- Awards
ALB Japan Law Awards 2011

At the Japan Law Awards 2011, sponsored by ALB (Asian Legal Business), held at the Ritz Carlton Tokyo on June 22, 2011, we received the following awards:
- Insolvency Law Firm of the Year
- Equity Market Deal of the Year - Dai-ichi Life Insurance Demutualisation and IPO (Masakazu Iwakura, Mitsuhiro Yasuda, Yasutaka Nishikori, Taku Ishizu, Naoko Shimura, Takahiko Date)
- M&A Deal of the Year - Morgan Stanley - MUFG Joint Venture (Masakazu Iwakura, Yuji Kobari, Hajime Ueno, Yuji Shiga)
- Real Estate Deal of the Year - ANA Hotels Debt Restructuring (Yasunari Sugiyama, Takuya Shimizu,Yuhki Asano)
- TMT Deal of the Year - Symantec - VeriSign Acquisition (Masakazu Iwakura, Naoko Shimura, Tomohiro Takagi)