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Who’s Who Legal - Global Elite Thought Leaders 2021

Lars Markert has been ranked as a Global Elite Thought Leader by Who’s Who Legal, which revealed its list of the top international arbitration lawyers worldwide for 2021, on December 8, 2020.

The ranking, which was compiled following tens of thousands of votes via peer voting and client recommendations, named the 64 lawyers who received the most votes as Global Elite Thought Leaders in international arbitration. Lars features among a group of only 15 practitioners selected from the Asia-Pacific region, and he is the only practitioner ranked from Japan.

One of his clients remarked to WWL: "Lars is a great lawyer with a tremendous legal and academic background - he excels in bridging Japanese culture with foreign clients"

Nishimura & Asahi’s international arbitration group is headed by Hiroyuki Tezuka, who himself is frequently awarded the highest rankings across all leading legal directories.