Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023: Top rankings for Nishimura & Asahi

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 2023 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 Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, 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 Firm: Band 4
Leading Individual: Katsu Sengoku

Gaming & Gambling*
Leading Individual: Tomohiro Takagi

International Trade/WTO*
Leading Firm: Band 3

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

Banking & Finance: Asset Finance
Leading Individual: Katsu Sengoku, Kosuke Shibukawa, Adrian Joyce
Up an Coming: Nobuhiko Harada

Capital Markets
Leading Firm: Band 1
Leading Individual: Kohei Koikawa, 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
Up and Coming: Kazumaro Kobayashi

Construction*
Spotlight Table

Corporate/M&A
Leading Firm: Band 1
Senior Statespeople: Yoshinobu Fujimoto
Leading Individual: Asa Shinkawa, Hiroshi Uchima, Yo Ota, Tatsuya Tanigawa, Ryutaro Nakayama, 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: Yoshiyuki Miyashita, 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: Makoto Igarashi, Kei Ito, Yoshiharu Kawamata

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

Projects & Energy
Leading Firm: Band 1
Senior Statespeople: Nagahide Sato
Leading Individual: Tomohiro Sato, Mikiko Soga, Adrian Joyce, Alexander Woody

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

Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)
Spotlight Table (Firm)
Spotlight Table (Individual): Hitomi Iwase

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
Up and Coming: Miriam Andreta

Real Estate
Leading Firm: Band 3

Myanmar
General Business Law
Leading Firm: Band 3
Leading Individual: Yusuke Yukawa
Up and Coming: Kyi Chan Nyein

Singapore
Construction: International*
Leading Individual: Shintaro Uno

Thailand
Corporate/M&A
Leading Firm: Band 4

Employment
Leading Firm: Band 2
Leading Individual: Chanakarn Boonyasith

Intellectual Property
Leading Firm: Band 3
Eminent Practitioner: Chavalit Uttasart
Leading Individual: Pavinee Bunyamissara

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
Leading Individual: Kazuhide Ohya

* 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 34 separate jurisdictions and over 30 practice areas, 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.