Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has been ranked in the top tier of recommended law firms in Japan, Thailand (Chandler MHM Limited), Myanmar (Myanmar Legal MHM Limited) and Vietnam for several areas of practice in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023. The following lawyers have been acknowledged as “Hall of Fame,” “Leading Individuals,” “Next Generation Partners” or “Rising Stars” in those practice areas.
For more information, please refer to The Legal 500 website.
JAPAN
Practice areas
Tier 1
- Antitrust and competition
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Fintech
- Intellectual property
- Investment funds
- Labour and employment
- Private wealth
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Risk management and investigations
- Tax
- TMT
Firms to watch
- Shipping
Lawyers
Hall of Fame
- Antitrust and competition: Hideki Utsunomiya
- Capital markets: Katsumasa Suzuki
- Corporate and M&A: Gaku Ishiwata
- Real estate and construction: Eriko Ozawa
- Tax: Atsushi Oishi
Leading Individuals
- Antitrust and competition: Kenji Ito
- Banking and finance: Masanori Sato, Takahiro Kobayashi, Hiroki Aoyama
- Capital markets: Taro Omoto
- Corporate and M&A: Hajime Tanahashi, Atsushi Oishi, Akira Matsushita
- Dispute resolution: Koichiro Iida, Mugi Sekido
- Fintech: Masakazu Masujima, Takane Hori
- Intellectual property: Yutaka Miyoshi, Yoshifumi Onodera, Atsushi Okada
- Investment fund: Yasuzo Takeno, Ken Miura, Nobuharu Onishi
- Labour and employment: Chisako Takaya, Taichi Arai, Yoshikazu Abe
- Private wealth: Atsushi Oishi, Makoto Sakai
- Projects and energy: Takahiro Kobayashi, Naoki Ishikawa, Shigeki Okatani
- Real estate and construction: Masanori Sato
- Restructuring and insolvency: Soichiro Fujiwara, Takahiro Inou
- Risk management and investigations: Yasuhiko Fujitsu, Hideaki Umetsu
- Tax: Makoto Sakai
- TMT: Hiromi Hayashi, Atsushi Okada
Next Generation Partners
- Antitrust and competition: Tomoya Fujita
- Banking and finance: Yusuke Suehiro, Kei Shirakawa
- Capital markets: Katsuyuki Tainaka
- Dispute resolution: Daniel Allen
- Private wealth: Hiroshi Oyama
- Projects and energy: Yusuke Murakami, Yusuke Suehiro
- Restructuring and insolvency: Dai Katagiri
- Risk management and investigations: Hiroshi Yamauchi
- Tax: Hiroshi Oyama, Hiroyuki Kurihara
Rising Stars
- Antitrust and competition: Saori Takekoshi
- Intellectual property: Hideaki Kuwahara
- Labour and employment: Fumiko Hama
- Private wealth: Yoshihiko Abe
- Projects and energy: Hironobu Noma
THAILAND
Practice areas
Tier 1
- Projects & energy
Tier 2
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Restructuring and insolvency
Tier 3
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Real estate and construction
Lawyers
Hall of Fame
- Banking and finance: Jessada Sawatdipong
- Projects and energy: Jessada Sawatdipong
Leading Individuals
- Banking and finance: Joseph Tisuthiwongse
- Projects and Energy: Joseph Tisuthiwongse
MYANMAR
Practice areas
Tier 1
- Projects
Tier 2
- Corporate and M&A
Lawyers
Next Generation Partner
- Corporate and M&A: Atsushi Inoue
- Projects: Khin Cho Kyi
VIETNAM
Practice areas
Tier 2
- Real estate and construction
Tier 4
- Corporate and M&A
People
Yasuzo Takeno
Masanori Sato
Ken Miura
Soichiro Fujiwara
Hajime Tanahashi
Chisako Takaya
Yutaka Miyoshi
Koichiro Iida
Gaku Ishiwata
Kenji Ito
Atsushi Oishi
Eriko Ozawa
Takahiro Kobayashi
Mugi Sekido
Yasuhiko Fujitsu
Yoshifumi Onodera
Katsumasa Suzuki
Naoki Ishikawa
Hideki Utsunomiya
Taro Omoto
Fumiko Hama
Hiromi Hayashi
Masakazu Masujima
Hiroki Aoyama
Atsushi Okada
Takane Hori
Taichi Arai
Takahiro Inou
Nobuharu Onishi
Shigeki Okatani
Hideaki Umetsu
Makoto Sakai
Yoshikazu Abe
Akira Matsushita
Atsushi Inoue
Hiroshi Oyama
Yusuke Suehiro
Katsuyuki Tainaka
Tomoya Fujita
Yusuke Murakami
Hiroshi Yamauchi
Hiroyuki Kurihara
Dai Katagiri
Hironobu Noma
Saori Takekoshi
Kei Shirakawa
Hideaki Kuwahara
Jessada Sawatdipong
V. Joseph Tisuthiwongse
Daniel Allen
Khin Cho Kyi
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