Asia Business Law Journal is conducting extensive research for the 2026 Japan Law Firm Awards.
As part of this process, we are requesting nominations from in-house counsel, corporate executives and legal professionals around the world. Anyone with knowledge or experience of the quality of services provided by law firms in Japan in the past 12 months is welcome to make nominations*.
The deadline for making nomination will be until 14 August 2026.
The nomination form that follows invites you to nominate three law firms in rank order in a number of categories. Please feel free to make nominations in any/all categories with which you are familiar. As you do so, you are encouraged to think about big firms and small firms, old firms and new firms, specialist firms and general practice firms. Please base your nominations on firms’ performances in the past 12 months.
Thank you for your support. We look forward to receiving your nominations.
*Lawyers working at Japanese law firms are not permitted to make nominations here. Japanese law firms have been invited to make submissions in support of their candidacy for Asia Business Law Journal’s awards. If you work for a law firm in Japan and would like to make a submission, please email Miran Lim at mlim@law.asia for more information.
Asia Business Law Journal’s Japan Law Firm Awards will be judged on a number of criteria, including nominations received from in-house counsel and other qualified observers, submissions provided by candidate law firms, reference checks with law firm clients and other research conducted by Asia Business Law Journal’s editorial team.