Best Lawyers 2022
Apr 15, 2021 Achievements- Hiroyuki Kanae
- Hiroyasu Ueda
- Isao Shindo
- Eiichiro Nakatani
- Harume Nakano (1955-2024)
- Kunihiko Morishita
- Koji Fujita
- Fujiaki Mimura
- Len Matsunaga
- Osamu Tanaka
- Tsutomu Miyano
- Kenichi Masuda
- Hirohito Akagami
- Takashi Akahane
- Hiroki Wakabayashi
- Daisuke Taga
- Ryu Umezu
- Hiroaki Takahashi
- Kazuaki Nagai
- Takeshi Watanabe
- Kenichi Sadaka
- Tetsuya Itoh
- Akihito ("Aki") Nakamachi
- Hironori Shibata
- Shigeyoshi Ezaki
- Yasufumi Shiroyama
- Junichi Kondo
- Hideki Thurgood Kanoh
- Shinji Kusakabe
- Akira Moriwaki
- Taro Tsunoda
- Yukiko Imazu
- Atsushi Komase
- Hiroki Kodate
- Yoshikazu Iwase
- Yusuke Nakano
- Minoru Kobayashi
- Takuo Hirose
- Noritaka Niwano
- Reiji Takahashi
- Atsushi Yamada
- Naoyuki Kabata
- Yoshimasa Dan
- Hiroshige Nakagawa
- Keiko Kaneko
- Vassili Moussis
- Osamu Adachi
- Kazuhiro Yoshii
- Michi Yamagami
- Kazuhilo Kikawa
- Atsutoshi Maeda
- Kenji Hirooka
- Hiroshi Ishihara
- Satoshi Inoue
- Ko Wakabayashi
- Takaharu Matsumura
- Akihito Miyake
- Takefumi Sato
- Eiji Kobayashi
- Yasuyuki Kuroda
- Masayuki Hashimoto
- Etsuko Hara
- Koichi Saito
- Tomoki Debari
- Yuichiro Nukada
- Norifumi Takeuchi
- Taro Awataguchi
- Shigeki Tatsuno
- Ken Kobayashi
- Ko Hanamizu
- Manabu Katsumata
- Yuhki Tanaka
- Hiroto Ando
- Naokuni Fukuda
- Takaharu Totsuka
- Ryo Kotoura
- Kei Akagawa
- Hitoshi Ishihara
- Kagayaki Funakoshi
- Moegi Shirakawa
- Ryo Kohdate
- Aoi Inoue
- Junichi Ueda
- Ryo Okochi
- Shintaro Takeoka
- Koji Kawamura
- Zentaro Nihei
- Wataru Shimizu
- Kei Sasaki
- Motoya Ishibashi
- Yuki Kohmaru
- Koichi Miyamoto
- Kazunari Onishi
- Tomoyuki Oka
- Daisuke Tanimoto
- Takeshi Suzuki
- Yoshiharu Usuki
- Shunsuke Aoki
- Kiyoko Yagami
- Miki Goto
- Masayuki Yamanouchi
- Jun Ishii
- Ken Kawai
- Wataru Ishii
- Tsuyoshi Nagahama
- Nobuyuki Tomotsune
- Akira Kawamura
- Saneaki Ichijo
- Akiko Kimura
- Osamu Hirakawa
- Hideyuki Sakai
- Masaakira Kitazawa
- Hideto Ishida
- Kazutoshi Kakuyama
- Tatsu Katayama
- Takashi Nakazaki
- Takehiro Shibuya
- Yasuko Moriwaki
- Makoto Ono
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune has received high evaluations in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2022 edition and many of our lawyers have been recognized in each practice areas.
■Law Firm of the Year and Lawyer of the Year
Law Firm of the Year (Japan 2022)
・Banking and Finance Law
・Labor and Employment Law
Lawyer of the Year (Japan 2022)
・Yusuke Nakano（Antitrust / Competition Law）
・Hiroki Kodate（Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice）
・Ken Kawai（Derivatives）
・Fujiaki Mimura (Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
・Kenichi Masuda (Private Equity, Private Funds and Venture Capital Law)
■Lawyers
Antitrust / Competition Law
Hideto Ishida, Shigeyoshi Ezaki, Yusuke Nakano, Atsushi Yamada, Vassili Moussis, Etsuko Hara, Yuhki Tanaka, Takeshi Suzuki, Yoshiharu Usuki, Kiyoko Yagami, Akira Kawamura
Arbitration and Mediation
Hiroki Wakabayashi, Yoshimasa Furuta, Kenichi Sadaka, Shinji Kusakabe, Aoi Inoue, Tsuyoshi Nagahama, Akira Kawamura
Asset Finance Law
Isao Shindo, Kunihiko Morishita, Tatsu Katayama, Tetsuya Itoh
Banking and Finance Law
Masaakira Kitazawa, Tomoaki Ikenaga, Isao Shindo, Kunihiko Morishita, Tatsu Katayama, Hirohito Akagami, Takashi Akahane, Hiroaki Takahashi, Kazuaki Nagai, Osamu Adachi, Satoshi Inoue, Taro Awataguchi, Ko Hanamizu, Takaharu Totsuka, Yuki Kohmaru, Kazunari Onishi, Daisuke Tanimoto, Takehiro Shibuya, Wataru Ishii
Capital Markets Law
Isao Shindo, Harume Nakano, Tatsu Katayama, Daisuke Taga, Ryu Umezu, Hiroaki Takahashi, Hironori Shibata, Atsushi Komase, Minoru Kobayashi, Takuo Hirose, Kazuhiro Yoshii, Yasuyuki Kuroda, Hiroto Ando, Kagayaki Funakoshi, Moegi Shirakawa, Shintaro Takeoka, Koji Kawamura, Tomoyuki Oka, Shunsuke Aoki, Nobuyuki Tomotsune, Akiko Kimura, Yasuko Moriwaki
Corporate and M&A Law
Masaakira Kitazawa, Tomoaki Ikenaga, Hiroyasu Ueda, Yoshio Iteya, Len Matsunaga, Tsutomu Miyano, Kenichi Masuda, Hirohito Akagami, Takeshi Watanabe, Tetsuya Itoh, Shigeyoshi Ezaki, Junichi Kondo, Akira Moriwaki, Taro Tsunoda, Hiroki Kodate, Noritaka Niwano, Atsushi Yamada, Yoshimasa Dan, Hiroshige Nakagawa, Keiko Kaneko, Osamu Adachi, Michi Yamagami, Atsutoshi Maeda, Kenji Hirooka, Satoshi Inoue, Ko Wakabayashi, Koichi Saito, Yuichiro Nukada, Shigeki Tatsuno, Manabu Katsumata, Ryo Kotoura, Hitoshi Ishihara, Ryo Kohdate, Ryo Okochi, Jun Ishii, Tsuyoshi Nagahama, Akira Kawamura, Saneaki Ichijo, Akiko Kimura, Osamu Hirakawa, James M. Minamoto
Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice
Tomoaki Ikenaga, Hiroyasu Ueda, Akira Moriwaki, Hiroki Kodate, Kazuhilo Kikawa, Hiroshi Ishihara, Takeshi Suzuki, Akira Kawamura
Derivatives
Tatsu Katayama, Ken Kawai
Energy Law
Eiji Kobayashi
Financial Institution Regulatory Law
Tomoaki Ikenaga, Isao Shindo, Kunihiko Morishita
FinTech Practice
Ken Kawai
Information Technology Law
Takashi Nakazaki
Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Hiroyasu Ueda, Fujiaki Mimura, Kazuaki Nagai, Taro Awataguchi, Zentaro Nihei, Hideyuki Sakai
Insurance Law
Kunihiko Morishita, Tomoki Debari, Naokuni Fukuda
Intellectual Property Law
Akihito Nakamachi, Yasufumi Shiroyama, Yoshikazu Iwase, Miki Goto
International Business Transactions
Yoshimasa Furuta, Yoshio Iteya, Akira Kawamura, Hideyuki Sakai
Investment and Investment Funds
Harume Nakano, Kunihiko Morishita, Osamu Tanaka, Hirohito Akagami, Kazuhiro Yoshii, Akihito Miyake, Masayuki Hashimoto, Koichi Miyamoto, Nobuyuki Tomotsune, Osamu Hirakawa
Labor and Employment Law
Hiroyuki Kanae, Kazutoshi Kakuyama, Hiroyasu Ueda, Hideki Thurgood Kanoh, Yukiko Imazu, Atsushi Yamada, Takaharu Matsumura, Nobuhito Sawasaki, Junichi Ueda, Naoki Hayata
Life Sciences Practice
Yasufumi Shiroyama, Junichi Kondo
Litigation
Hiroyuki Kanae, Kenichi Nakano, Hiroyasu Ueda, Eiichiro Nakatani, Hiroki Wakabayashi, Yoshimasa Furuta, Kenichi Sadaka, Shinji Kusakabe, Atsushi Yamada, Takefumi Sato, Kei Akagawa, Akira Kawamura
Patent Law
Makoto Ono
Private Equity, Private Funds and Venture Capital Law
Masaakira Kitazawa, Kenichi Masuda, Satoshi Inoue
Product Liability Litigation
Shinji Kusakabe
Project Finance and Development Practice
Takashi Akahane, Tetsuya Itoh, Reiji Takahashi, Norifumi Takeuchi, Koji Kawamura
Real Estate Law
Harume Nakano, Tatsu Katayama, Ryu Umezu, Hiroaki Takahashi, Tetsuya Itoh, Minoru Kobayashi, Naoyuki Kabata, Ken Kobayashi, Motoya Ishibashi
Structured Finance Law
Isao Shindo, Tatsu Katayama, Takashi Akahane, Ryu Umezu, Hiroaki Takahashi, Kazuaki Nagai, Tetsuya Itoh, Minoru Kobayashi, Osamu Adachi
Tax Law
Eiichiro Nakatani, Koji Fujita, Kei Sasaki
Technology Law
Yasufumi Shiroyama, Wataru Shimizu, Masayuki Yamanouchi
Trade Law
Hiroshige Nakagawa
■Law Firm of the Year and Lawyer of the Year
Law Firm of the Year (Japan 2022)
・Banking and Finance Law
・Labor and Employment Law
Lawyer of the Year (Japan 2022)
・Yusuke Nakano（Antitrust / Competition Law）
・Hiroki Kodate（Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice）
・Ken Kawai（Derivatives）
・Fujiaki Mimura (Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
・Kenichi Masuda (Private Equity, Private Funds and Venture Capital Law)
■Lawyers
Antitrust / Competition Law
Hideto Ishida, Shigeyoshi Ezaki, Yusuke Nakano, Atsushi Yamada, Vassili Moussis, Etsuko Hara, Yuhki Tanaka, Takeshi Suzuki, Yoshiharu Usuki, Kiyoko Yagami, Akira Kawamura
Arbitration and Mediation
Hiroki Wakabayashi, Yoshimasa Furuta, Kenichi Sadaka, Shinji Kusakabe, Aoi Inoue, Tsuyoshi Nagahama, Akira Kawamura
Asset Finance Law
Isao Shindo, Kunihiko Morishita, Tatsu Katayama, Tetsuya Itoh
Banking and Finance Law
Masaakira Kitazawa, Tomoaki Ikenaga, Isao Shindo, Kunihiko Morishita, Tatsu Katayama, Hirohito Akagami, Takashi Akahane, Hiroaki Takahashi, Kazuaki Nagai, Osamu Adachi, Satoshi Inoue, Taro Awataguchi, Ko Hanamizu, Takaharu Totsuka, Yuki Kohmaru, Kazunari Onishi, Daisuke Tanimoto, Takehiro Shibuya, Wataru Ishii
Capital Markets Law
Isao Shindo, Harume Nakano, Tatsu Katayama, Daisuke Taga, Ryu Umezu, Hiroaki Takahashi, Hironori Shibata, Atsushi Komase, Minoru Kobayashi, Takuo Hirose, Kazuhiro Yoshii, Yasuyuki Kuroda, Hiroto Ando, Kagayaki Funakoshi, Moegi Shirakawa, Shintaro Takeoka, Koji Kawamura, Tomoyuki Oka, Shunsuke Aoki, Nobuyuki Tomotsune, Akiko Kimura, Yasuko Moriwaki
Corporate and M&A Law
Masaakira Kitazawa, Tomoaki Ikenaga, Hiroyasu Ueda, Yoshio Iteya, Len Matsunaga, Tsutomu Miyano, Kenichi Masuda, Hirohito Akagami, Takeshi Watanabe, Tetsuya Itoh, Shigeyoshi Ezaki, Junichi Kondo, Akira Moriwaki, Taro Tsunoda, Hiroki Kodate, Noritaka Niwano, Atsushi Yamada, Yoshimasa Dan, Hiroshige Nakagawa, Keiko Kaneko, Osamu Adachi, Michi Yamagami, Atsutoshi Maeda, Kenji Hirooka, Satoshi Inoue, Ko Wakabayashi, Koichi Saito, Yuichiro Nukada, Shigeki Tatsuno, Manabu Katsumata, Ryo Kotoura, Hitoshi Ishihara, Ryo Kohdate, Ryo Okochi, Jun Ishii, Tsuyoshi Nagahama, Akira Kawamura, Saneaki Ichijo, Akiko Kimura, Osamu Hirakawa, James M. Minamoto
Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice
Tomoaki Ikenaga, Hiroyasu Ueda, Akira Moriwaki, Hiroki Kodate, Kazuhilo Kikawa, Hiroshi Ishihara, Takeshi Suzuki, Akira Kawamura
Derivatives
Tatsu Katayama, Ken Kawai
Energy Law
Eiji Kobayashi
Financial Institution Regulatory Law
Tomoaki Ikenaga, Isao Shindo, Kunihiko Morishita
FinTech Practice
Ken Kawai
Information Technology Law
Takashi Nakazaki
Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Hiroyasu Ueda, Fujiaki Mimura, Kazuaki Nagai, Taro Awataguchi, Zentaro Nihei, Hideyuki Sakai
Insurance Law
Kunihiko Morishita, Tomoki Debari, Naokuni Fukuda
Intellectual Property Law
Akihito Nakamachi, Yasufumi Shiroyama, Yoshikazu Iwase, Miki Goto
International Business Transactions
Yoshimasa Furuta, Yoshio Iteya, Akira Kawamura, Hideyuki Sakai
Investment and Investment Funds
Harume Nakano, Kunihiko Morishita, Osamu Tanaka, Hirohito Akagami, Kazuhiro Yoshii, Akihito Miyake, Masayuki Hashimoto, Koichi Miyamoto, Nobuyuki Tomotsune, Osamu Hirakawa
Labor and Employment Law
Hiroyuki Kanae, Kazutoshi Kakuyama, Hiroyasu Ueda, Hideki Thurgood Kanoh, Yukiko Imazu, Atsushi Yamada, Takaharu Matsumura, Nobuhito Sawasaki, Junichi Ueda, Naoki Hayata
Life Sciences Practice
Yasufumi Shiroyama, Junichi Kondo
Litigation
Hiroyuki Kanae, Kenichi Nakano, Hiroyasu Ueda, Eiichiro Nakatani, Hiroki Wakabayashi, Yoshimasa Furuta, Kenichi Sadaka, Shinji Kusakabe, Atsushi Yamada, Takefumi Sato, Kei Akagawa, Akira Kawamura
Patent Law
Makoto Ono
Private Equity, Private Funds and Venture Capital Law
Masaakira Kitazawa, Kenichi Masuda, Satoshi Inoue
Product Liability Litigation
Shinji Kusakabe
Project Finance and Development Practice
Takashi Akahane, Tetsuya Itoh, Reiji Takahashi, Norifumi Takeuchi, Koji Kawamura
Real Estate Law
Harume Nakano, Tatsu Katayama, Ryu Umezu, Hiroaki Takahashi, Tetsuya Itoh, Minoru Kobayashi, Naoyuki Kabata, Ken Kobayashi, Motoya Ishibashi
Structured Finance Law
Isao Shindo, Tatsu Katayama, Takashi Akahane, Ryu Umezu, Hiroaki Takahashi, Kazuaki Nagai, Tetsuya Itoh, Minoru Kobayashi, Osamu Adachi
Tax Law
Eiichiro Nakatani, Koji Fujita, Kei Sasaki
Technology Law
Yasufumi Shiroyama, Wataru Shimizu, Masayuki Yamanouchi
Trade Law
Hiroshige Nakagawa