- Awards
IFLR1000 2022-23: Global Recognition, Highest Rankings for Japan in all eight practice areas
Nishimura & Asahi received the highest possible ranking (“Tier 1”) in all eight practice areas covered by IFLR1000 Japan 2022-23, the 32nd edition of the guide, published by Euromoney plc, London, UK. The Japan guide also recognised many of our lawyers as leading practitioners.
Our offices and lawyers in China, Indonesia (Walalangi & Partners in association with Nishimura & Asahi), Myanmar, Singapore (Nishimura & Asahi-Bayfront Law Alliance), Taiwan, Thailand (SCL Nishimura & Asahi) and Vietnam have also been ranked in their respective regions by IFLR1000, highlighting our continued commitment to meet the global needs of our clients.
IFLR1000 is “a comprehensive guide to the leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers across the globe.”
In addition, we are delighted that Tokyo partner Asa Shinkawa has been included in the IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2022. This separate guide is “an elite ranking category reserved for the most prominent women lawyers across the world working in the areas of law”.
JAPAN FIRM RANKINGS (Tier 1 in all eight practice areas covered)
- Banking
- Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Equity
- Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
- M&A
- Private equity
- Project development
- Project finance
JAPAN LEADING LAWYERS
Highly regarded
- Katsu Sengoku (Banking)
- Masahiro Ueno (Banking)
- Asa Shinkawa (M&A)
- Kei Ito (Banking)
- Yo Ota (Capital markets, M&A)
- Tatsuya Tanigawa (M&A)
- Hajime Ueno (Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation)
- Kohei Koikawa (Banking, Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: Equity)
- Tomohiro Sato (Project development, Project finance)
- Takashi Saito (Banking)
- Hiroko Shibata (M&A)
- Naoya Ariyoshi (Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation)
- Kentaro Sugimoto (Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: Equity)
- Yoshiyuki Asaoka (M&A)
- Masaru Ono (Banking, Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation)
- Nagahide Sato ( Banking, Project finance)
Rising star
- Kosuke Shibukawa (Banking, Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation)
- Teruyuki Yamamoto (Project development, Project finance)
- Nobuaki Mori (Project development, Project finance)
- Yuki Taguchi (Banking)
CHINA FIRM RANKINGS
- M&A: Other notable
CHINA LEADING LAWYERS
Highly regarded
- Toshihiro Maeda (Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation)
INDONESIA FIRM RANKINGS (Walalangi & Partners in association with Nishimura & Asahi)
- Banking: Other notable
- Capital markets: Debt: Other notable
- Capital markets: Equity: Other notable
- M&A: Tier 4
- Project development: Tier 3
- Restructuring and insolvency: Tier 4
INDONESIA LEADING LAWYERS (Walalangi & Partners in association with Nishimura & Asahi)
Highly regarded
- Luky Walalangi (Banking, Project finance, M&A)
Rising Star
- Hans Adiputra Kurniawan (Capital markets, Banking, M&A)
MYANMAR FIRM RANKINGS
- Financial and corporate: Tier 3
- Project development: Other notable
MYANMAR LEADING LAWYERS
Rising Star
- Kyi Chan Nyein (Financial and Corporate)
SINGAPORE FIRM RANKINGS (Nishimura & Asahi-Bayfront Law Alliance)
- M&A: Other notable
- M&A - Foreign: Other notable
TAIWAN FIRM RANKINGS
- M&A: Other notable
TAIWAN LEADING LAWYERS
Highly regarded
- Ing-Chian Sun (Corporate and M&A)
THAILAND FIRM RANKINGS (SCL Nishimura & Asahi)
- Banking and finance: Other notable
- Capital markets: Debt: Other notable
- Capital markets: Equity: Other notable
- M&A: Tier 3
- Project development: Tier 3
VIETNAM FIRM RANKINGS
- M&A: Tier 4