2023

Japan Law Firm Awards 2023

• Aviation
• Energy & natural resources
• Infrastructure & project finance
• Technology, media & telecommunications

Corporate Legal & Tax Affairs and Lawyer Survey 2023 published by Nikkei Inc.

Go Fujimoto
- Ranked 18th overall in the China Practice category

Who’s Who Legal: Sports & Gaming 2023

Ian S. Scott
- Sports

Who's Who Legal Japan 2023

Hiroo Atsumi
- Banking
Setsuko Yufu
- Competition
Yutaka Sakai
- Banking, Transport Shipping
Ian S. Scott
- Sports & Entertainment
Tatsuo Yamashima
- Competition, Labour & Employment
Takafumi Ochiai
- Data
Saori Hanada
- Competition

Who's Who Legal: Fintech & Blockchain 2023

Takafumi Ochiai
- Fintech

Who's Who Legal: Competition 2023

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

Who's Who Legal: Labour, Employment & Benefits 2023

Tatsuo Yamashima
- Labour & Employment

IFLR1000 2023

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 Uematsu（Highly regarded）
    - Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
    - M&A
    - Project development
  - Takafumi Ochiai（Highly regarded）
    - Banking
  - Takeshi Takahashi（Highly regarded）
    - Project development
    - Project finance
  - Kenichi Tanizaki（Highly regarded）
    - Banking
    - Project finance
- Notable Practitioner
  - Akio Kawamura
    - Corporate and M&A
  - Fumiko Oikawa
    - Banking
  - Shuji Koyama
    - Real estate finance
    - Real estate acquisitions
  - Shintaro Hamasu
    - Banking
    - Project finance
  - Teruhisa Toyama
    - Project development
- Rising Star Partner
  - Akira Shimazaki
    - Banking
  - Mayumi Hongo
    - Project development
    - Project finance
- Rising Star
  - Youngseop Song
    - Corporate and M&A

Top Ranked Legal: Top Ranked Law Firms (Japan)

Top Ten Firms in Japan
- Ranked 5th
Banking & Finance
- Band 1
Capital Markets: Structured Finance
- Band 1
Fintech
- Band 1
Projects
- Band 1
TMT
- Band 1

Asia Business Law Journal The A-List: Japan's Top 100 Lawyers 2023

The Best Lawyers in Germany 2024

Frank Becker
- Private Equity Law

Asian Legal Business (ALB) Japan Law Awards 2023

Firm Categories
- ESG and Sustainability Law Firm of the Year

The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom 2024

Nozaki Ryuichi
- Capital Markets Law
- Information Technology Law

Asian Legal Business (ALB), IP Rankings 2023

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

FT Innovative Lawyers Asia-Pacific 2023

INNOVATION IN ADJACENT SERVICES

The Best Lawyers in Japan 2024

Lawyer of the Year
- Ryuko Inoue
  Administrative Law
- Miho Niunoya
  Construction Law
- Takafumi Ochiai
  Information Technology Law
Best Lawyers
- Setsuko Yufu, Tatsuo Yamashima, Kohei Murakawa, Saori Hanada, Kentaro Mano, Akira Shimazaki, 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, Akimoto Kawamura, Toyoki Emoto, Junko Ogushi, Hiroyuki Nezu, Yuri Suzuki, Michiaki Hosoi, Fumiko Oikawa, Keita Imaizumi, Ryosuke Oue, Takafumi Ochiai, Takaya Konishi, Akira Shimazaki, Shinji Yoshioka
  Banking and Finance Law
- Hiroo Atsumi, Nozaki Ryuichi
  Capital Markets Law
- Shuji Koyama
  Construction Law
- Bonnie L. Dixon, Akimoto Kawamura, Ian S. Scott, Takafumi Uematsu, Shintaro Hamasu, Masayuki Matsuura, Tadashi Yuzawa, Feng Qin Chen
  Corporate and M&A Law
- Setsuko Yufu, Akimoto Kawamura, Keita Imaizumi, Takafumi Ochiai, Takasuke Mizukami, Ashish Jejurkar, Miki Ono, Sachiko Sugawara, Masayuki Matsuura, Yusuke Miura, Hirofumi Hosoda, Akira Shimazaki, Osamu Fujiwara, Kenichi Tanizaki, Minako Otsuka
  Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice
- Hiroyuki Nezu, Shinichiro Shimizu, 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
  Information Technology Law
- Hiroki Mori
  Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Junko Ogushi, Kazutomo Ueyama
  Insurance Law
- Kentaro Minato
  International Arbitration
- Bonnie L. Dixon, Masaji Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Sanbe, Wataru Kamihigashi, Tadashi Yuzawa , Feng Qin Chen
  International Business Transactions
- Akio Kawamura, Hiroki Mori, Keita Imaizumi, Eiichiro Hata, Nobuhiko Shimose, Madoka Hashimoto, Yasuhiro Usui
  Investment and Investment Funds
- Emi Uchida, Makoto Nakano
  Labor and Employment Law
- Bonnie L. Dixon, Toyoki Emoto, Teruhisa Toyama, Hisashi Miyatsuka, Kentaro Minato
  Litigation
- Ian S. Scott
  Media and Entertainment Law
- Eiichiro Hata, Yukihito Machida
  Private Equity, Private Funds and Venture Capital Law
- Hiroo Atsumi, Yutaka Sakai, Takeshi Takahashi, Miki Ono, Jun Oishi, Rie Kishida
  Project Finance and Development Practice
- Hiroo Atsumi, Russell K. Kawahara, Miho Niunoya, Junko Ogushi, Shuji Koyama, Ryosuke Oue,Eiichiro Hata, Yasuhiro Usui, Jun Oishi, Hayato Kimura
  Real Estate Law
- Ian S. Scott
  Sports Law
- Hiroo Atsumi, Bonnie L. Dixon, Fumiko Soejima, Takeshi Takahashi, Takaya Konishi, Kazuya Sato
  Structured Finance Law
- Hisashi Miyatsuka, Teruhisa Toyama, Fumiaki Matsuoka, Shinichiro Shimizu, Takashi Tezuka
  Tax Law
- Takafumi Ochiai
  Technology Law
- Setsuko Yufu, Fumiko Oikawa
  Trade Law

Asian Legal Business (ALB), Asia Top Innovative Law Firms 2023

Top 15 Innovative Law Firms

Chambers Global 2023

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

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2023

Japan

Tier 1 Independent Local Firms
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A
- Fintech
- Investment funds
Tier 2 Independent Local Firms
- Antitrust and competition law
- Intellectual property
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- Risk management and investigations
- TMT
Tier 3 Independent Local Firms
- Capital markets
- Dispute resolution
- Labour and employmen
- Shipping
- Tax
Leading Individual
- Setsuko Yufu
  - Antitrust and competition (Hall of Fame)
- Akio Kawamura
  - Investment funds
- Russell K. Kawahara
  - Real estate and construction
- 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
- Yuri Suzuki
  - Banking and finance
  - Fintech
- Michiaki Hosoi
  - Projects and energy
- Fumiko Oikawa
  - Capital markets
- Takafumi Uematsu
  - Real estate and construction
- Tatsuo Yamashima
  - Antitrust and competition
- Takafumi Ochiai
  - Fintech
- Kohei Murakawa
  - Dispute resolution
Next generation partners
- Masayuki Matsuura
  - Antitrust and competition
- Kohei Murakawa
  - Risk management and investigations
- Akira Shimazaki
  - Banking and finance

Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023

Japan
- Leading Firm
  - Banking & Finance: Domestic
  - Capital Markets: Domestic: Securitisation & Derivatives
  - Competition/Antitrust
  - Employment
  - International Trade
  - Projects & Energy: Domestic
  - Real Estate
- Leading Individual
  - Hiroo Atsumi
    - Banking and Finance: Domestic (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

Chambers FinTech 2023

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

asialaw Leading Lawyers 2023

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 2023

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
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Aviation and shipping
- Insurance
- Technology and telecommunications

Other notable firms
- Media and entertainment
- Intellectual property