On April 1, 2025, our Kochi office officially started operations as a branch office of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto LPC.
The office is led by Naosuke Ichikawa, a senior counsel with extensive experience in a wide range of corporate legal affairs, including guidance for shareholders’ and board of directors’ meetings, restructuring and rehabilitation, startup support, M&A, litigation and dispute resolution, and support for local governments. With the cooperation of our Takamatsu office, our Tokyo HQ and our other offices throughout Japan, we will closely collaborate on cross-border M&A and expansion into Asia, together with our offices in New York, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Jakarta, Yangon, and Manila, as well as our relationship law firms throughout the world. We are committed to providing high-quality, cutting-edge legal support to our clients in the Shikoku region, centered around Kochi Prefecture.
April 2025
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Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Public Relations
Tel: +81-3-6212-8330
E-mail: info@morihamada.com
Introduction of lawyers based in Kochi office
The following attorney at the Kochi Office provides professional and meticulous legal services to our clients in the Shikoku region, centered around Kochi Prefecture, and contributes to regional revitalization and local development projects currently being pursued through collaborative partnerships between the public and private sectors.
Naosuke Ichikawa
Representative Partner of Kochi office
TEL: +81-88-888-0024（Kochi）
+81-3-5223-7719（Tokyo）
E-mail: naosuke.ichikawa@morihamada.com
Since joining our firm, Naosuke Ichikawa has principally handled a wide range of corporate legal affairs, including guidance for shareholders’ and board of directors’ meetings, restructuring and rehabilitation, startup support, M&A, litigation and dispute resolution, and support for local governments. He has been highly evaluated multiple times in the field of litigation by The Best Lawyers in Japan. Additionally, he has also handled many important projects in Kochi Prefecture, including the integration of public transportation projects and the business revitalization of leading companies in the region, among other significant matters.
Bar Admissions
Admitted in Japan, 1987
Tokyo Bar Association
Background
Keio University (LL.B., 1983)
Joined Mori Sogo Law Offices (currently: Mori Hamada & Matsumoto) (1987)
Launched Kochi Office of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto LPC and became Representative Partner (2025)
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