2024

Lexology Index: Sports & Gaming 2024

Ian S. Scott
- Sports

ALB Asia 40 Under 40 2024

Hayato Kimura

Lexology Index Japan 2024

Hiroo Atsumi
- Banking
Setsuko Yufu
- Competition
Yutaka Sakai
- Banking, Transport Shipping
Ian S. Scott
- Sports & Entertainment
Chie Kasahara
- Data,Life Sciences
Emi Uchida
- Corporate Immigration
Tatsuo Yamashima
- Competition, Labour & Employment
Takafumi Ochiai
- Banking, Data
Saori Hanada
- Competition

The Silicon Review: 5 Best Law Firms to Watch 2024

Selected as one of the 5 Best Law Firms to Watch 2024

Lexology Index: Fintech & Blockchain 2024

Takafumi Ochiai
- Fintech – Thought Leader

ALB Asia M&A Rankings 2024

Tier 1 Japan Domestic Firm

Top Ranked Legal: Top Ranked Law Firms (Japan)

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

IFLR1000 2024

Japan
- Tier 2 Recommended Firm
  - Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
  - 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
  - Masayuki Matsuura（Highly regarded）
    - M&A
  - Takafumi Ochiai（Highly regarded）
    - Banking
  - Takasuke Mizukami（Highly regarded）
    - M&A
  - Kenichi Tanizaki（Highly regarded）
    - Banking
    - Project finance
  - Takeshi Takahashi（Highly regarded）
    - Project development
    - Project finance
- Women leader
  - Miho Niunoya
- Notable Practitioner
  - Akio Kawamura
    - Corporate and M&A
  - Fumiko Oikawa
    - Banking
  - Shuji Koyama
    - Real estate finance
    - Real estate acquisitions
  - Shintaro Hamasu
    - Banking
    - Project finance
  - Keita Imaizumi
    - Banking
  - Kazuya Sato
    - Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
  - Teruhisa Toyama
    - Project development
- Rising Star Partner
  - Akira Shimazaki
    - Banking
  - Mayumi Hongo
    - Project development
    - Project finance
- Rising Star
  - Youngseop Song
    - Corporate and M&A

ALB Asia's Top 15 Female Lawyers 2024

Setsuko Yufu

Asia Business Law Journal The A-List: Japan's Top 100 Lawyers 2024

Hiroo Atsumi
- Legal Icon
Setsuko Yufu
Yutaka Sakai
- Legal Icon
Miho Niunoya

Bloomberg 2023 Global Activism Advisory Rankings

Ranked 4th as legal advisor, activist side in the Asia Pacific region
Ranked 10th globally as legal advisor, activist side for deals where the engaged company has a market capitalization of more than US$1 billion

India Business Law Journal The A-List: India’s International Top Lawyers 2024

Ashish Jejurkar

The Best Lawyers in Germany 2025

Frank Becker
- Private Equity Law

Asian Legal Business (ALB) Japan Law Awards 2024

Individual Categories
- Kohei Murakawa
  - Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year
Firm Categories
- Japan Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year
- Maritime Law Firm of the Year

Asian Legal Business (ALB), IP Rankings 2024

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

Asian Legal Business (ALB)

Employer of Choice 2024

Lexology Client Choice Awards 2024

Ian S. Scott
- Sports & Entertainment

The Best Lawyers in Japan 2025

Best Lawyers
- Ryuko Inoue
  Administrative Law
- 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, Takeshi Takahashi
  Asset Finance Law
- Hiroo Atsumi, Bonnie L. Dixon, Yutaka Sakai, Akimoto Kawamura, Toyoki Emoto, Junko Ogushi, Hiroyuki Nezu, Yuri Suzuki, Fumiko Oikawa, Keita Imaizumi, Ryosuke Oue, Eiichiro Hata, Takafumi Ochiai, Tomohiro Kitada, Takaya Konishi, Akira Shimazaki, Shinji Yoshioka
  Banking and Finance Law
- Hiroo Atsumi
  Capital Markets Law
- Shuji Koyama
  Construction Law
- Bonnie L. Dixon, Akimoto Kawamura, Ian S. Scott, Takafumi Uematsu, Masayuki Matsuura, Tadashi Yuzawa
  Corporate and M&A Law
- Setsuko Yufu, Akimoto Kawamura, Emi Uchida, Go Fujimoto, Keita Imaizumi, Masayuki Matsuura, Takafumi Ochiai, Takasuke Mizukami, Hirofumi Hosoda, Kenichi Tanizaki, Ashish Jejurkar, Daisuke Suzuki, Miki Ono, Sachiko Sugawara, Fumiaki Matsuoka, Yusuke Miura, Akira Shimazaki, Osamu Fujiwara, Minako Otsuka
  Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice
- Hiroyuki Nezu, Shinichiro Shimizu, Daisuke Suzuki
  Criminal Defense
- Miho Niunoya, Takeshi Takahashi
  Energy Law
- Yuri Suzuki, Takafumi Ochiai
  FinTech Practice
- Chie Kasahara, Takafumi Ochiai
  Information Technology Law
- Hiroki Mori
  Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Junko Ogushi
  Insurance Law
- Kentaro Minato
  International Arbitration
- Bonnie L. Dixon, Go Fujimoto, Hiroyuki Sanbe, Feng Qin Chen, Wataru Kamihigashi, Tadashi Yuzawa
  International Business Transactions
- Akio Kawamura, Keita Imaizumi, Eiichiro Hata, Nobuhiko Shimose, Madoka Hashimoto, Hiroki Mori
  Investment and Investment Funds
- Emi Uchida, Makoto Nakano
  Labor and Employment Law
- Bonnie L. Dixon, Toyoki Emoto, Kentaro Minato
  Litigation
- Ian S. Scott, Chie Kasahara
  Media and Entertainment Law
- Eiichiro Hata, Yukihito Machida
  Private Equity, Private Funds and Venture Capital Law
- Hiroo Atsumi, Yutaka Sakai, Takeshi Takahashi, Miki Ono, Rie Kishida, Jun Oishi
  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, David Deyo Deck, Nozaki Ryuichi, Fumiko Soejima, Takeshi Takahashi, 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
Ones to Watch
- Kazuo Katayama
  Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Kazuo Katayama
  Tax Law

Chambers Global 2024

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

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2024

Japan
- Tier 1 Independent Local Firms
  - Investment funds
- Tier 2 Independent Local Firms
  - Antitrust and competition law
  - Banking and finance
  - Corporate and M&A
  - Fintech
  - Intellectual property
  - Projects and energy
  - Risk management and investigations
  - TMT
- Tier 3 Independent Local Firms
  - Capital markets
  - Dispute resolution
  - Labour and employment
  - Real estate and construction
  - 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
  - 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
  - Tomoko Watanabe
    - Projects and energy
  - Rie Kishida
    - Projects and energy
  - Akira Shimazaki
    - Banking and finance
  - Osamu Fujiwara
    - Fintech
- Rising star
  - Youngseop Song
    - Corporate and M&A

Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024

Japan
- Leading Firm
  - Banking & Finance: Domestic
  - Capital Markets: Domestic: Securitisation & Derivatives
  - Competition/Antitrust
  - Employment
  - 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
  - Harukuni Ito
    - Life Sciences

Chambers FinTech 2024

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

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Green Guide 2024

Recommended Firm

asialaw Leading Lawyers 2024

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
  - Banking and financial services
  - Capital markets
- Michiaki Hosoi
  - Banking and finance
  - Energy
- Saori Hanada
  - Competition/antitrust
- Tatsuo Yamashima
  - Competition/antitrust
Notable practitioner
- Takafumi Uematsu
  - Real estate

asialaw Profiles 2024

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

Notable
- Media and entertainment
- Intellectual property
- Pharmaceuticals and life sciences