Nikkei’s “Best Performing Lawyers 2013”

In the 9th "Corporate Legal Affairs and Lawyer Survey" published by Nikkei Inc., the following lawyers have been chosen as the Best Performing Lawyers 2013 (as selected by companies and overall (by both companies and lawyers)):

Corporate Legal Affairs category

Hiroshi Mitoma (8th by companies; 1st overall)
Kenichi Fujinawa (9th by companies)

Foreign Law category

Hiroki Inoue (3rd by companies; 1st overall)

Tax category

Atsushi Fujieda (2nd by companies; 4th overall)
Yuko Miyazaki (3rd by companies; 2nd overall)
Yushi Hegawa (5th by companies; 9th overall)

These rankings were reported in the Nikkei newspaper, December 16, 2013 morning edition and in its online edition.