The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Ranking 2026 Edition

Atsumi & Sakai has received high evaluation in Banking and finance, Corporate and M&A, Intellectual property、Investment Funds, Projects and energy, Risk management and investigations and Sport.

Also, 4 lawyers are named as “Hall of Fame”, 18 lawyers are named as “Leading partners”, and 6 lawyers are named as “Next Generation Partners” in each of the practice areas.

【Hall of Fame & Leading partners】

Setsuko Yufu, Partner
- Antitrust and competition (Hall of Fame)

Akio Kawamura, Partner
- Investment funds (Leading partners)

Russell K. Kawahara, Partner
- Real estate and construction (Leading partners)

Yutaka Sakai, Partner
- Banking and finance (Leading partners)
- Shipping (Hall of Fame)

Miho Niunoya, Partner
- Projects and energy (Hall of Fame)

Ian S. Scott, Partner

- Sport (Hall of Fame)

Chie Kasahara, Partner

- Intellectual property (Leading partners)
- TMT (Leading partners)

Emi Uchida, Partner

- Labour and employment (Leading partners)