2009 FINALISTS

Deal Award categories

 

 

In-House Award categories

 

 

Firm Award categories

 

 

 

Deal Award categories

 

 

Debt Market Deal of the Year

Yamada Denki Convertible Bond Offering

Firms: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune; Linklaters
Bank: Nikko Citigroup

GE Capital Corporation Samurai Bond Series

Firms: Cleary Gottlieb; Linklaters; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; Nishimura & Asahi
Banks: Daiwa Securities; Mizuho Securities; Morgan Stanley Japan Securities

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Perpetual Preferred Securities Offering

Firms: Davis Polk & Wardwell; Linklaters; Maples and Calder; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Banks: Citi; Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe; Goldman Sachs; JPMorgan; Lehman Brothers; Merrill Lynch; UBS
Accountant: KPMG AZSA & Co

Rabobank Public Samurai Bond Offering

Firms: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune; Linklaters; Nishimura & Asahi
Banks: Daiwa Securities SMBC; Mizuho Securities; Rabobank Netherland; UBS Securities

Japan Bank for International Cooperation Schedule B Offering

Firms: Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; Sullivan & Cromwell

Royal Bank of Scotland Samurai Bond Series

Firms: Dundas & Wilson CS LLP; Linklaters; Mori Hamada & Matsumoto; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Banks: Daiwa SMBC Securities; RBS Securities Japan

Sumitomo Life Insurance Company Medium Term Note Program

Firms: Linklaters; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Bank: Merrill Lynch

 

Equity Market Deal of the Year

MUFJ Financial Group Global Offering

Firms: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune; Paul, Weiss; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Banks: JPMorgan; Morgan Stanley; MUFJ Securities; Nikko Citigroup; Nomura Securities
Accountant: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings Common Stock Global Offering

Firms: Davis Polk & Wardwell; Morrison & Foerster; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Banks: Daiwa Securities SMBC; Goldman Sachs; Nikko Citigroup
Accountant: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

Mitsui Life Insurance Preferred Shares Offering

Firm: Nishimura & Asahi
Bank: Daiwa SMBC

Seven Bank IPO

Firms: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune; Nishimura & Asahi; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Sullivan & Cromwell
Banks: Morgan Stanley; Nomura Securities; Nikko Citigroup

Visa IPO

Firms: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune; Davis Polk & Wardwell; White & Case; Skadden
Bank: Nikko Citigroup

 

M&A Deal of the Year

Shinsei Bank- GE Consumer Finance Acquisition

Firms: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune; Mallesons Stephen Jaques; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Bank: JPMorgan
Accountant: PwC

Takeda- Millennium Acquisition

Firms: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge; Skadden; WimerHale
Banks: Goldman Sachs; UBS

Eisai- MGI Pharmaceuticals Acquisition

Firms: Davis Polk & Wardwell; Hogan & Hartson; Sullivan & Cromwell
Banks: JPMorgan; Lehman Brothers

MUFJ- Morgan Stanley Stake Acquisition

Firms: Clifford Chance; Cravath; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Mori Hamada & Matsumoto; Sullivan & Cromwell; Wachtell
Banks: Mitsubishi UFJ; Morgan Stanley

Tokio Marine Holdings- Philadelphia Consolidated Holdings Acquisition

Firms: Sullivan & Cromwell; Wolf Block

MUFJ- Union BanCal Corporation Acquisition

Firms: Alston & Bird; Mori Hamada & Matsumoto; Skadden; Sullivan & Cromwell

Ricoh-IKON Acquisition

Firms: Baker Hostetler; Blake Cassels & Graydon; Cravath; Morrison & Foerster; Porter Wright Morris & Arthur; White & Case; Skadden

 

Real Estate Deal of the Year

Morley Fund Management Property Acquisition

Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Clifford Chance; Linklaters

OCM Netherlands Opportunities Cooperatif UA- Re-Plus Residential Stake Acquisition

Firms: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune; Mitsui Company; Mori Hamada & Matsumoto; Paul, Weiss
Banks: Citi; JPMorgan
Accountant: PwC

DaVinci Advisors-Toranomon Pastoral Acquisition

Firm: Morrison & Foerster

Mitsui Fudosan-Frontier Real Estate Investment Corporation Acquisition

Firms: Mori Hamada & Matsumoto; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Banks: Daiwa SMBC; Nikko Citigroup; UBS Securities

J-REP Co. Real Estate Fund Establishment

Firms: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; TMI Associates; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Bank: Nomura Securities
Accountant: KPMG

 

Technology & Telecommunications Deal of the Year

Bain Capital- D&M Holdings Acquisition

Firms: Cravath; Clifford Chance; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; Ropes & Gray; TMI
Banks: Goldman Sachs; Morgan Stanley; Nikko Citigroup

Jupiter Telecommunications- Mediatti Communications Acquisition

Firms: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune; Linklaters; Nishimura & Asahi
Bank: Goldman Sachs

NTT DoCoMo- TM International Acquisition

Firms: Milbank; Norton Rose
Banks: Nikko Citigroup; Nomura/Rothschild
Accountants: Deloitte Tohmatsu FAS; S.F. Ahmed & Co., Local Associates of Ernst & Young

Bertelsmann Stake Sale

Firms: Davis Polk & Wardwell; Paul, Weiss
Banks: Citi; JPMorgan

 

International Dealmaker of the Year

Alan Cannon, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Hiroya Yamazaki, Linklaters

Kaye Yoshino, Paul, Weiss

Theodore Paradise, Davis Polk & Wardwell

Stanley Farrar, Sullivan Cromwell

 

Japanese Dealmaker of the Year

Akiko Kimura, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Gaku Ishiwata, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Kazuya Ogawa, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Tatsuya Tanigawa, Nishimura & Asahi

 

Japanese Deal Team of the Year

Banking & Finance team- Nishimura & Asahi

Capital Markets team- Anderson Mori & Tsunematsu

M&A/Corporate Team- Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

M&A/Corporate team- Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

 

International Deal Firm of the Year

David Polk & Wardwell

Linklaters

Milbank

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Skadden

Sullivan & Cromwell

 

Japanese Deal Firm of the Year

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Atsumi & Partners

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Nagashima Ohno & Tsuenamatsu

Nishimura & Asahi

 

Japan Deal of the Year


GE Capital Corporation Samurai Bond Series

Firms: Cleary Gottlieb; Linklaters; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu ; Nishimura & Asahi
Banks: Daiwa Securities; Mizuho Securities; Morgan Stanley Japan Securities

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Perpetual Preferred Securities Offering

Firms: Davis Polk & Wardwell; Linklaters; Maples and Calder; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Banks: Citi; Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe; Goldman Sachs; JPMorgan; Lehman Brothers; Merrill Lynch; UBS
Accountant: KPMG AZSA & Co

MUFJ Financial Group Global Offering

Firms: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune; Paul, Weiss; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Banks: JPMorgan;Morgan Stanley; MUFJ Securities; Nikko Citigroup; Nomura Securities
Accountant: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

Visa IPO

Firms: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune; Davis Polk & Wardwell; White & Case; Skadden
Bank: Nikko Citigroup

MUFJ - Morgan Stanley Stake Acquisition

Firms: Clifford Chance; Cravath; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Mori Hamada & Matsumoto; Sullivan & Cromwell; Wachtell
Banks: Mitsubishi UFJ; Morgan Stanley

Mitsui Fudosan - Frontier Real Estate Investment Corporation Acquisition

Firms: Mori Hamada & Matsumoto; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Banks: Daiwa SMBC; Nikko Citigroup; UBS Securities

Bain Capital - D&M Holdings Acquisition

Firms: Cravath; Clifford Chance; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; Ropes & Gray; TMI
Banks: Goldman Sachs;Morgan Stanley; Nikko Citigroup

 

 

In-House Award categories

 

Banking & Financial Services In-House Team of the Year

Aozora Bank

Japan Bank for International Cooperation

Nikko Citi

Shinsei Bank

 

Japanese Investment Bank Team of the Year

Daiwa Securities SMBC

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities

Mizuho Securities

Nomura Securities

 

International Investment Bank Team of the Year

Deutsche Bank AG Tokyo

Goldman Sachs

JPMorgan

Merrill Lynch

Morgan Stanley

UBS Securities

 

TMT In-House Team of the Year

Canon

Hitachi

NTT DoCoMo

Sony

Toshiba

IBM Japan

 

Trading Company In-House Team of the Year

Mitsubishi

Mitsui & Co

Sumitomo

ITOCHU Corporation

 

Japan In-House Lawyer of the Year

Aaron Eddington, UBS Securities Japan

Akiko Yamahara, Nikko Citigroup

Chikara Momota, Nikko Citi Holdings

Sebastian Gruson, Boehringer Ingleheim Japan

Tomohiko Oshikawa, JPMorgan Securities Japan

 

Japan In-House Team of the Year

Goldman Sachs

JPMorgan

Mitsubishi

Morgan Stanley

Nikko Citigroup

Nomura Securities

Sony

 

 

Firm Award categories

 

 

Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Nishimura & Asahi

Morrison & Foerster

 

Insolvency Law Firm of the Year

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Bingham McCutchen

Miyake Imai & Ikeda

Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Nishimura & Asahi

 

IP Law Firm of the Year

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Nakamura & Partners

Seiwa Patent & Law

TMI Associates

Yuasa & Hara

 

Offshore Law Firm of the Year

Appleby

Conyers Dill & Pearman

Dillon Eustace

Maples and Calder

Ogier

Walkers

 

Osaka Law Firm of the Year

H Okada

Kikkawa

Kitahama Group

Nakanoshima Chuo Law Office

Oh-Ebashi

 

Lifetime Achievement Award

Hiroo Atsumi, Atsumi & Partners

Shigeaki Momo-o, Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba

Takashi Ejiri, Nishimura & Asahi

Toru Ishiguro, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Tsuyoshi Nagahama, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

 

 

 



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