Chambers Asia-Pacific 2022: Top rankings for Nishimura & Asahi

Leading Japanese law firm Nishimura & Asahi achieved the largest number of firm rankings for any law firm in Japan, and the largest number for any Japanese firm across the Asia-Pacific region, in the recently-published 2022 edition of Chambers Asia-Pacific. Each ranking in the guide is accompanied by an analysis, derived from Chambers and Partners’ direct interviews with clients, highlighting specific areas of strength for each respective practice and individual lawyer.

In addition to the numerous rankings earned by our firm’s Japan practice, Nishimura & Asahi received recognition in a number of other key jurisdictions, including Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Indonesia for Walalangi & Partners (in association with Nishimura & Asahi). Moreover, many lawyers were individually recognized for their outstanding work.

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

Aviation: Finance*
Leading Individual: Katsu Sengoku

Gaming & Gambling*
Leading Individual: Tomohiro Takagi

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

Banking & Finance: Asset Finance*
Leading Individual: Katsu Sengoku, Kosuke Shibukawa, Adrian Joyce

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

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

Competition/Antitrust
Leading Firm: Band 1
Leading Individual: Kozo Kawai, Madoka Shimada

Construction*
Spotlight Table

Corporate/M&A
Leading Firm: Band 1
Leading Individual: Asa Shinkawa, Yoshinobu Fujimoto, Hiroshi Uchima, Yo Ota, Tatsuya Tanigawa, Ryutaro Nakayama
Up and Coming: Takahiko Date

Crisis Management 
Spotlight Table: Hiroshi Kimeda, Kaku Hirao 

Dispute Resolution
Leading Firm (Domestic): Band 1
Leading Firm (International)*: Band 3
Leading Individual: Hiroyuki Tezuka, Akihiro Hironaka, Yutaro Kawabata, Lars Markert

Employment
Leading Firm: Band 3

Insurance
Leading Firm: Band 1
Senior Statespeople: Shinichi Takahashi
Leading Individual: Takuya Oshida

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

International Trade
Leading Firm: Band 1
Leading Individual: Kozo Kawai, Kojiro Fujii
Up and Coming: Masahiro Heike 

Investment Funds
Leading Firm: Band 2
Leading Individual: Kei Ito, Yoshiharu Kawamata

Life Sciences
Leading Firm: Band 2
Leading Individual: Mariko Mimura

Projects & Energy
Leading Firm: Band 1
Eminent Practitioners: Nagahide Sato
Leading Individual: Tomohiro Sato, Adrian Joyce

Real Estate
Leading Firm: Band 1
Leading Individual: Yoshiaki Ikeda, Hiroshi Niinomi, Norio Maeda

Restructuring/Insolvency
Leading Firm: Band 1
Leading Individual: Kenichi Minami

Tax
Leading Firm: Band 2
Leading Individual: Yo Ota, Akihiro Hironaka

Osaka
General Business Law
Leading Firm: Band 1

Indonesia
Competition & Antitrust
Leading Firm: Band 3

Corporate/M&A
Leading Firm: Band 3
Leading Individual: Luky Walalangi

Real Estate
Leading Firm: Band 3

Myanmar
General Business Law
Leading Firm: Band 3
Leading Individual: Yusuke Yukawa
Associate to watch: Kyi Chan Nyein

Thailand
Corporate/M&A
Leading Firm: Band 5

Employment
Leading Firm: Band 3
Leading Individual: Chanakarn Boonyasith

Intellectual Property
Leading Firm: Band 3
Eminent Practitioner: Chavalit Uttasart

Real Estate
Leading Firm: Band 3

Vietnam
Corporate/M&A*
Leading Firm: Band 4
Expertise based abroad: Hikaru Oguchi

Real Estate
Leading Firm: Band 3

* Only Japanese law firm ranked.

About Chambers Asia-Pacific: Chambers Asia-Pacific is an annual guide to the Asia-Pacific legal market, and is compiled by the leading global legal publisher, Chambers and Partners, London, UK. Covering 35 countries, and surveying 30 separate practice areas of law, this year’s edition ranked law firms and legal practitioners based on in-depth interviews with key clients and lawyers in the market, assessments of recent works, independent research, and data analysis. Please visit the website of Chambers and Partners for more information.