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Rankings published in 2026
Capital markets : Debt - Foreign
Tier 2
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 - Foreign
Tier 2
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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M&A - Foreign
Tier 3
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 3
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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Notable

Mayer Brown
7 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Originally founded in 1875, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison is a New York-based international firm with more than 1,000 lawyers across eight offices. The firm established its Tokyo office in 1987.

 

Focusses / specialisms 

The firm’s Tokyo office is best known for its work in the foreign M&A, private equity and capital markets practices. It advises Japanese companies in the US and elsewhere around the globe, alongside US and other non-Japanese clients in connection with activities in Japan. The firm is also active in joint ventures, investment fund formations and restructurings.

 

Key clients 

Key clients of the firm include Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Apollo, Mitsubishi Chemical America, Itochu and SoftBank.

 

Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023) 

Financial services regulatory

“Global network, English documentation, and organising and streamlining complicated legal issues.”

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Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Mitsubishi Corp - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Japan
Bond issue
Mitsubishi Corp
Issuer
Apollo Global Management Inc. - M&A
2021-01-28
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Japan
M&A
Apollo Global Management Inc.
Buyer
Mitsubishi Corp - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Japan
Bond issue
Mitsubishi Corp
Issuer
M&A
M&A lawyers Trent Bridges and Michael Darby join the firm’s M&A groups in Houston and New York respectively
M&A
We round up top lateral hires across the finance, PE, M&A, competition and corporate practices at leading law firms in the UK, the US and the EU
ESG
Brad Karp said in a letter to the firm’s lawyers and employees that the March 14 executive order could have ‘destroyed’ the firm
ESG
US President Donald Trump withdraws an executive order against the firm as the two parties reach an agreement, including a commitment to scrap DEI policies
ESG
DEI practices named as one of the reasons behind the mandate for the suspension of the firm’s security clearances
M&A
Lawyers say Illumina’s win against the European Commission’s merger investigation uncovers patchy regulation that requires a major overhaul
M&A
Fuelled by M&A activity, US firms such as Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins and Paul Weiss report staggering revenue and PEP for the past year
M&A
The US firm has climbed the ranks of London’s legal market with a laser focus on becoming a transaction powerhouse
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