ALB LAW AWARDS
asian legal business ISSUE 8.5
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inhouse awards LEGAL FUTURES JAPAN AWARD
BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR Legal Futures Japan Legal Futures offers professional and specialised legal, compliance and financial services recruitment expertise throughout Asia placing the highest caliber candidates within the banking and financial services, private practice and corporate sectors. Amber Clinton, Senior Consultant, Legal Futures Japan K.K. Amber is a senior consultant and has many years of success in placing financial services executives, lawyers, compliance officers, documentation officers, paralegals, and mid-office personnel at all levels for the financial services sector in Japan.
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Citigroup Japan Aozora Bank ORIX GE Shinsei Bank Sumitomo Matsui
TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA & TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR • • • • • •
JTV NEC Legal Division IBM Japan NTT DoCoMo Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) Toshiba
TRADING COMPANY IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR • • • • • • •
GE GM ITOCHU Marubeni Corporation Mitsui Group Mitsubishi Corporation Sumitomo Group
► LCP REIT ACQUISITION FROM GE REAL ESTATE Firms: Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Banks: UBS Securities Accountants: Ernst & Young ► LASALLE INVESTMENT – ASSET REALTY MANAGERS CO Firms: Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu,
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JPMorgan Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch UBS
JAPANESE INVESTMENT BANK IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR • • • •
Daiwa Mitsubishi UFJ Nomura Citigroup Japan
JAPAN IN-HOUSE LAWYER OF THE YEAR • • • • • • •
Aaron Eddington, UBS Akiko Yamahara, Nikko Citigroup Chikara Momata, Citigroup Japan Fuji Okada, NEC Laurence Bates, GE Tomoko Asahi, Merrill Lynch Ushio Kawaguchi, Toshiba
JAPAN IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR TO BE ANNOUNCED ON THE NIGHT
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deals of the year REAL ESTATE DEAL OF THE YEAR
INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT BANK IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Banks: UBS Securities Accountants: PwC ► ALIGNMENT OF CAPITAL AND MORIMOT/BLIFE Firms: Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Ushejima & Partners Banks: CMTB ► SHERATON TOKYO BAY HOTEL ACQUISITION Accountants: KPMG Tax Corporation
SECURITISATION DEAL OF THE YEAR ► KOREA DEVELOPMENT BANK – KAL FUTURE FLOW SECURITISATION Firms: Orrick, Shin & Kim, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, Walkers, Lee & Co, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Banks: HSBC, Korea Development Bank ► TITAN CMBS Firms: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Allen & Overy Banks: Credit Suisse ► SOFTBANK MOBILE INSTALMENT RECEIVABLES Firms: Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Banks: Citibank, Mizuho Corporate Bank
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