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Nishimura & Asahi expands its presence in asialaw Guides

Nishimura & Asahi features extensively in the 2022 editions of asialaw Profiles and asialaw Leading Lawyers, launched on September 17, 2021, which provide guides to the leading law firms and legal practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region.

Our firm received a total of 42 industry and practice area rankings across Japan and our Asian offices, and 21 attorneys are ranked as leading individuals in their jurisdictions.
 
The results of this qualitative survey are based on asialaw’s reviews of deal and case highlights from the previous 12 months, client feedback and peer feedback. asialaw Guides are published by Euromoney Institutional Investor plc, London, UK. 

A full outline of our rankings is below.

Japan
Industry sectors

Aviation and shipping - Other notable
Banking and financial services - Outstanding
Consumer goods and services - Outstanding
Energy - Outstanding
Infrastructure - Highly recommended
Insurance - Highly recommended
Media and entertainment - Recommended
Pharmaceuticals and life sciences - Highly recommended
Real estate - Outstanding
Technology and telecommunications - Highly recommended

Practice areas
Banking and finance - Outstanding
Capital markets - Outstanding
Competition/antitrust - Outstanding
Construction - Outstanding
Corporate and M&A - Outstanding
Dispute resolution - Outstanding
Intellectual property - Recommended
Investment funds - Highly recommended
Labour and employment - Highly recommended 
Private equity - Highly recommended
Regulatory - Outstanding
Restructuring & insolvency - Outstanding
Tax - Highly recommended

Indonesia (Walalangi & Partners)
Industry sectors and practice areas
Banking and finance - Recommended
Corporate and M&A - Recommended
Energy - Other notable
Industrials and manufacturing - Recommended
Real estate - Recommended
Technology and communications - Recommended

Myanmar
Industry sectors and practice areas
Banking and financial services - Other notable
General business law - Recommended
Infrastructure - Other notable

Taiwan
Practice area
Corporate and M&A - Other notable

Thailand (SCL Nishimura & Asahi Limited)
Industry sectors and practice areas
Corporate and M&A - Recommended
Dispute resolution - Recommended
Energy - Recommended
Intellectual property - Recommended
Real estate - Recommended
Tax - Other notable
Technology and telecommunications - Recommended

Vietnam

Industry sectors and practice areas
Corporate and M&A - Recognised
Industrials and manufacturing - Other notable
Real estate - Recommended

Leading lawyers      
Hiroyuki Tezuka Elite practitioner Dispute resolution Japan
Kozo Kawai Elite practitioner Competition/antitrust Japan
Asa Shinkawa Notable practitioner Corporate and M&A Japan
Yoshinobu Fujimoto Elite practitioner Corporate and M&A Japan
Kei Ito Distinguished practitioner Investment funds Japan
Yo Ota Distinguished practitioner Corporate and M&A/ Tax Japan
Yoshiaki Ikeda Notable practitioner Real estate Japan
Kenichi Minami Distinguished practitioner Restructuring and insolvency Japan
Akihiro Hironaka Distinguished practitioner Dispute resolution Japan
Hiroshi Niinomi Distinguished practitioner Real estate Japan
Tatsuya Tanigawa Distinguished practitioner Corporate and M&A Japan
Norio Maeda Notable practitioner Real estate Japan
Yuki Oi Notable practitioner Corporate and M&A Japan
Kohei Koikawa Distinguished practitioner Capital markets Japan
Chavalit Uttasart Distinguished practitioner Intellectual property Thailand
Yusuke Yukawa Notable practitioner Corporate and M&A Myanmar
Tomohiro Sato Distinguished practitioner Energy Japan
Lars Markert Notable practitioner Dispute resolution Japan
Phatthrawat Nakaranuruck Notable practitioner Intellectual property Thailand
Luky Walalangi Distinguished practitioner Banking and finance/ Corporate and M&A Indonesia
Masaru Ono Senior statesman Banking and finance/ Capital markets Japan