Awards
In the 10th "Corporate Legal Affairs and Lawyer Survey" published by Nikkei Inc., the following lawyers have been chosen as the Best Performing Lawyers 2014 (as selected by companies and overall (by both companies and lawyers)):
Yuko Tamai (10th by companies)
Kaoru Hattori (5th overall)
Hiroki Inoue (2nd overall)
Hideaki Kobayashi (5th by companies; 3rd overall)
These rankings were reported in the Nikkei newspaper, December 22, 2014 morning edition and in its online edition.