Awards | Atsumi & Sakai

■2020

The Best Lawyers in Germany 2020

Frank Becker
- Private Equity Law

asialaw Client Service Excellence 2020

Law firm report
- Best Overall Firm
Lawyer report
- Setsuko Yufu
  - Competition/antitrust

Global Competition Review (GCR) 100 2020

> Japan
- Highly Recommended

Asian Legal Business (ALB), IP Rankings 2020

Tier 1 Japan Domestic Firm
- - Copyright/Trademarks
Tier 2 Japan Domestic Firm
- - Patents

Chambers Global 2020

> Japan
Leading Firm
- Banking & Finance: Domestic
- Capital Markets: Domestic: Securitisation & Derivatives
- International & Cross-Border Capabilities (Spotlight Table)
Leading Individual
- Hiroo Atsumi
  - Banking and Finance: Domestic (Senior Statespeople)
  - Capital Markets: Domestic: Securitisation & Derivatives (Senior Statespeople)
- Yutaka Sakai
- - Banking & Finance: Domestic

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2020

> Japan
Tier 1 Independent Local Firms
- Banking and finance
- Projects and energy
- TMT
Tier 2 Independent Local Firms
- Antitrust and competition law
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Investment funds
- Labour and employment
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Risk management and investigations
- Shipping
- Tax
Tier 3 Independent Local Firms
- Intellectual property
Leading Individual
- Hiroshi Maeda
  - Projects and energy
- Setsuko Yufu
  - Antitrust and competition
- Russell K. Kawahara
  - Real estate and construction
- Bonnie L. Dixon
  - Dispute resolution
- Yutaka Sakai
  - Shipping
- Miho Niunoya
  - Projects and energy
  - Real estate and construction
- Chie Kasahara
  - TMT
  - Intellectual property
- Kunihiro Sumida
  - Labour and employment
- Masataka Hayakawa
  - Risk management and investigations
- Yuri Suzuki
  - Banking and finance
- Michiaki Hosoi
  - Projects and energy
- Takafumi Ochiai
  - Banking and finance
Next Generation lawyers
- Fumiko Oikawa
  - Banking and finance
- Takafumi Uematsu
  - Real estate and construction
- Ryosuke Oue
  - Banking and finance
- Masayuki Matsuura
  - Antitrust and competition
- Kohei Murakawa
  - Risk management and investigations
- Chie Tabata
  - Intellectual property

Chambers FinTech 2020

> Japan - Legal
Band 1 Leading Firm
Leading Individual
- Yuri Suzuki
- Takafumi Ochiai

Chambers Asia-Pacific 2020

> Japan
Leading Firm
- Banking & Finance: Domestic
- Capital Markets: Domestic: Securitisation & Derivatives
- Competition/Antitrust
- Employment
- Insurance
- Projects & Energy: Domestic
- Real Estate
Leading Individual
- Hiroo Atsumi
  - Banking and Finance: Domestic (Senior Statespeople)
  - Capital Markets: Domestic: Securitisation & Derivatives (Senior Statespeople)
- Hiroshi Maeda
  - Projects & Energy: Domestic (Senior Statespeople)
- Setsuko Yufu
  - Competition/Antitrust
- Russell K. Kawahara
  - Real Estate: Registered Foreign Lawyers
- Yutaka Sakai
  - Banking & Finance: Domestic
  - Projects & Energy: Domestic
- Miho Niunoya
  - Projects & Energy: Domestic
- Saori Hanada
  - Competition/Antitrust (Up and Coming)
- Tatsuo Yamashima
  - Competition/Antitrust

IFLR 1000 Financial and Corporate 2020

> Japan
Tier 1 Recommended Firm
- Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
Tier 2 Recommended Firm
- Banking
- Project finance
- Project development
Tier 3 Recommended Firm
- Capital markets : Equity
- Capital markets : Debt
- M&A
Leading Lawyer
Hiroo Atsumi（Market leader）
- Banking
- Capital Markets: Structured finance and securitisation
Hiroshi Maeda (Market leader)
- Banking
- Project finance
Yutaka Sakai（Highly regarded）
- Banking
- Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
- Project development
- Project finance
Miho Niunoya（Highly regarded）
- Banking
- M&A
- Project development
- Project finance
Ryuichi Nozaki（Highly regarded）
- Banking
- Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
Y uri Suzuki（Highly regarded）
- Banking
Reiko Yoshida（Highly regarded）
- Banking
- M&A
Takafumi Ochiai（Highly regarded）
- Banking
Notable Practitioner
Shuji Koyama
- Real estate acquisitions
- Real estate finance
Shintaro Hamasu
- Banking
- Project finance
Teruhisa Toyama
- Project development
Mihoko Shima
- Project finance

asialaw Leading Lawyers

Senior statesman

Hiroo Atsumi
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets

Elite practitioner

Yutaka Sakai
- Banking and finance
Hiroshi Maeda
- Infrastructure

Distinguished practitioner

Setsuko Yufu
- Competition/antitrust
Russell K. Kawahara
- Real estate
Miho Niunoya
- Construction
Yuri Suzuki
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
Michiaki Hosoi
- Banking and finance
Saori Hanada
- Competition/antitrust
Tatsuo Yamashima
- Competition/antitrust

Notable practitioner

Kohei Murakawa
- Competition/antitrust

asialaw Profiles 2020

Outstanding
- - Competition/antitrust
- - Construction
- - Labour and employment
- - Energy
- - Infrastructure

Highly Recommended
- - Banking & Finance
- - Capital Markets
- - Dispute Resolution
- - Investment funds
- - Regulatory
- - Banking and financial services
- - Real Estate
- - Technology and telecommunications

Recommended
- - Corporate and M&A
- - Private equity
- - Restructuring and insolvency
- - Tax
- - Aviation and shipping
- - Insurance
- - Media and entertainment

Other notable firms
- - Intellectual property

The Best Lawyers in Japan 2021

- Setsuko Yufu, Saori Hanada, Tatsuo Yamashima, Kohei Murakawa, Kentaro Mano
  Antitrust / Competition Law
- Hiroo Atsumi, Hiroshi Maeda, Akio Kawamura, Bonnie L. Dixon, Yutaka Sakai, David Deyo Deck, Takeshi Takahashi
- Asset Finance Law
- Hiroo Atsumi, Bonnie L. Dixon, Yutaka Sakai, Toyoki Emoto, Junko Ogushi, Hiroyuki Nezu, Yuri Suzuki, Michiaki Hosoi, Mihoko Shima, Keita Imaizumi, Ryosuke Oue, Takafumi Ochiai, Masayoshi Takashina
  Banking and Finance Law
- Hiroo Atsumi, Nozaki Ryuichi
  Capital Markets Law
- Miho Niunoya
  Construction Law
- Guohui Fan, Akimoto Kawamura, Ian S. Scott, Takafumi Uematsu, Shintaro Hamasu, Masayuki Matsuura, Feng Qin Chen
  Corporate and M&A Law
- Setsuko Yufu, Ashish Jejurkar, Go Fujimoto, Yusuke Miura, Rikiya Okuhara, Hirofumi Hosoda, Osamu Fujiwara, Kenichi Tanizaki, Minako Otsuka, Akira Shimazaki, Chie Tabata
  Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice
- Hiroyuki Nezu, Masataka Hayakawa, Kumpei Ohashi, Daisuke Suzuki
  Criminal Defense
- Miho Niunoya, Takeshi Takahashi
  Energy Law
- Akimoto Kawamura, Masaji Hashimoto
  Financial Institution Regulatory Law
- Chie Kasahara,
  Information Technology Law
- Hiroki Mori, Norio Suzuki
  Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  
  Kazutomo Ueyama
  Insurance Law
- Hiroyuki Sanbe, Tadashi Yuzawa
  International Business Transactions
  
  Yasuhiro Usui
  Investment and Investment Funds
- Emi Uchida, Kunihiro Sumida
  Labor and Employment Law
- Go Hashimoto, Hisashi Miyatsuka, Teruhisa Toyama
  Litigation
- Hiroshi Maeda, Yutaka Sakai, Tatsuo Tezuka, Takeshi Takahashi, Yuko Nihonmatsu, Miki Ono, Jun Oishi
  Project Finance and Development Practice
- Hiroo Atsumi, Russell K. Kawahara, Miho Niunoya, Shuji Koyama, Eiichiro Hata, Atsuko Kissho, Takumi Fukuda, Yasuhiro Shimada
  Real Estate Law
- Ian S. Scott
  Sports Law
- Hiroo Atsumi, Hiroshi Maeda, Bonnie L. Dixon, Fumiko Soejima, Takeshi Takahashi, Yasuko Tsuchihashi, Reiko Yoshida, Takaya Konishi, Makoto Fujii, Naoki Kanehisa, Kazuya Sato
  Structured Finance Law
- Hisashi Miyatsuka, Fumiaki Matsuoka, Shinichiro Shimizu
  Tax Law
- Setsuko Yufu, Fumiko Oikawa
  Trade Law

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