
Tatsuo Yamashima
- Competition
Saori Hanada
- Competition
Takafumi Ochiai
- Data

India Business Law Journal 2021

Regional Firms to Watch

Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) IP Stars – Japan

Chie Kasahara
- Patent star 2021
- Trade mark star 2021

The Best Lawyers in Germany 2022

Frank Becker
- Private Equity Law

The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom 2022

Nozaki Ryuichi
- Information Technology Law

Asian Legal Business (ALB), IP Rankings 2021

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

asialaw Client Service Excellence 2021

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

Chambers Global 2021

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

Global Competition Review (GCR) 100 2021

Japan
- Highly Recommended

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2021

Japan
- Tier 1 Independent Local Firms
  - Banking and finance
  - Fintech
  - Projects and energy
  - TMT
- Tier 2 Independent Local Firms
  - Antitrust and competition law
  - Corporate and M&A
  - Intellectual property
  - Investment funds
  - Real estate and construction
  - Restructuring and insolvency
  - Risk management and investigations
  - Shipping
- Tier 3 Independent Local Firms
  - Capital markets
  - Dispute resolution
  - Labour and employment
  - Tax
- Leading Individual
  - Setsuko Yufu
    - Antitrust and competition (Hall of Fame)
  - Russell K. Kawahara
    - Real estate and construction
  - Bonnie L. Dixon
    - Dispute resolution
  - Yutaka Sakai
    - Banking and finance
    - Shipping (Hall of Fame)
  - Miho Niunoya
    - Projects and energy (Hall of Fame)
    - Real estate and construction
  - Ian S. Scott
    - Intellectual property
  - Chie Kasahara
    - TMT
    - Intellectual property
  - Masataka Hayakawa
    - Risk management and investigations
  - Yuri Suzuki
    - Banking and finance
    - Fintech
  - Michiaki Hosoi
    - Projects and energy
  - Fumiko Oikawa
    - Capital markets
  - Tatsuo Yamashima
    - Antitrust and competition
  - Takafumi Ochiai
    - Banking and finance
    - Fintech
  - Norio Suzuki
    - Restructuring and insolvency
- Next Generation lawyers
  - Takafumi Uematsu
    - Real estate and construction
  - Ryosuke Oue
    - Banking and finance
  - Masayuki Matsuura
    - Antitrust and competition
  - Kohei Murakawa
    - Risk management and investigations

Chambers Asia-Pacific 2021

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
    - Construction (Spotlight Table)
    - Projects & Energy: Domestic
  - Tatsuo Yamashima
    - Competition/Antitrust
  - Takafumi Uematsu
    - Real Estate（Up and Coming）

Chambers FinTech 2021

Japan - Legal
- Leading Firm
- Leading Individual
  - Yuri Suzuki
  - Takafumi Ochai

Who's Who Legal: Thought Leaders – Competition 2021

Thought Leaders
- Setsuko Yufu

IFLR 1000 Financial and Corporate 2021

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 finance
    - Real estate acquisitions
  - Shintaro Hamasu
    - Banking
    - Project finance
  - Teruhisa Toyama
    - Project development
- Rising Star
  - Takafumi Uematsu
    - Project development
    - M&A

asialaw Leading Lawyers

Senior statesman
- Hiroo Atsumi
  - Banking and finance
  - Capital markets
Distinguished practitioner
- Setsuko Yufu
  - Competition/antitrust
- Russell K. Kawahara
  - Real estate
- Yutaka Sakai
  - Banking and finance
- 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
- Takafumi Uematsu
  - Real estate

asialaw Profiles 2021

Outstanding
- Construction
- Energy
- Infrastructure
Highly Recommended
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets
- Competition/antitrust
- Dispute Resolution
- Investment funds
- Labour and employment
- Regulatory
- Banking and financial services
- Real Estate
- Technology and telecommunications
Recommended
- Corporate and M&A
- Private equity
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Aviation and shipping
- Insurance
Other notable firms
- Intellectual property
- Media and entertainment
Notable Practitioner
- Shuji Koyama
  - Real estate finance
  - Real estate acquisitions

The Best Lawyers in Japan 2022

Lawyer of the Year
- Miho Niunoya
  Energy Law
- Chie Kasahara
  Information Technology Law
Best Lawyers
- Ryuko Inoue
  Administrative Law
- 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, Masayoshi Takashina
  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, Takasuke Mizukami, Ashish Jejurkar, Miki Ono, 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
- Takeshi Takahashi
  Energy Law
- Akimoto Kawamura, Masaji Hashimoto
  Financial Institution Regulatory Law
- Yuri Suzuki, Takafumi Ochiai
  FinTech Practice
- 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
- Hiroo Atsumi, Yutaka Sakai, Takeshi Takahashi, Miki Ono, Naoki Kanehisa, Jun Oishi, Rie Kishida
  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, Makoto Fujii, Naoki Kanehisa, Kazuya Sato
  Structured Finance Law
- Hisashi Miyatsuka, Fumiaki Matsuoka, Shinichiro Shimizu
  Tax Law
- Setsuko Yufu, Fumiko Oikawa
  Trade Law