We are pleased to announce that on May 30 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Tokyo, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune was honored with impressive awards from Asian Legal Business for providing excellent legal services in various large and complex deals in 2007.

Our firm was awarded for the following deals;

Real Estate Deal of the Year: LCP REIT Acquisition from GE Real Estate.

Securitization Deal of the Year: Softbank Mobile Installment Receivables.

Equity Market Deal of the Year: Sony Financial Holdings Global IPO.

Also, our partner Hironori Shibata received the prestigious "Japanese Dealmaker of the Year" award for his great achievements in various deals.