16.04.2026
Awards

The 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan

84 lawyers from Atsumi & Sakai were included in the 2027 Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan.
 
 
[Best Lawyers]
 
Administrative Law
 
Antitrust / Competition Law
Setsuko Yufu, Tatsuo Yamashima, Junya Ae, Kentaro Mano, Saori Hanada, Youngseop Song, ​​​​​​Hirofumi Yamanashi
 
Arbitration and Mediation

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

Banking and Finance Law
Hiroo Atsumi, 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, Sayaka Aizawa, 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, Takeo Nishiyoshi, Akimoto Kawamura, Miho Niunoya, Emi Uchida, Fumiko Oikawa, 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, Chie Shinsha, Minako Otsuka, Hirofumi Kaji

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, Feng Qin Chen​​​​​, Akiko Hosokawa, Hiroyuki Sanbe, Wataru Kamihigashi​​​​​

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

Labor and Employment Law
Emi Uchida, Makoto Nakano​​​​​​​
 
Life Sciences Practice
Iku Sasaki

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

Project Finance and Development Practice
Hiroo Atsumi,​​​​​​​ 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, ​​​​​​​Nozaki Ryuichi, Michiaki Hosoi, Kazuya Sato, Fumiko Soejima, ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Akiko Hosokawa, David Deyo Deck
 
Tax Accounting Law
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Tax Law
 
Technology Law
 
Telecommunications Law
 
Trade Law
 
 
[Ones to Watch]
 
Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
 
Tax Law