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Asian Legal Business (ALB) Japan Law Awards 2021
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Ian S. Scott
Foreign Lawyer of the Year
Who's Who Legal: Competition 2021
Setsuko Yufu
Competition
Saori Hanada
Competition
Tatsuo Yamashima
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Who's Who Legal: Fintech & Blockchain 2021
Takafumi Ochiai
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Who's Who Legal Japan 2021
Hiroo Atsumi
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Setsuko Yufu
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Yutaka Sakai
Transport Shipping
Tatsuo Yamashima
Competition
Saori Hanada
Competition
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India Business Law Journal 2021
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Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) IP Stars – Japan
Chie Kasahara
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The Best Lawyers in Germany 2022
Frank Becker
Private Equity Law
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Nozaki Ryuichi
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Asian Legal Business (ALB), IP Rankings 2021
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Chambers Global 2021
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Hiroo Atsumi
Banking and Finance: Domestic (Senior Statespeople)
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Yutaka Sakai
Banking & Finance: Domestic
Global Competition Review (GCR) 100 2021
Japan
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The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2021
Japan
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Setsuko Yufu
Antitrust and competition (Hall of Fame)
Russell K. Kawahara
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Bonnie L. Dixon
Dispute resolution
Yutaka Sakai
Banking and finance
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Miho Niunoya
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Ian S. Scott
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Chie Kasahara
TMT
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Masataka Hayakawa
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Yuri Suzuki
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Michiaki Hosoi
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Fumiko Oikawa
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Tatsuo Yamashima
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Takafumi Ochiai
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Norio Suzuki
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Takafumi Uematsu
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Ryosuke Oue
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Masayuki Matsuura
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Kohei Murakawa
Risk management and investigations
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2021
Japan
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Setsuko Yufu
Competition/Antitrust
Russell K. Kawahara
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Yutaka Sakai
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Miho Niunoya
Construction (Spotlight Table)
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Tatsuo Yamashima
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Takafumi Uematsu
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Chambers FinTech 2021
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Yuri Suzuki
Takafumi Ochai
Who's Who Legal: Thought Leaders – Competition 2021
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Setsuko Yufu
IFLR 1000 Financial and Corporate 2021
Japan
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Miho Niunoya(Highly regarded)
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uri Suzuki(Highly regarded)
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The Best Lawyers in Japan 2022
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Administrative Law
Setsuko Yufu
,
Saori Hanada
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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
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Junko Ogushi
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Hiroyuki Nezu
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Yuri Suzuki
,
Michiaki Hosoi
,
Keita Imaizumi
,
Ryosuke Oue
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Takafumi Ochiai
Banking and Finance Law
Hiroo Atsumi
,
Nozaki Ryuichi
Capital Markets Law
Miho Niunoya
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Akimoto Kawamura
,
Ian S. Scott
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Takafumi Uematsu
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Shintaro Hamasu
,
Masayuki Matsuura
,
Feng Qin Chen
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Takasuke Mizukami
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Ashish Jejurkar
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Miki Ono
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Yusuke Miura
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Rikiya Okuhara
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Hirofumi Hosoda
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Osamu Fujiwara
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Kenichi Tanizaki
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Minako Otsuka
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Akira Shimazaki
Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice
Hiroyuki Nezu
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Masataka Hayakawa
,
Daisuke Suzuki
Criminal Defense
Takeshi Takahashi
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Akimoto Kawamura
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Masaji Hashimoto
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Takafumi Ochiai
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Hiroki Mori
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Norio Suzuki
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Kazutomo Ueyama
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Hiroyuki Sanbe
,
Tadashi Yuzawa
International Business Transactions
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Emi Uchida
Labor and Employment Law
Hisashi Miyatsuka
,
Teruhisa Toyama
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Hiroo Atsumi
,
Yutaka Sakai
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Takeshi Takahashi
,
Miki Ono
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Naoki Kanehisa
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Jun Oishi
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Rie Kishida
Project Finance and Development Practice
Hiroo Atsumi
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Russell K. Kawahara
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Miho Niunoya
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Shuji Koyama
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Eiichiro Hata
Real Estate Law
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Bonnie L. Dixon
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Fumiko Soejima
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Takeshi Takahashi
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Takaya Konishi
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Naoki Kanehisa
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Kazuya Sato
Structured Finance Law
Hisashi Miyatsuka
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Fumiaki Matsuoka
,
Shinichiro Shimizu
Tax Law
Setsuko Yufu
,
Fumiko Oikawa
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