11 Deal Award Categories

• Debt Market Deal of the Year

• GE Capital Corporation Samurai Bond Series

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

• Equity Market Deal of the Year

• MUFJ Financial Group Global Offering

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

• M&A Deal of the Year

• MUFJ- Morgan Stanley Stake Acquisition

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

• Real Estate Deal of the Year

• Mitsui Fudosan - Frontier Real Estate Investment Corporation Acquisition

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

• Technology & Telecommunications Deal of the Year

• Bain Capital - D&M Holdings Acquistion

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

• International Dealmaker of the Year

• Theodore Paradise, Davis Polk & Wardwell

• Japanese Dealmaker of the Year

• Akiko Kimura, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune   

• Japanese Deal Team of the Year

• M&A/Corporate Team - Mori Hamada & Matsumoto   

• International Deal Firm of the Year

• Davis Polk & Wardwell

• Japanese Deal Firm of the Year

• Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
• Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

• Japan Deal of the Year

• MUFJ- Morgan Stanley Stake Acquisition

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

7 In-House Award Categories

• Banking & Financial Services In-House Team of the Year

• Nikko Citigroup

• Japanese Investment Bank Team of the Year

• Nomura Securities

• International Investment Bank Team of the Year

• Goldman Sachs

• TMT In-House Team of the Year

• Sony

• Trading Company In-House Team of the Year

• Mitsubishi

• Japan In-House Team of the Year

• Nikko Citigroup

• Japan In-House Lawyer of the Year

• Akiko Yamahara, Nikko Citigroup

6 Firm Award Categories

• Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year

• Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

• Insolvency Law Firm of the Year

• Nishimura & Asahi

• Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year

• Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

• Offshore Law Firm of the Year

• Maples and Calder

• Osaka Law Firm of the Year

• Oh-Ebashi

• Lifetime Achievement Award

• Takashi Ejiri, Nishimura & Asahi