Top rankings in Chambers Global 2021

The Chambers Global 2021 guide has been released and Nishimura & Asahi is ranked across more categories than any other Japanese law firm, with many of our attorneys in the Asia-Pacific region also ranked as “Leading Individuals”.

Our firm is commended for “being able to lead global mandates” and for the “breadth and depth of their expertise, a number of connections with foreign legal offices, and accuracy and quickness of their output.”

We have also been ranked as the strongest Japanese law firm for “global reach”, cementing our position as the country’s leading international law firm.

A full summary of our rankings is below.

Global Market Leaders
   Asset Finance
   Leading Individual: Katsu Sengoku

Asia-Pacific Region
   Arbitration (International)
   Leading Firm: Band 5

Aviation: Finance
   Leading Individual: Katsu Sengoku

Indonesia
   Corporate/M&A
   Leading Firm: Band 4
   Leading Individual: Luky Walalangi

Japan
   Banking & Finance: Domestic
   Leading Firm: Band 1
   Leading Individual: Takashi Saito

   Banking & Finance: Domestic Asset Finance
   Leading Individual: Katsu Sengoku

   Banking & Finance: International Asset Finance
   Leading Individual: Adrian Joyce

   Capital Markets: Domestic
   Leading Firm: Band 1
   Leading Individual: Kohei Koikawa
   Up and Coming: Kentaro Sugimoto

   Capital Markets: Domestic: Securitisation & Derivatives
   Leading Firm: Band 2
   Senior Statespeople: Masaru Ono
   Leading Individual: Naoya Ariyoshi

   Corporate/M&A: Domestic
   Leading Firm: Band 1
   Leading Individuals: Asa Shinkawa, Yoshinobu Fujimoto, Hiroshi Uchima, Yo Ota, Tatsuya Tanigawa, Ryutaro Nakayama
   Expertise based abroad in Vietnam: Hikaru Oguchi
   Up and Coming: Takahiko Date

   Dispute Resolution: Domestic
   Leading Firm: Band 1
   Leading Individuals: Hiroyuki Tezuka, Akihiro Hironaka
   Up and Coming: Yutaro Kawabata

   Dispute Resolution: International
   Leading Individual: Lars Markert

   Intellectual Property: Domestic
   Leading Firm: Band 3
   Leading Individual: Hitomi Iwase

   International & Cross-Border Capabilities (Japanese Firms)
   Leading Firm: Band 2

   International Trade
   Leading Firm: Band 1
   Leading Individuals: Kozo Kawai, Kojiro Fujii

   Projects & Energy: International
   Leading Individual: Adrian Joyce

   Myanmar
   General Business Law
   Leading Firm: Band 4
   Leading Individual: Yusuke Yukawa

   Vietnam
   Corporate/M&A
   Leading Firm: Band 4
   Leading Individual: Hikaru Oguchi
   Foreign expert for Japan: Hikaru Oguchi