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Rankings published in 2026
Banking
Tier 2
14 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
13 practice areas
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Mori Hamada
13 practice areas
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Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
13 practice areas
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Nishimura & Asahi
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Atsumi & Sakai
11 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
17 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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Linklaters
19 practice areas
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White & Case
16 practice areas
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Tier 3

City-Yuwa Partners
12 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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TMI Associates
13 practice areas
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Kaynex Law Offices
7 practice areas
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Tsubame Law Offices
4 practice areas
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Banking - Foreign
Tier 2
18 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
17 practice areas
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Linklaters
19 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Tier 3

Freshfields
18 practice areas
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Jones Day
7 practice areas
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K&L Gates
3 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
12 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
11 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
14 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
12 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
11 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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White & Case
16 practice areas
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King & Spalding
7 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
7 practice areas
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Capital markets : Debt
Tier 2
10 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
13 practice areas
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Mori Hamada
13 practice areas
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Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
13 practice areas
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Nishimura & Asahi
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
17 practice areas
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Linklaters
19 practice areas
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TMI Associates
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

Atsumi & Sakai
11 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Tier 4

City-Yuwa Partners
12 practice areas
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Capital markets : Debt - Foreign
Tier 1
11 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
9 practice areas
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Linklaters
19 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
11 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
11 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
12 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
17 practice areas
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Freshfields
18 practice areas
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Capital markets : Equity
Tier 2
10 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
13 practice areas
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Mori Hamada
13 practice areas
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Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
13 practice areas
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Nishimura & Asahi
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
17 practice areas
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Linklaters
19 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Tier 3

Atsumi & Sakai
11 practice areas
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White & Case
16 practice areas
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TMI Associates
13 practice areas
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Capital markets : Equity - Foreign
Tier 1
10 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Davis Polk & Wardwell
9 practice areas
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Linklaters
19 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
11 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
12 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
11 practice areas
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Tier 3

Freshfields
18 practice areas
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Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Tier 2
11 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
13 practice areas
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Mori Hamada
13 practice areas
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Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
13 practice areas
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Nishimura & Asahi
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Atsumi & Sakai
11 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
17 practice areas
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Linklaters
19 practice areas
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Tier 3

City-Yuwa Partners
12 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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White & Case
16 practice areas
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TMI Associates
13 practice areas
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Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation - Foreign
Tier 1
7 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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Linklaters
19 practice areas
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Tier 2

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
16 practice areas
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Tier 3

Freshfields
18 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
13 practice areas
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White & Case
16 practice areas
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M&A
Tier 3
22 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
13 practice areas
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Mori Hamada
13 practice areas
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Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
13 practice areas
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Nishimura & Asahi
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
17 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners
8 practice areas
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TMI Associates
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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Atsumi & Sakai
11 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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Freshfields
18 practice areas
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Linklaters
19 practice areas
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Miura & Partners
4 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
14 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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White & Case
16 practice areas
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Tier 4

City-Yuwa Partners
12 practice areas
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Hibiya Nakata
3 practice areas
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Jones Day
7 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
6 practice areas
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Tokyo International Law Office
2 practice areas
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M&A - Foreign
Tier 2
23 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Davis Polk & Wardwell
9 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
11 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
17 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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Freshfields
18 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
9 practice areas
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Linklaters
19 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
12 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
16 practice areas
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Jones Day
7 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
13 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
11 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
12 practice areas
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White & Case
16 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
13 practice areas
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DLA Piper
12 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
11 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
14 practice areas
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LPA Tokyo
2 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
7 practice areas
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Private equity - Foreign
Tier 2
10 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Ropes & Gray
12 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
11 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
17 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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Jones Day
7 practice areas
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Linklaters
19 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
11 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
7 practice areas
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Project development - Foreign
Tier 2
21 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
17 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
9 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
12 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Tier 2

Ashurst Perkins Coie
13 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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King & Spalding
7 practice areas
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Linklaters
19 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
7 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
11 practice areas
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White & Case
16 practice areas
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Tier 3

DLA Piper
12 practice areas
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Freshfields
18 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
16 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
3 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
13 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
14 practice areas
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
3 practice areas
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Accura
2 practice areas
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Project finance - Foreign
Tier 3
20 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
9 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
12 practice areas
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Tier 2

Ashurst Perkins Coie
13 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
17 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
16 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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White & Case
16 practice areas
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Tier 3

King & Spalding
7 practice areas
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Linklaters
19 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
7 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
11 practice areas
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Tier 4

DLA Piper
12 practice areas
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Freshfields
18 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
13 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
14 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
6 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
3 practice areas
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6 results6 results
Deal Highlights
27 results27 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Mizuho Bank, Nomura, Morgan Stanley
Underwriter
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Cathay Financial Holding Co Ltd
Underwriter
Aozora Bank Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Daiwa Capital Markets, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley
Underwriter
Chiba Bank - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Nomura, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
Underwriter
Nidec Corp - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
JP Morgan Chase, BNP Paribas, UBS, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley
Underwriter
Kyoritsu Maintenance Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
Underwriter
Mercari Inc - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Daiwa Securities Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Mizuho Bank
Underwriter
Mizuho Bank - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Mizuho Bank
Underwriter
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs
Underwriter
Nipro Corp - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Nipro Corp
Issuer
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
BNP Paribas, Nomura, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Daiwa Capital Markets, Crédit Agricole, Goldman Sachs
Underwriter
Senko Group Holdings Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Nomura, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Daiwa Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley
Underwriter
Sosei Group Corp - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan Chase
Underwriter
Sumitomo Corp - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs
Underwriter
Volkswagen Group - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Volkswagen Group
Issuer
DMG MORI CO LTD - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Nomura, UBS
Underwriter
Mitsubishi Corp - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Barclays, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase, Crédit Agricole, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, Mizuho Bank, Société Générale, Nomura, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, HSBC, Daiwa Capital Markets, UBS, Mitsubishi Corp
Underwriter
Marubeni Corp - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Mizuho Bank
Underwriter
Mizuho Bank - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Mizuho Bank
Underwriter
Mizuho Bank - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Mizuho Bank
Underwriter
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New hires were made across corporate, M&A, regulatory, finance and antitrust practices in the UK, US, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Asia-Pacific
ESG
Lawyers welcome the European Commission revamp, saying the reforms bring long-needed clarity to sustainable finance
As the European banking sector continues to consolidate, M&A and regulatory lawyers that can smooth the path to deal completion are proving their value
Carl Fernandes, global head of Linklaters’ financial regulation group, outlines the firm’s opportunities in the financial sector, particularly in Europe and the US
New hires were made across the finance, M&A and funds practices in New York, London and Paris
ESG
A unified approach to the carbon markets will help lower costs and break down barriers for investment in low carbon technologies
New hires were made across the capital markets, finance and M&A practices in New York, London, Frankfurt and Hamburg
ESG
A number of recent developments in the regulation, such as country risk classification, mean that businesses need to consider whether they can benefit from simplified due diligence requirements
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