In the 15th "Corporate Legal Affairs and Lawyer Survey" published by Nikkei Inc., the following lawyers have been chosen as the Best Performing Lawyers 2019 (as selected by companies and overall (by both companies and lawyers)):

Corporate Legal Affairs category

• Minoru Sawaguchi (4th by companies; 4th overall)
• Shin Kikuchi (6th by companies; 9th overall)
• Gaku Ishiwata (10th by companies; 5th overall)

Data-related category

• Hiroyuki Tanaka (5th by companies; 9th overall)
• Atsushi Okada (7th by companies; 9th overall)

Labor Law category

• Taichi Arai (6th by companies; 4th by overall)
• Chisako Takaya (8th by companies; 6th overall)
• Yoshikazu Abe (10th overall)