Nishimura & Asahi Double Winner at the Asia Legal Awards 2020

Leading Japanese law firm Nishimura & Asahi was twice named a winner in the Asia Legal Awards 2020, held virtually on September 8, 2020.

Nishimura & Asahi was recognized for:

M&A Deal of the Year: North Asia
 - Merger of Yahoo Japan and Line Corp.
　Jiro Abe, Yoshiyuki Asaoka, Mitsutoshi Sugihara, Junya Kokaji

M&A Deal of the Year: South & Southeast Asia
 - PT Medco Energi Internasional’s Acquisition of Ophir Energy
　Jirapong Sriwat, Apinya Sarntikasem

Our firm was also shortlisted for the following awards:

M&A Firm of the Year (Large deal USD500M or above)

Private Equity Deal of the Year
 - T&D Holdings, The Carlyle Group’s Investment in Fortitude Group

The Asia Legal Awards are hosted by The Asian Lawyer, in association with The American Lawyer, China Law & Practice and Legal Week (UK), and celebrate the legal industry’s most important transactions across Asia for the year.