Top ranking received from Nikkei Inc. in "Questionnaire of Corporate Legal Affairs Personnel and Lawyers 2006"

Dec. 26, 2006

Related Practice Areas	Mergers & Acquisitions < Mergers & Acquisitions > Finance < Structured Finance, Banking > Bankruptcy/Restructuring < Bankruptcy/Restructuring > Litigation/Dispute Resolution < Litigation/ADR > Overseas Practice < China Practice >
Award Recipient	Yoshio Iteya, Masanori Sato, Hideki Matsui, Soichiro Fujiwara, Gaku Ishiwata

Gaku Ishiwata was ranked No.1, Masanori Sato was ranked No.2 and Soichiro Fujiwara was ranked No.7 in "the Best Lawyers chosen by lawyers in 2006" of the "Questionnaire of Corporate Legal Affairs Personnel and Lawyers 2006" administered by Nikkei Inc. Also, Yoshio Iteya was ranked No.6 and Hideki Matsui was ranked No.9 in "the Best Lawyers chosen by companies in 2006." (reported on the Nikkei newspaper in Dec 26, 2006)

Kunio Hamada, June 2006