2022

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Green Guide 2022

Selected for the inaugural list

Who's Who Legal Japan 2022

Setsuko Yufu
- Competition
Yutaka Sakai
- Transport Shipping
Ian S. Scott
- Sports & Entertainment
Tatsuo Yamashima
- Competition
Takafumi Ochiai
- Data
Saori Hanada
- Competition

Expert Guide 2022

Setsuko Yufu
- Women in Business Law: Competition and Antitrust (Japan)
Miho Niunoya
- Women in Business Law: Project Finance (Japan)
Chie Kasahara
- Women in Business Law: Technology, Media and Telecommunications (Japan)
Emi Uchida
- Women in Business Law: Labour and Employment (Japan)

Asian Legal Business (ALB), Asia M&A Ranking 2022

Tier 2 Japan Domestic Firm

IFLR1000 32nd edition

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）
    - Project development
    - Banking
    - Project finance
    - Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
  - Miho Niunoya（Highly regarded）
    - Project development
    - Banking
    - Project finance
    - M&A
  - Ryuichi Nozaki（Highly regarded）
    - Banking
    - Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
  - Y uri Suzuki（Highly regarded）
    - Banking
  - Michiaki Hosoi（Highly regarded）
    - Project finance
  - Takafumi Ochiai（Highly regarded）
    - Banking
- Notable Practitioner
  - Akio Kawamura
    - Corporate and M&A
  - 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
  - Youngseop Song
    - Corporate and M&A

India Business Law Journal 2022

Regional Firms to Watch

The Best Lawyers in Germany 2023

Frank Becker
- Private Equity Law

ALB Asia's Top 15 Female Lawyers 2022

Yuri Suzuki

The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom 2023

Nozaki Ryuichi
- Information Technology Law

Asian Legal Business (ALB), IP Rankings 2022

Tier 1 Japan Domestic Firm
- Copyright/Trademarks
- Patents

The Best Lawyers in Japan 2023

Ryuko Inoue
Administrative Law
Setsuko Yufu, Tatsuo Yamashima, Saori Hanada, Kohei Murakawa, Kentaro Mano, Youngseop Song
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
Bonnie L. Dixon, Akimoto Kawamura, Ian S. Scott, Shintaro Hamasu, Takafumi Uematsu, Masayuki Matsuura, Tadashi Yuzawa, Feng Qin Chen
Corporate and M&A Law
Setsuko Yufu, Akimoto Kawamura, Takasuke Mizukami, Ashish Jejurkar, Miki Ono, Yusuke Miura, Rikiya Okuhara, Hirofumi Hosoda, Akira Shimazaki, Osamu Fujiwara, Kenichi Tanizaki, Minako Otsuka
Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice
Hiroyuki Nezu, Daisuke Suzuki
Criminal Defense
Miho Niunoya, Takeshi Takahashi
Energy Law
Akimoto Kawamura, Masaji Hashimoto
Financial Institution Regulatory Law
Yuri Suzuki, Takafumi Ochiai
FinTech Practice
Chie Kasahara, Takafumi Ochiai
Information Technology Law
Hiroki Mori
Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Kazutomo Ueyama
Insurance Law
Bonnie L. Dixon, Hiroyuki Sanbe, Tadashi Yuzawa, Feng Qin Chen
International Business Transactions
Akio Kawamura, Hiroki Mori, Keita Imaizumi, Yasuhiro Usui
Investment and Investment Funds
Emi Uchida
Labor and Employment Law
Bonnie L. Dixon, Toyoki Emoto, Teruhisa Toyama, Hisashi Miyatsuka
Litigation
Ian S. Scott
Media and Entertainment Law
Yukihito Machida
Private Equity, Private Funds and Venture Capital Law
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, Jun Oishi, Hayato Kimura
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
Takafumi Ochiai
Technology Law
Setsuko Yufu, Fumiko Oikawa
Trade Law

ALB Japan Cross-border M&A Rankings 2022

Top 10 firms in Japan for Cross-border M&A

IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2022

Women Leaders (Japan)
- Miho Niunoya

Chambers Global 2022

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

Who's Who Legal: Thought Leaders – Competition 2022

Thought Leaders
- Setsuko Yufu

ALB Japan D&I List 2022

Top 10 firms in Japan making strides in furthering Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) in Japan’s legal industry

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2022

Japan

Tier 1 Independent Local Firms
- Banking and finance
- Fintech
- Investment funds
Tier 2 Independent Local Firms
- Antitrust and competition law
- Corporate and M&A
- Intellectual property
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- Risk management and investigations
- Shipping
- TMT
Tier 3 Independent Local Firms
- Capital markets
- Dispute resolution
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
Leading Individual
- Setsuko Yufu
  - Antitrust and competition (Hall of Fame)
- Akio Kawamura
  - Investment funds
- 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
  - Intellectual property
  - TMT
- Ryuichi Nozaki
  - Investment funds
- 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
  - Fintech
- Norio Suzuki
  - Restructuring and insolvency
Next generation partners
- Ryosuke Oue
  - Banking and finance
- Takafumi Uematsu
  - Real estate and construction
- Masayuki Matsuura
  - Antitrust and competition
- Kohei Murakawa
  - Risk management and investigations

Chambers Asia-Pacific 2022

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 2022

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

asialaw Leading Lawyers 2022

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
  - Energy
- Miho Niunoya
  - Energy
- 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 2022

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

Recommended
- Corporate and M&A
- Private equity
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Technology and telecommunications
- Aviation and shipping
- Insurance

Other notable firms
- Intellectual property
- Media and entertainment

Global Competition Review (GCR) 100 2022

Japan
- Highly Recommended