- Awards
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2020
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Leading Japanese law firm Nishimura & Asahi collected high honors spanning a wide variety of practices in Japan in the recently-published 2020 edition of Chambers Asia-Pacific. Each ranking in the guide is accompanied by an analysis, derived from Chambers and Partners’ direct interviews with clients, highlighting specific areas of strength for each respective practice and individual lawyer.
In addition to the numerous rankings earned by our firm’s Japan practice, Nishimura & Asahi received recognition in a number of other key jurisdictions, including Corporate/M&A and Real Estate rankings in Vietnam, General Business Law in Myanmar, and Corporate/M&A in Indonesia for Walalangi & Partners (in association with Nishimura & Asahi). Moreover, many lawyers were individually recognised for their outstanding work.
Asia-Pacific Region
Aviation
Leading Individual: Katsu Sengoku
Indonesia
Corporate/M&A
Leading Firm: Band 4
Leading Individual: Luky Walalangi
Japan
Banking & Finance
Leading Firm: Band 1
Up and Coming: Takashi Saito
Banking & Finance: Asset Finance
Leading Individual: Katsu Sengoku
Capital Markets
Leading Firm: Band 1
Leading Individual: Kohei Koikawa
Up and Coming: Kentaro Sugimoto
Capital Markets: Securitisation & Derivatives
Leading Firm: Band 2
Senior Statespeople: Masaru Ono
Leading Individual: Naoya Ariyoshi
Competition/Antitrust
Leading Firm: Band 1
Leading Individual: Kozo Kawai, Madoka Shimada
Corporate/M&A
Leading Firm: Band 1
Leading Individual: Asa Shinkawa, Yoshinobu Fujimoto, Hiroshi Uchima, Yo Ota, Tatsuya Tanigawa, Ryutaro Nakayama
Up and Coming: Naoko Shimura, Takahiko Date
Dispute Resolution
Leading Firm: Band 1
Leading Individual: Hiroyuki Tezuka, Akihiro Hironaka
Employment
Leading Firm: Band 2
Insurance
Leading Firm: Band 1
Senior Statespeople: Shinichi Takahashi
Intellectual Property
Leading Firm: Band 4
Leading Individual: Hitomi Iwase
International Trade
Leading Firm: Band 1
Investment Funds
Leading Firm: Band 2
Leading Individual: Kei Ito
Life Sciences
Leading Firm: Band 3
Recognised Practitioner: Mariko Mimura
Projects & Energy
Leading Firm: Band 1
Eminent Practitioners: Nagahide Sato
Leading Individual: Tomohiro Sato
Real Estate
Leading Firm: Band 1
Leading Individual: Yoshiaki Ikeda, Hiroshi Niinomi, Norio Maeda
Restructuring/Insolvency
Leading Firm: Band 1
Senior Statespeople: Hideki Matsushima
Leading Individual: Kenichi Minami, Shinnosuke Fukuoka
Tax
Leading Firm: Band 2
Leading Individual: Yo Ota
Recognised Practitioner: Akihiro Hironaka
Osaka
General Business Law
Leading Firm: Band 3
Vietnam
Corporate/M&A
Leading Firm: Band 4
Recognised Practitioner: Hikaru Oguchi
Real Estate
Leading Firm: Recognised Practitioner
Myanmar
General Business Law
Leading Firm: Band 4
Recognised Practitioner: Yusuke Yukawa
About Chambers Asia-Pacific: Chambers Asia-Pacific is an annual guide to the Asia-Pacific legal market, and is compiled by the leading global legal publisher, Chambers and Partners. Covering 36 jurisdictions, and surveying 30 separate practice areas of law, this year’s edition ranked law firms and legal practitioners based on in-depth interviews with key clients and lawyers in the market, assessments of recent works, independent research, and data analysis. Please visit the website of Chambers & Partners for more information.