Key statistics
- Ranked Practice Areas
- 40
- Awards Won
- 12
- Ranked Lawyers
- 31
- Male:Female Ratio of Ranked Lawyers
- 27:4
Firm summary
Nishimura & Asahi is a Domestic: Multi-practice firm in Japan.
In 2022, the firm was ranked in 40 practice area(s) and 31 of its practitioner(s) were accredited.
In the same year, Nishimura & Asahi was nominated for 66 awards, of which it won 12.
This information is based on aggregated legal ranking and awards data from the world’s market-leading legal publications. Legal Media 360’s sentiment index methodology can be viewed here.
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Rankings
within Japan
Practice Area Subcategory | BAND | No. of rankings | Ave. Band | Table | |
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Antitrust and competition | |||||
General | BAND 1 | 3 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Banking and finance | |||||
General | BAND 1 | 4 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Project finance | BAND 1 | 1 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Capital markets | |||||
Debt | BAND 1 | 1 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Derivatives and securitisation | BAND 2 | 1 | 2.0 | View full ranking table | |
Equity | BAND 1 | 1 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
General | BAND 1 | 3 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Structured finance and securitisation | BAND 1 | 1 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Construction | |||||
General | BAND 1 | 3 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Corporate and M&A | |||||
General | BAND 1 | 4 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Dispute resolution | |||||
Arbitration | BAND 1 | 1 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Commercial and transactions | BAND 1 | 1 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
General | BAND 1 | 3 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Fintech | |||||
General | BAND 2 | 1 | 2.0 | View full ranking table | |
Healthcare and lifesciences | |||||
General | BAND 2 | 2 | 2.0 | View full ranking table | |
Insurance | |||||
General | BAND 1 | 2 | 1.5 | View full ranking table | |
Intellectual property | |||||
Copyright | BAND 2 | 1 | 2.0 | View full ranking table | |
Disputes | BAND 3 | 1 | 3.0 | View full ranking table | |
General | BAND 2 | 3 | 2.3 | View full ranking table | |
Patent litigation | BAND 2 | 2 | 2.5 | View full ranking table | |
Patent transactions | BAND 1 | 1 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Trademark enforcement and litigation | BAND 1 | 2 | 1.5 | View full ranking table | |
Trademark prosecution | BAND 1 | 1 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Transactions | BAND 2 | 1 | 2.0 | View full ranking table | |
International trade and WTO | |||||
General | BAND 1 | 1 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Investment funds | |||||
General | BAND 1 | 3 | 1.7 | View full ranking table | |
Labour and employment | |||||
General | BAND 2 | 3 | 2.0 | View full ranking table | |
Media and entertainment | |||||
General | BAND 2 | 1 | 2.0 | View full ranking table | |
Private client and wealth management | |||||
General | BAND 1 | 1 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Private equity | |||||
General | BAND 1 | 2 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Project development | |||||
Including energy and infrastructure | BAND 1 | 3 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Real estate | |||||
General | BAND 1 | 3 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Regulatory | |||||
General | BAND 1 | 1 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Restructuring and insolvency | |||||
General | BAND 1 | 3 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Shipping | |||||
General | BAND 2 | 1 | 2.0 | View full ranking table | |
Tax | |||||
General | BAND 1 | 3 | 1.7 | View full ranking table | |
Technology and telecommunications | |||||
General | BAND 1 | 1 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Technology, media, telecoms | |||||
General | BAND 1 | 2 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
White collar crime | |||||
Disputes | BAND 2 | 1 | 2.0 | View full ranking table | |
General | BAND 1 | 1 | 1.0 | View full ranking table |
Deals/Case awards
Total nominations-to-win ratio 38:5
Award | Nomination(s) | Win(s) |
---|---|---|
Banking and finance - Project finance | ||
GOI United Generation gas-fired power project | 1 | 1 |
Japan biomass power plants project financing | 1 | 0 |
Kansai Airport project financing | 1 | 0 |
Capital markets - Debt | ||
Asahi Life US dollar-denominated perpetual subordinated bonds issuance | 1 | 0 |
Rakuten notes offering | 1 | 0 |
Capital markets - Equity | ||
Grab IPO | 1 | 1 |
Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co / Hitachi Capital Corporation merger | 1 | 0 |
Net Protections IPO | 1 | 0 |
Nippon Steel zero-coupon convertible notes offering | 1 | 0 |
PHC Holdings IPO | 1 | 0 |
Visional IPO | 1 | 0 |
West Japan Railway global follow-on offering | 1 | 0 |
Capital markets - Structured finance and securitisation | ||
OSCAR US 2021-2 ABS | 1 | 0 |
Corporate and M&A - General | ||
Anchor / Kakao Japan stake acquisition | 1 | 0 |
Bain Capital / Hitachi Metals acquisition | 2 | 0 |
ENEOS Corporation / JSR Corporation elastomers business acquisition | 1 | 0 |
EPS Holdings acquisition for management buyout | 1 | 0 |
Grab / Altimeter Growth Corporation SPAC merger | 2 | 0 |
Grab IPO | 1 | 1 |
KKR and Rakuten / Seiyu stake acquisition | 1 | 0 |
PayPal / Paidy acquisition | 3 | 1 |
PHC Holdings IPO | 1 | 0 |
Rakuten notes offering | 1 | 0 |
SBI Holding / Shinsei Bank shares acquisition bid | 1 | 1 |
SES / Ivanhoe merger | 1 | 0 |
Tencent / Rakuten investment | 1 | 0 |
TSMC / Sony Semiconductor Solutions specialty technology fab | 1 | 0 |
US Bancorp / MUFG Union Bank acquisition | 1 | 0 |
Private equity - General | ||
Invesco J-REIT take-private | 1 | 0 |
Real estate - General | ||
Blackstone / Japan Hotels acquisition | 1 | 0 |
Dentsu headquarters building sale | 1 | 0 |
GLP Land / Akishima acquisition | 1 | 0 |
Restructuring and insolvency - General | ||
MtGox restructuring | 1 | 0 |
Technology, media and telecoms - General | ||
PayPal / Paidy acquisition | 1 | 0 |
Firm awards
Total nominations-to-win ratio 28:7
Award | Nomination(s) | Win(s) |
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Jurisdiction | ||
Antitrust and competition | 1 | 0 |
Banking and financial services | 1 | 0 |
Dispute resolution | 2 | 0 |
Dispute resolution - Arbitration | 1 | 1 |
Energy and natural resources | 1 | 0 |
Financial and corporate | 1 | 1 |
Firm of the year | 3 | 1 |
Healthcare and lifesciences | 1 | 1 |
Intellectual property | 1 | 1 |
Investment funds | 1 | 0 |
Japan practice | 1 | 0 |
Labour and employment | 1 | 0 |
Real estate | 1 | 0 |
Regulatory | 1 | 0 |
Restructuring and insolvency | 1 | 0 |
Tax | 1 | 1 |
Technology, media, telecoms | 1 | 0 |
Transactional firm of the year | 1 | 0 |
Practice management | ||
Diversity and inclusion | 1 | 0 |
Pro Bono | 1 | 0 |
Regional | ||
Banking and finance | 1 | 1 |
Corporate and M&A | 1 | 0 |
Financial services regulatory | 1 | 0 |
Firm of the year | 1 | 0 |
Pro Bono | 1 | 0 |
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