Key statistics
- Ranked Practice Areas
- 16
- Awards Won
- 12
- Ranked Lawyers
- 33
- Male:Female Ratio of Ranked Lawyers
- 28:5
Firm summary
Nishimura & Asahi is a Domestic: Multi-practice firm in Japan.
In 2022, the firm was recognised in 16 practice area(s) and 33 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.
Rankings
within Japan
Practice Area Subcategory | Index Rank | No. of rankings | Ave. Tier | Table | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antitrust and competition | |||||
General | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Banking and finance | |||||
General | 1 | 4 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Capital markets | |||||
General | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Construction | |||||
General | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Corporate and M&A | |||||
General | 1 | 4 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Dispute resolution | |||||
General | 2 | 4 | 1.5 | View full ranking table | |
Healthcare and lifesciences | |||||
General | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | View full ranking table | |
Insurance | |||||
General | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | View full ranking table | |
Intellectual property | |||||
General | 6 | 3 | 2.3 | View full ranking table | |
Patent litigation | 4 | 2 | 2.5 | View full ranking table | |
Trademark enforcement and litigation | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | View full ranking table | |
Trademark prosecution | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Transactions | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | View full ranking table | |
Investment funds | |||||
General | 4 | 3 | 1.7 | View full ranking table | |
Labour and employment | |||||
General | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | View full ranking table | |
Private equity | |||||
General | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Project development | |||||
including energy and infrastructure | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Real estate | |||||
General | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Restructuring and insolvency | |||||
General | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
Tax | |||||
General | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | View full ranking table |
Deals/Case awards
Total win-to-nominations ratio
5:38
Award | Win Ratio |
---|---|
Banking and finance - Project finance | |
GOI United Generation gas-fired power project | 1:1 |
Japan biomass power plants project financing | 0:1 |
Kansai Airport project financing | 0:1 |
Capital markets - Debt | |
Asahi Life US dollar-denominated perpetual subordinated bonds issuance | 0:1 |
Rakuten notes offering | 0:1 |
Capital markets - Equity | |
Grab IPO | 1:1 |
Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co / Hitachi Capital Corporation merger | 0:1 |
Net Protections IPO | 0:1 |
Nippon Steel zero-coupon convertible notes offering | 0:1 |
PHC Holdings IPO | 0:1 |
Visional IPO | 0:1 |
West Japan Railway global follow-on offering | 0:1 |
Capital markets - Structured finance and securitisation | |
OSCAR US 2021-2 ABS | 0:1 |
Corporate and M&A - General | |
Anchor / Kakao Japan stake acquisition | 0:1 |
Bain Capital / Hitachi Metals acquisition | 0:2 |
ENEOS Corporation / JSR Corporation elastomers business acquisition | 0:1 |
EPS Holdings acquisition for management buyout | 0:1 |
Grab / Altimeter Growth Corporation SPAC merger | 0:2 |
Grab IPO | 1:1 |
KKR and Rakuten / Seiyu stake acquisition | 0:1 |
PayPal / Paidy acquisition | 1:3 |
PHC Holdings IPO | 0:1 |
Rakuten notes offering | 0:1 |
SBI Holding / Shinsei Bank shares acquisition bid | 1:1 |
SES / Ivanhoe merger | 0:1 |
Tencent / Rakuten investment | 0:1 |
TSMC / Sony Semiconductor Solutions specialty technology fab | 0:1 |
US Bancorp / MUFG Union Bank acquisition | 0:1 |
Private equity - General | |
Invesco J-REIT take-private | 0:1 |
Real estate - General | |
Blackstone / Japan Hotels acquisition | 0:1 |
Dentsu headquarters building sale | 0:1 |
GLP Land / Akishima acquisition | 0:1 |
Restructuring and insolvency - General | |
MtGox restructuring | 0:1 |
Technology, media and telecoms - General | |
PayPal / Paidy acquisition | 0:1 |
Firm awards
Total win-to-nominations ratio
7:28
Award | Win Ratio |
---|---|
Jurisdiction | |
Antitrust and competition | 0:1 |
Banking and financial services | 0:1 |
Dispute resolution | 0:2 |
Dispute resolution - Arbitration | 1:1 |
Energy and natural resources | 0:1 |
Financial and corporate | 1:1 |
Firm of the year | 1:3 |
Healthcare and lifesciences | 1:1 |
Intellectual property | 1:1 |
Investment funds | 0:1 |
Japan practice | 0:1 |
Labour and employment | 0:1 |
Real estate | 0:1 |
Regulatory | 0:1 |
Restructuring and insolvency | 0:1 |
Tax | 1:1 |
Technology, media, telecoms | 0:1 |
Transactional firm of the year | 0:1 |
Practice management | |
Diversity and inclusion | 0:1 |
Pro Bono | 0:1 |
Regional | |
Banking and finance | 1:1 |
Corporate and M&A | 0:1 |
Financial services regulatory | 0:1 |
Firm of the year | 0:1 |
Pro Bono | 0:1 |
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All data gathered from 2022 datasets. Learn more.