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“Top Tier” firm in Japan: The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2019

Nishimura & Asahi has been selected as a “Top Tier” firm in Japan for the practice areas listed below and individual lawyers have been selected as “Leading Individuals” and as a “Next generation lawyer” by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2019 guide, published by LegalEase Ltd., London, UK.
For the Legal 500 Series, now in its 30th year, more than 300,000 corporate counsel are surveyed and interviewed globally each year. The Legal 500 is an independent guide to the legal profession which caters to the needs of corporate counsel by focusing on the strength in depth of law firms’ teams (practice and associates).
Antitrust and Competition
Leading Firm : Tier 1
Leading Individual : Kozo Kawai
Banking and Finance
Leading Firm : Tier 1
Capital Markets
Leading Firm : Tier 1
Corporate and M&A
Leading Firm : Tier 1
Leading Individual : Koichi Kusano Masaki Hosaka Katsuyuki Yamaguchi
Dispute Resolution
Leading Firm : Tier 1
Leading Individual : Hiroyuki Tezuka
Labour and Employment
Leading Firm : Tier 1
Leading Individual : Michihiro Mori
Next generation lawyer : Yuri Sugano
Projects and Energy
Leading Firm : Tier 1
Restructuring and Insolvency
Leading Individual : Kenichi Minami
Tax
Leading Individual : Kazuhiro Takei Yo Ota
Please visit the website of Legal 500 for more information.