Publication

Award

Category

Date

TMT Finance Awards

Europe towers deal

Phoenix Tower International’s acquisition of Cellnex’s business in Ireland for EUR971M

(Nomura buy-side)

January 2026

M&A Banker of the Year

Andrei Milekhin

January 2025

Europe Towers Deal of the Year

Stonepeak’s acquisition of 49% interest in Cellnex’s subsidiaries in Sweden and Denmark

January 2025

The Banker

Bank of the Year 2025

Bank of the Year Japan

December 2025

Investment Banking Awards 2023

Investment Bank of the Year (Private Placements)

November 2023

Investment Banking Awards 2022

Investment Bank of the Year (Sustainable SSA Financing)

September 2022

GlobalCapital

GlobalCapital Derivatives Awards 2025

Credit Derivatives House of the Year: Europe & Asia

September 2025

GlobalCapital Bond Awards 2026

Most Impressive SSA House for the Japanese Market 
Most Impressive FIG House in Yen
 

June 2026

GlobalCapital MTN Awards 2026

Deal of the Year
(Joint arranger with TD Securities on TD Bank's private placement offerings of ¥20bn and ¥14bn Fixed Rate Reset Subordinated Notes)

February 2026

Asia Capital Markets Awards

Best Leveraged/Acquisition Finance Award (Blackstone's acquisition financing for the purchase of stake in Mphasis Limited)

January 2022

CAPITAL EYE

Best Deals of 2025

Straight Bonds 
Special Prize (No.7,8,9 Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.)
Regional Bonds
Best Deals of 2025（2025 No. 1 Nagano Pref., 2025 No.2 Hyogoi Pref., 2025 No.1 Nara Pref. )
Samurai Bonds
Best Deals of 2025 (No. 24, 25, 26, 1, Republic of Poland)
Securitization
Best Deal of 2025 (No. 1, Japan Housing Finance Agency Green MBS)
Foreign Bonds
Best Deals of 2025 (NTT Finance US dollar bonds, NTT Finance euro bonds)
IPO
Best Deal of 2025 (SBI Shinsei Bank, Limited)
Listed shares (PO)
Best Deal of 2025 (SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION) 
Investment Corporation Investment Unit Offering
Best Deal of 2025 (Nippon Building Fund Inc. )
Convertible Bond Type Bonds with Stock Acquisition Rights
Best Deals of 2025 (NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION Euro Yen CB)
 

April 2026

J-MONEY

Deals of the Year 2020

Best M&A (In-In): Japan Industrial Partners's acquisition of Toshiba

Best IPO: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC

Best PO: Japan Post Bank

Best Equity-linked Deal: Tokyu Corporation

Best Yen Bond Deal: NTT Finance

April 2024

LSEG

Deal Watch Awards 2025

Top

House of the Year

Bond

Innovative Debt Deal of the Year

Local Government Bond

Local Government Bond of the Year

Equity

Equity House of the Year

March 2026

FinanceAsia

Achievement Awards 2023

Asia - House awards - Best Structured Finance House

Asia - Deal awards - Best Structured Finance Deal in Singapore

Asia - Deal awards - Best Syndicated Loan Deal in Hong Kong

November 2023

Environmental Finance

Sustainable Debt Awards 2026

Lead Manager of the Year, Transition Bonds

February 2026

Sustainable Debt Awards 2025

Lead Manager of the Year, Social Bonds – Supranational, Sub-Sovereign and Agency (SSA)

April 2025

IFR

IFR Awards 2022

Yen Bond House

December 2022