Japan Law Awards 2011 – WINNERS

• DEAL OF THE YEAR
  • The Japan In-House Counsel Network Award Debt Market Deal of the Year
    • Winner: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ US$2bn Senior Debt Offering
      • Firms: City-Yuwa; Paul, Weiss; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
      • Banks: BofA Merrill Lynch; JP Morgan; Mitsubishi UFJ Securities; Morgan Stanley MUFG
  • American Chamber of Commerce in Japan Award Equity Market Deal of the Year
    • Winner: Dai-ichi Life Insurance Demutualisation and IPO
      • Firms: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune; Nishimura & Asahi; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Sullivan & Cromwell
      • Banks: BofA Merrill Lynch; Goldman Sachs; Mizuho Securities; Nomura
      • Accountant: Ernst & Young ShinNihon
  • Energy & Resources Deal of the Year
    • Winner: Acquisition and Financing of Gas Natural's Mexican IPP Portfolio
      • Firms: Allen & Overy; LVHS; Morrison & Foerster
      • Banks: Japan Bank For International Cooperation; Mizuho Corporate Bank; Sumitomo Mitsui; The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
      • Accountants: Ernst & Young ShinNihon; PwC
  • M&A Deal of the Year
    • Winner: Morgan Stanley - MUFG Joint Venture
      • Firms: Davis Polk & Wardwell; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Hogan Lovells; Mori Hamada & Matsumoto; Morrison & Foerster; Nishimura & Asahi; Shearman & Sterling; Sullivan & Cromwell
      • Banks: Lazard; Morgan Stanley MUFG
  • Real Estate Deal of the Year
    • Winner: ANA Hotels Debt Restructuring
      • Firms: City Yuwa; Dechert; Maples and Calder; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; Nishimura & Asahi; Richards Layton & Finger; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; White & Case
      • Banks: Shinsei Bank; Sumitomo Mitsui
      • Accountant: KPMG
  • Structured Finance Deal of the Year
    • Winner: Japan Airlines / Aiful Credit Event and Auction Settlement
      • Firms: Allen & Overy; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; Okuno & Partners
  • Westlaw Japan Award TMT Deal of the Year
    • Winner: Symantec – VeriSign Acquisition
      • Firms: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune; Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Mori Hamada & Matsumoto; Nishimura & Asahi; Shearman & Sterling; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
      • Bank: JP Morgan
  • Japan Deal of the Year
    • Winner: Japan Airlines / Aiful Credit Event and Auction Settlement
      • Firms: Allen & Overy; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; Okuno & Partners
• IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR
  • Banking & Financial Services In-House Team of the Year
    • Winner: Mitsubishi UFJ
  • Japanese Investment Bank Team of the Year
    • Winner: Nomura
  • International Investment Bank Team of the Year
    • Winner: JP Morgan
  • Trading Company In-House Team of the Year
    • Dual winners: ITOCHU and Mitsui
  • Japan In-House Lawyer of the Year
    • Winner: Nikko Asset Management - David Monroe
  • Japan In-House Team of the Year
    • Winner: Morgan Stanley MUFG
• FIRM OF THE YEAR
  • International Deal Firm of the Year
    • Winner: Davis Polk & Wardwell
  • Japanese Deal Firm of the Year
    • Winner: Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
  • Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan Litigation Specialist Law Firm of the Year
    • Winner: Matsuo & Kosugi
  • International Arbitration Law Firm of the Year
    • Winner: Herbert Smith
  • Insolvency Law Firm of the Year
    • Winner: Nishimura & Asahi
  • IP Law Firm of the Year
    • Winner: TMI
  • Best China Practice of the Year
    • Winner: Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
  • Offshore Law Firm of the Year
    • Winner: Maples and Calder
  • Osaka Law Firm of the Year
    • Winner: Oh-Ebashi