Awards & Recognition

Ranked Firm

• Banking & Finance: Domestic
• Banking & Finance: International *Band 1
• Capital Markets: Domestic
• Competition/Antitrust
• Construction
• Corporate/M&A: Domestic
• Corporate/M&A: International
• Dispute Resolution: Domestic
• Employment: Domestic
• Intellectual Property: International
• International Trade
• Investment Funds
• Projects & Energy: Domestic
• Projects & Energy: International
• Real Estate: Domestic
• Real Estate: International
• Tax: Domestic *Band 1
• Tax: International *Band 1

Ranked lawyers

• Banking & Finance: Domestic

  Naoaki Eguchi, Shinichiro Kitamura

• Banking & Finance: International

  Gavin Raftery

• Capital Markets: Domestic

  Ken Takahashi, Seishi Ikeda

• Capital Markets: International

  Gavin Raftery

• Competition/Antitrust

  Fumio Koma, Akira Inoue, Junya Ae

• Corporate/M&A: Domestic

  Hiroshi Kondo, Jiro Toyokawa

• Corporate/M&A: International

  Hideo Norikoshi, Jiro Toyokawa, Jeremy White

• Dispute Resolution: Domestic

  Yoshiaki Muto

• Employment: Domestic

  Tomohisa Muranushi

• Intellectual Property: International

  Kensaku Takase

• International Trade

  Junko Suetomi

• Investment Funds

  Yusaku Ono

• Projects & Energy: Domestic

  Naoaki Eguchi

• Projects & Energy: International

  Anne Hung

• Real Estate: Domestic

  Seishi Ikeda

• Real Estate: International

  Alexander Jampel

• Tax: Domestic

  Ken Okawara

• Tax: International

  Edwin Whatley

Recommended Firm Category

• Antitrust and competition law *Tier1
• Banking and finance *Tier1
• Capital markets
• Construction
• Corporate / M&A *Tier 1
• Dispute resolution
• Intellectual property
• Labor and employment *Tier 1
• Projects and energy
• Real estate *Tier1
• Restructuring and insolvency *Tier 1
• Structured finance/securitisation
• TMT
• Tax *Tier1

Leading Lawyers

• Antitrust and competition law

  Michio Suzuki (Next Generation)

• Banking and finance

  Jeremy Pitts, Gavin Raftery, Naoaki Eguchi

• Capital markets

  Ken Takahashi

• Construction

  Ean Mac Pherson

• Corporate / M&A

  Hiroshi Kondo

• Dispute resolution

  Yoshiaki Muto

• Projects and energy

  Anne Hung, Samir Desai (Next Generation)

• Real estate

  Alexander Jampel, Maki Kawamura (Next Generation), Taijiro Suzuki (Next Generation)

• Structured finance/securitisation

  Gavin Raftery

• Tax

  Edwin Whatley, Shinichi Kobayashi

Leading Firm

• Banking – Local Firms
• Banking – Foreign Firms
• Capital Markets: Debt – Local Firms
• Capital Markets: Debt – Foreign Firms
• Capital Markets: Equity – Local Firms
• Capital Markets: Equity – Foreign Firms
• Capital Markets: Structured Finance and Securitization – Local Firms
• M&A – Local Firms
• M&A – Foreign Firms
• Project Finance – Foreign Firms

Ranked Lawyers

• Paul Davis
• Naoaki Eguchi
• Anne Hung
• Seishi Ikeda
• Hiroshi Kondo
• Ean Mac Pherson
• Hideo Norikoshi
• Gavin Raftery
• Ken Takahashi

ALB Japan Law Awards 2016

• Energy and Resources Deal of the Year

Chambers Asia Pacific 2016 (Chambers and Partners)

Legal 500 2016

IFLR1000 2016

ALB Japan Law Awards 2015

• Debt Market Deal of the Year
• M&A Deal of the Year
• Japan Deal of the Year

Chambers Asia Pacific 2015 (Chambers and Partners)

Legal 500 2015

IFLR1000 2015

World Tax 2015 (International Tax Review)

• *Tier 1