Nikkei’s “Best Performing Lawyers 2012”

In the 8th "Corporate Legal Affairs and Lawyer Survey (the Best Performing Lawyers 2012)" by Nikkei Inc., the lawyers of the firm have been chosen as follows:

Corporate Legal Affairs category

Masatsura Kadota （Ranking: 2nd overall）

Intellectual Property category

Masato Tanaka (Ranking: 1st overall; 5th by companies)

Foreign Law category

Soichiro Uno (Ranking: 2nd overall)
These rankings were reported in the Nikkei newspaper, December 19, 2012 morning edition and in its online edition.