News

May 16, 2013	Ayako Tamiya, an attorney admitted in Japan, joined the Firm on May 16, 2013, as an Associate.

April 18, 2013	Best Lawyers has listed our lawyers as "Lawyer of the Year" and "Best Lawyers" in 2013.

April 01, 2013	A Partner, Takeshi Takahashi, a Registered Foreign Lawyer (for the laws of the State of New York, and the federal laws of the United States of America), and a Of Counsel, Fumiyuki Hara, an attorney admitted in Japan, joined Atsumi & Sakai on April 1, 2013.

March 19, 2013	Atsumi & Sakai has been recognized as a Leading Firm in the following areas; "Banking & Finance", "Capital Markets", "Capital Markets: Securitisation & Structured Finance" and "Corporate/ M&A" in the 2013 edition of Chambers Global. Also, 2 of our lawyers are ranked in each of the following areas.

March 11, 2013	Shingo Noguchi, an attorney admitted in Japan, joined Atsumi & Sakai on March 11, 2013, as an Associate.

March 04, 2013	Atsumi & Sakai has been recognized as the winner of the "ILO Client Choice Award Japan 2013" by the International Law Office (ILO). Also, Akiko Monden, Partner, has been exclusively selected as the winner of the "ILO Client Choice Award 2013" in the area of Employment & Labour practice for Japan.

March 01, 2013	Kinya Takino, an attorney admitted in Japan, joined the Firm on March 1, 2013, as Special Counsel.

March 01, 2013	Atsumi & Sakai has been recognized as a Leading Firm in the following areas; "Banking & Finance", "Employment", "Real Estate", "Capital Markets", "Capital Markets: Securitisation & Structured Finance", "Competition/ Antitrust", "Construction" and "Corporate/ M&A" in the 2013 edition of Chambers Asia Pacific. Also, 6 of our lawyers are ranked in each of the following areas.

February 22, 2013	Atsumi & Sakai has been ranked as Tier 2 among Japanese domestic law firms in the category of "Private Equity" in the ALB 2013 Private Equity Rankings, announced in the February 2013 issue of Asian Legal Business.

January 21, 2013	Hiroo Atsumi, Partner, has been recognized as one of the "CLIENT CHOICE HOT 75" in the January 2013 issue of Asian Legal Business.