Awards
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu ("NO&T") has received a high evaluation in the sectoral assessment published in the IFLR1000 2025. The firm has been chosen as one of the top-tier firms (Tier 1) in the eight categories of Banking, Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: Equity, Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation, M&A, Private equity, Project development and Project finance. The following lawyers have been recognized as leading lawyers in each practice area.
Banking (Tier 1)
Capital markets: Debt (Tier 1)
Capital markets: Equity (Tier 1)
Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation (Tier 1)
M&A (Tier 1)
Private equity (Tier 1)
Project development (Tier 1)
Project finance (Tier 1)
Japan
＜Expert consultant＞
Ryuji Sakai (Private equity, M&A)
Hiroki Inoue (Private equity, M&A)
<Highly regarded>
Fumihide Sugimoto (Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation)
Takao Higuchi (Energy and infrastructure, Project development, Banking, Project finance)
Shinichi Matsui (Project finance)
Miyuki Ishiguro (Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: Equity, M&A)
Hiroyuki Ishizuka (Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: Equity)
Hiroshi Mitoma (Restructuring and insolvency, Private equity, M&A)
Yuko Tamai (M&A)
Masayuki Fukuda (Project finance)
Kei Asatsuma (Private equity, M&A)
Tomohiko Iwasaki (Corporate and M&A)
Masaki Konishi (Capital markets: Debt)
Jiro Mikami (Banking)
Masatsura Kadota (Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: Equity)
Soichiro Fujiwara (M&A)
Motohiro Yanagawa (Project finance, Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation, Asset finance, REIT)
Ryo Okubo (Private equity, M&A)
Akemi Suzuki (M&A)
Shinichi Araki (Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: Equity)
Rintaro Hirano (Project finance, Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation, Real estate finance, REIT)
Kiyoshi Honda (Project development)
Atsushi Yamashita (Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: Equity)
Terukazu Katsuyama (Project finance)
Yuichi Miyashita (Capital markets)
Yoshihisa Watanabe (Project development, Project finance)
<Notable practitioner>
Keitaro Oshimo (Banking)
Ichiro Oya (Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: Equity, Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation)
Naohiro Nishimura (Real estate finance, Real estate acquisitions, REIT)
Kayo Takigawa (M&A)
Nobuyoshi Inujima (Banking, Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation, M&A)
Tsuyoshi Shimizu (M&A)
Taku Umezawa (M&A)
Kei Okubo (M&A)
Junji Yamanaka (Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation)
Makoto Saito (M&A, Real estate acquisitions)
Yoshitoshi Imoto (M&A)
Tatsuya Okano (M&A)
Shuichi Nishimura (M&A)
Sho Awaya (Private equity, M&A)
Hiromi Hattori (Banking and finance)
Tomohiro Koyasu (Banking and finance)
Tsutomu Kobayashi (Project development, Banking, Project finance)
<Rising star partner>
Motoki Saito (Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: Equity)
Yoshifumi Shimoda (Banking, Project finance)
Yutaro Fujimoto (Banking, Project finance)
Yoshimune Muraji (Project development, Project finance)
Takashi Itokawa (Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation)
Kazuki Tahara (Private equity, M&A)
<Rising star>
Sotaro Mori (Banking and finance)
Thailand
＜Highly regarded＞
Supasit Boonsanong (Project development)
＜Notable practitioner＞
Shohei Sasaki (M&A)
＜Rising star partner＞
Charuwan Charoonchitsathian (M&A)
＜Rising star＞
Kobchai Nitungkorn (Projects)
For more details, please refer to the following IFLR1000 websites.