Nishimura & Asahi is top Japanese law firm brand in Acritas Asia Pacific Law Firm Brand Index 2018

Nishimura & Asahi has been named the leading Japanese legal brand in the Asia Pacific region, in the Asia Pacific Law Firm Brand Index 2018, published by Acritas, an international legal market research organization based in the UK.

Nishimura & Asahi ranked highly for key index measures, including multi-jurisdictional litigation, multi-jurisdictional deal work and overall M&A. It was also ranked highly for awareness, favourability and high-value legal work.

The Acritas Asia Pacific Law Firm Brand Index 2018 is compiled from the unprompted responses of 441 senior general counsel in Asia Pacific organisations with annual revenues over US$50 million. A further 358 senior in-house counsel from ‘elite’ organisations were asked which firms they used for their legal needs in any of seven key jurisdictions within Asia Pacific, outside of the country they were based in.