We are please to announce that on June 22, 2011, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune was honored with the following awards by the Asian Legal Business, a worldwide legal professional magazine.

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune was given the "American Chamber of Commerce in Japan Award Equity Market Deal of the Year" award for its advice to the underwriters in the demutualization of The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company and simultaneous public offering and listing of shares of its common stock and the "Westlaw Japan Award TMT Deal of the Year" award for its advice to VeriSign, Inc. in the sale of its Authentication Services business (including a majority stake in VeriSign Japan K.K., a listed Japanese subsidiary) to Symantec.

For further details on the awards ceremony, please see the organizer's website:
http://jp.albawards.legalbusinessonline.com/