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Japan

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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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Notable

Hunton Andrews Kurth
3 practice areas
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6 results6 results
Yoshiyuki Asaoka
Firm:
Linklaters
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
Japan
Bar Admission:
Japan
New York
Peter Frost
Firm:
Linklaters
Practice Area:
Capital markets : Debt
Jurisdiction:
Japan
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Motoyasu Fujita
Firm:
Linklaters
Practice Area:
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Jurisdiction:
Japan
Bar Admission:
Japan
John Maxwell
Firm:
Linklaters
Practice Area:
Banking
Project finance
Jurisdiction:
Singapore
Industry Sector:
Energy
Transport
Utilities
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Kozo Sasaki (moved in-house)
Firm:
Linklaters
Hiroya Yamazaki (moved in-house)
Firm:
Linklaters
Deal Highlights
27 results27 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Volkswagen Group - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Volkswagen Group
Issuer
Nippon Steel Corp - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Daiwa Capital Markets, Goldman Sachs, Mizuho Bank, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
Underwriter
Daiwa Securities Co - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Daiwa Capital Markets
Underwriter
NTT Finance Corp - Bond Issue
2021-12-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, Daiwa Capital Markets, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Mizuho Bank, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
Underwriter
ANA Holdings Inc - Bond Issue
2021-12-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Goldman Sachs, Nomura
Underwriter
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group - Bond Issue
2022-03-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Crédit Agricole, Daiwa Capital Markets, DBS Bank, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, Nomura, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, UBS, Wells Fargo
Underwriter
Daiwa Securities Co - Bond Issue
2022-03-01
Linklaters
Japan
Bond issue
Daiwa Capital Markets
Underwriter
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Banking
low angle view of skyscrapers in city of China.
This week’s people moves: Linklaters, Ashurst, Fieldfisher and more
New hires were made across corporate, M&A, regulatory, finance and antitrust practices in the UK, US, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Asia-Pacific
Noemi Distefano, February 05 2026
ESG
European flags in front of the Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Commission
SFDR 2.0 a ‘major facelift’, lawyers say
Lawyers welcome the European Commission revamp, saying the reforms bring long-needed clarity to sustainable finance
Noemi Distefano, November 21 2025
Banking
Convergence Background, Converge Toward Objective
Banking M&A leads reorganisation of sector in Europe
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
Ralph Cunningham, September 01 2025
Banking
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Linklaters: ‘Regulators are becoming more sophisticated in their supervision’
Carl Fernandes, global head of Linklaters’ financial regulation group, outlines the firm’s opportunities in the financial sector, particularly in Europe and the US
Karry Lai, August 18 2025
Banking
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This week’s people moves: Paul Hastings, Latham & Watkins and more
New hires were made across the finance, M&A and funds practices in New York, London and Paris
Karry Lai, July 17 2025
ESG
Factory with air pollution
EU and UK Emissions Trading Scheme: a new era for carbon markets
A unified approach to the carbon markets will help lower costs and break down barriers for investment in low carbon technologies
Jessica Hargreaves, July 14 2025
Banking
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This week’s people moves: Linklaters, Proskauer, Gibson Dunn and more
New hires were made across the capital markets, finance and M&A practices in New York, London, Frankfurt and Hamburg
Karry Lai, July 03 2025
ESG
Tree canopies
Businesses grapple with EU Deforestation Regulation
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
Guillaume Croisant, June 30 2025
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