17.04.2025
Awards

The 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan

80 lawyers from Atsumi & Sakai were included in the 2026 Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan.
 
 
[Best Lawyers]
 
Administrative Law
 
Antitrust / Competition Law
Setsuko Yufu, Tatsuo Yamashima, Kentaro Mano, Akira Shimazaki, Saori Hanada, Youngseop Song​​​​​​
 
Arbitration and Mediation

Asset Finance Law
Hiroo Atsumi, Akio Kawamura, Bonnie L. Dixon, Yutaka Sakai

Banking and Finance Law
Hiroo Atsumi, Bonnie L. Dixon, Yutaka Sakai,  Akimoto Kawamura, Toyoki Emoto, Hiroyuki Nezu, ​​​​​​Yuri Suzuki, Fumiko Oikawa, Takaya Konishi, Shintaro Hamasu, Keita Imaizumi, Eiichiro Hata, Takafumi Ochiai, Akira Shimazaki, Tomohiro Kitada, Shinji Yoshioka

Capital Markets Law
Hiroo Atsumi

Construction Law
Shuji Koyama

Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Bonnie L. Dixon, Akimoto Kawamura, Ian S. Scott, Takafumi Uematsu, Shintaro Hamasu, Masayuki Matsuura, Christopher Marc Hodgens

Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice
Setsuko Yufu, Akimoto Kawamura, Emi Uchida, Go Fujimoto, Keita Imaizumi,  Masayuki Matsuura, Tatsuo Yamashima, Takafumi Ochiai, ​​​​​​Yusuke Miura, Takasuke Mizukami,  Hirofumi Hosoda, Akira Shimazaki, Kenichi Tanizaki, Masahito Fukuda, Ashish Jejurkar, Daisuke Suzuki, Shingo Isobe, Miki Ono, Sachiko Sugawara​​​, Osamu Fujiwara, Minako Otsuka

Criminal Defense
Hiroyuki Nezu, Shinichiro Shimizu, Daisuke Suzuki

Energy Law
Miho Niunoya
 
Financial Institution Regulatory Law

FinTech Practice
 
Information Technology Law

Insurance Law
 
International Arbitration
Kentaro Minato

International Business Transactions
Bonnie L. Dixon, Go Fujimoto, Hiroyuki Sanbe,​​​​​​​ Feng Qin Chen​​​​​, Wataru Kamihigashi​​​​​

Investment and Investment Funds
Akio Kawamura, Keita Imaizumi, ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Eiichiro Hata, ​​​​​​​Nobuhiko Shimose​​​​​​​, Madoka Hashimoto​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Labor and Employment Law
Emi Uchida, Makoto Nakano​​​​​​​

Litigation
Bonnie L. Dixon, Kazutomo Ueyama​​​​​​​, Toyoki Emoto​​​​​​​,​​​​​​​ Kazuhiro Tanaka, Kentaro Minato​​​​​​​, Chihiro Saito
 
Media and Entertainment Law
Ian S. Scott, Chie Kasahara​​​​​​
 
Private Equity, Private Funds and Venture Capital Law
Yukihito Machida, Eiichiro Hata, Christopher Marc Hodgens​

Project Finance and Development Practice
Hiroo Atsumi,​​​​​​​ Miki Ono, ​​​​​​​​​​​​Rie Kishida, Jun Oishi

Real Estate Law
Hiroo Atsumi, Russell K. Kawahara, Miho Niunoya, Shuji Koyama, ​​​​​​​Ryosuke Oue,​​​​​​​ Eiichiro Hata,​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Yasuhiro Usui, Jun Oishi, Hayato Kimura​​​​​​​
 
Sports Law
Ian S. Scott

Structured Finance Law
Hiroo Atsumi, Bonnie L. Dixon, David Deyo Deck,​​​​​​​ Nozaki Ryuichi, Michiaki Hosoi, Kazuya Sato, Fumiko Soejima, ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Akiko Hosokawa

Tax Law
 
Technology Law
 
Trade Law
 
 
[Ones to Watch]
 
Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
 
Tax Law
 

Financial Institution Regulatory Law

Kohji Hayakawa