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Asia Pacific (Regional)

Ranked 1st in PLC Which lawyer? Asia Pacific Super League 2011
Best Legal Adviser in Asia, Global Finance Magazine's World’s Best Investment Banks 2010

Office

Ranked 2nd in ALB Employer of Choice 2011
Ranked 2nd in Samurai Bonds (Issuer & Adviser), Bloomberg Asia Pacific Legal Adviser 2009

Banking & Finance

Tier 2 for Banking - local law, IFLR1000 2011-2012
Highly recommended firm for Banking & Finance: local advice, PLC Which lawyer? 2011
Recommended firm for Banking & Finance: cross border advice, PLC Which lawyer? 2011
Debt Market Deal of the Year, ALB Japan Law Awards 2010
TMT Deal of the Year, ALB Japan Law Awards 2010
Band 3 for Banking & Finance: International, Chambers Asia Pacific 2011
Band 2 for Banking & Finance, Chambers Asia Pacific 2009-2010, Chambers Global 2010
Leading firm for Banking: Lenders and borrowers, PLC Which lawyer? 2009-2010
Tier 2 for Banking & Finance: International Firms and joint ventures, Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2008-2011

Capital Markets

Tier 2 for Capital Markets – Debt and equity – local law, IFLR1000 2011-2012
Tier 3 for Capital Markets – Structured Finance and Securitization – local law, IFLR1000 2011-2012
Band 3 for Capital Markets: Domestic, Chambers Asia Pacific 2011-2012
Recommended firm for Capital Markets, PLC Which lawyer? 2010
Ranked 1st for Capital Markets - Samurai Bonds (manager), Thomson Reuters 2010
Ranked 2nd for Legal Advisory - Samurai Bonds (issuer), Bloomberg 2009
Tier 2 for Structured Finance/Securitization: International firms and joint ventures, Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2009 and 2011

Competition/Antitrust

Band 3 for Competition/Antitrust, Chambers Asia Pacific 2009-2012

Corporate/M&A

Tier 2 for M&A local law, IFLR1000 2009-2011
Band 2 for Corporate M&A: Domestic: Investment Funds, Chambers Asia Pacific 2011
Band 3 for Corporate/M&A: Domestic, Chambers Asia Pacific 2011
Legal Advisor of the Year, Financial Times & mergermarket Asia Pacific M&A Awards 2010
M&A Deal of the Year, ALB Japan Law Awards 2010
Leading firm for Corporate/M&A, PLC Which lawyer? 2010
Tier 2 for Corporate/M&A: International firms and joint ventures, Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2008-2011
Tier 1 M&A League Tables, Asia Pacific Thomson Reuters 2009
Leading firm for Corporate/M&A: Cross border advice, PLC Which lawyer? 2009
Band 1 for Corporate M&A: Foreign: Investment Funds, Chambers Asia Pacific 2008

Dispute Resolution

Band 3 for Dispute Resolution: Domestic, Chambers Asia Pacific 2011
Japan's Leading Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Firm, ALB's Leading Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Firms 2010
Recommended firm for Dispute Resolution: Cross-border advice, PLC Which lawyer? 2009-2010
Tier 2 for Dispute Resolution: International firms and joint ventures, Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2008-2011
Tier 2 for Dispute Resolution: International firms, Asialaw Profiles 2011-2012

Employment

Band 3 for Employment: Domestic, Chambers Asia Pacific 2011
Asian-Counsel Firm of the Year for Employment/Labor, Asian Counsel Representative Corporate Asia 2010
Highly recommended firm for Labor and employee benefits, PLC Which lawyer? 2008-2011

Environment

Highly recommended firm for Environment, PLC Which lawyer? 2008-2011
Ranked 1st in PLC Which lawyer? Environment Super League 2009 and 2011

International Trade

Band 1 for International Trade, Chambers Asia Pacific 2011-2012

IP/IT

Tier 1 for Trade Mark/Copyright, Managing Intellectual Property’s World IP Survey 2011
Band 3 for Intellectual Property: Domestic, Chambers Asia Pacific 2011
Tier 1 (2008-2009), Tier 2 (2010-2011) for Intellectual Property: International firms and joint ventures, Legal 500 Asia Pacific
Tier 1 for IP, Asia IP's Trademark Survey 2010
Tier 2 for Patent and Trade Mark/Copyright - Foreign firms, Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) 2010
Anti-counterfeiting IP Firm of the Year, Managing Intellectual Property 2010
Band 2 for Intellectual Property: Foreign, Chambers Asia Pacific 2009
Recommended firm for Intellectual Property: Cross-border advice, PLC Which lawyer? 2010-2011
Tier 2 for Intellectual Property: International firms, Asialaw Profiles 2011

Life Sciences

Recommended firm for Life sciences: Corporate & commercial, PLC Which lawyer? 2008-2011
Recommended firm for Life sciences: Intellectual property, PLC Which lawyer? 2008-2011

Major Projects – EMI

Tier 2 for Projects and Energy: International firms and joint ventures, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2008-2011
Band 3 for Projects & Energy: Foreign Leading Firms, Chambers Asia Pacific 2008 – 2011
Tier 2 for Energy and Natural Resources, Asialaw Profiles 2011

Private Equity

Ranked 2nd in ALB Leading Private Equity and Venture Capital Law Firms 2010
Highly recommended firm for Private equity/venture capital, PLC Which lawyer? 2008-2010

Project Finance

Tier 2 for Project Finance, IFLR1000 2008-2011
Highly recommended firm for Project finance, PLC Which lawyer? 2011
Leading firm for Project finance, PLC Which lawyer? 2009-2010

Real Estate

Band 3 for Real Estate: International, Chambers Asia Pacific 2011
Finalist for Real Estate Deal of the Year, ALB Japan Law Awards 2010
Tier 2 for Real Estate and Construction: International firms and joint ventures, Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2010-2011

Restructuring/Insolvency

Highly recommended firm for Restructuring and Insolvency, PLC Which lawyer? 2009-2011
Tier 1 for Insolvency: International firms and joint ventures, Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2008-2010

Structured Finance/Securitization

Tier 2 for Structured Finance/Securitisation: International firms and joint ventures, Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2009 and 2011

Tax

Band 1 for Tax, Chambers Asia Pacific 2010-2012
Leading Firm in Tax, PLC Which lawyer? 2011
Tier 2 Global Tax Transactional Survey, International Tax Review 2010
Tier 2 for World's Leading Planning Practices and Leading Transactional Firms, International Tax Review 2010
Recommended (2008-2010) and Leading firm (2011) for Tax, PLC Which lawyer?
Tier 1 for Tax: International firms and joint ventures, Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2008-2011
Japan Tax Controversy Firm of the Year, International Tax Review (ITR) Asia Tax Awards 2008-2009
Tier 1 for Tax, Asialaw Profiles 2011

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