White & Case

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Banking

Tier 2

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Tier 1

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

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Mori Hamada

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Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

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Nishimura & Asahi

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Atsumi & Sakai

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Baker McKenzie

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Clifford Chance

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Linklaters

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White & Case

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Tier 3

City-Yuwa Partners

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Morrison & Foerster

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TMI Associates

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Kaynex Law Offices

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Tsubame Law Offices

4 practice areas

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Banking - Foreign

Tier 3

18 firms ranked

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A&O Shearman

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Clifford Chance

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Baker McKenzie

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Linklaters

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Milbank

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Morrison & Foerster

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Tier 3

Freshfields

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Jones Day

7 practice areas

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K&L Gates

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Latham & Watkins

12 practice areas

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Norton Rose Fulbright

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Paul Hastings

14 practice areas

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Ropes & Gray

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

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White & Case

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King & Spalding

7 practice areas

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Mayer Brown

7 practice areas

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Capital markets : Equity

Tier 3

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Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

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Mori Hamada

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Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

13 practice areas

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Nishimura & Asahi

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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie

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Linklaters

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Morrison & Foerster

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Atsumi & Sakai

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White & Case

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TMI Associates

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Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation

Tier 3

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Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

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Mori Hamada

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Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

13 practice areas

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Nishimura & Asahi

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Atsumi & Sakai

11 practice areas

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Baker McKenzie

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Linklaters

19 practice areas

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Tier 3

City-Yuwa Partners

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Morrison & Foerster

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White & Case

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TMI Associates

13 practice areas

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Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation - Foreign

Tier 3

7 firms ranked

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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

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M&A

Tier 3

22 firms ranked

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Tier 1

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

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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

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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie

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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

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Atsumi & Sakai

11 practice areas

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Clifford Chance

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Freshfields

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Linklaters

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Miura & Partners

4 practice areas

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Paul Hastings

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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

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White & Case

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Tier 4

City-Yuwa Partners

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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 3

23 firms ranked

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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

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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

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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

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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

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Sullivan & Cromwell

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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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Project development - Foreign

Tier 2

21 firms ranked

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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 2

20 firms ranked

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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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Deal Highlights

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Deal Name	Deal Date	Firm Name	Jurisdiction	Deal Type	Lawyer Names	Client Names	Client Role
PayPal Holdings Inc. - M&A	2021-09-07	White & Case	Japan	M&A	Ayako Kawano, Jun Usami, Lorraine Yip, Nathaniel Rowe, Nels Hansen, Steven Gee, Toshio Dokei, Zenya Onishi	PayPal Holdings Inc.	Buyer

M&A

Aerial view of intersection in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan at night.

White & Case nabs Freshfields M&A duo in Tokyo

Noah Carr and Gordon Palmquist joined the firm’s Japanese office, taking the firm’s M&A hires this week to four

Noemi Distefano, June 04 2026

M&A

Hong Kong Skyline from Victoria Peak in Hong Kong, China.

This week’s people moves: K&L Gates, Kirkland, White & Case and more

New hires and appointments were made in the corporate, M&A and finance practices at leading firms in Hong Kong, Tokyo, the US and the UK

Noemi Distefano, June 04 2026

Corporate

This week’s people moves: Hogan Lovells, HSF Kramer, Kirkland & Ellis and more

New hires made in regulatory, corporate, M&A and finance practices at leading firms across the US and the UK, while German Hengeler Mueller elected two new managing partners

Noemi Distefano, April 30 2026

M&A

aerial view of skyscrapers in financial district of new york city blue tint urban landscape photography

White & Case turns to Reed Smith and Freshfields for M&A hires

Andrea Basham and Jennifer Cheng have joined the firm as partners in its global M&A practice in New York

Noemi Distefano, April 09 2026

M&A

London- Upwards view of City Of London financial district

This week’s people moves: White & Case, Paul Hastings, Reed Smith and more

New hires were made across the M&A, corporate and finance teams at leading firms across the UK, Germany and Saudi Arabia

Noemi Distefano, April 02 2026

M&A

White & Case M&A partner departs for Ashurst

Heidi Blomqvist joins Ashurst’s London office as partner as it boosts its private capital ,and energy and infrastructure offering

Noemi Distefano, March 10 2026

Corporate

Looking directly up at the skyline of the financial district in central London, modern architecture as a background

This week’s people moves: Sullivan & Cromwell, Clifford Chance and more

New hires were made across the PE, M&A, real estate, antitrust, finance and capital markets practices in the UK and the US

Noemi Distefano, March 05 2026

ESG

Row of EU Flags in front of the European Union Commission building in Brussels

IFLR weekly roundup: EU Omnibus I lands but questions still linger, lawyers say

After the European Council signed off its simplification package on sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements, lawyers say a sense of closure has been achieved but uncertainty isn’t over

Noemi Distefano, February 27 2026