Mori Hamada has been recognized in asialaw 2025 for providing the highest-quality legal services across Asia.
Our offices in Japan, Thailand (Chandler Mori Hamada), Vietnam, Indonesia (ATD Law in association with Mori Hamada), and the Philippines (Tayag Ngochua & Chu, a member firm of Mori Hamada) have all received high accolades for their excellence in various practice areas and industry sectors.
Our lawyers across these jurisdictions have also earned prestigious rankings, reflecting the strength and depth of our regional Asian expertise.

For more information⁠, please refer to the asialaw website⁠.


Practice area and industry sector 
 
JAPAN
Practice area 
・Banking and finance (⁠Outstanding⁠)
・Capital markets (⁠Outstanding⁠)
・Competition/antitrust (⁠Outstanding⁠)
・Construction (⁠Outstanding⁠)
・Corporate and M&A (⁠Outstanding⁠)
・Dispute resolution (⁠Outstanding⁠)
・Intellectual property (⁠Highly recommended⁠)
・Investment funds (⁠Outstanding⁠)
・Labour and employment (⁠Outstanding⁠)
・Private equity (⁠Highly recommended⁠)
・Regulatory (⁠Outstanding⁠)
・Restructuring and insolvency (⁠Outstanding⁠)
・Tax (⁠Outstanding⁠)

Industry sector
・Banking and financial services (⁠Outstanding⁠)
・Consumer goods and services (⁠Outstanding⁠)
・Energy (⁠Outstanding⁠)
・Infrastructure (⁠Highly recommended⁠)
・Insurance (⁠Highly recommended⁠)
・Media and entertainment (⁠Highly recommended⁠)
・Pharmaceuticals and life sciences (⁠Recommended⁠)
・Real estate (⁠Outstanding⁠)
・Technology and telecommunications (⁠Recommended⁠)

THAILAND
Practice area
・Banking and finance (⁠Outstanding⁠)
・Capital markets (⁠Recommended⁠)
・Construction (⁠Highly recommended⁠)
・Corporate and M&A (⁠Outstanding⁠)
・Dispute resolution (⁠Highly recommended⁠)
・Labour and employment (⁠Highly recommended⁠)
・Restructuring and insolvency (⁠Highly recommended⁠)

Industry sector
・Aviation and shipping (⁠Outstanding)
・Banking and financial services (⁠Outstanding⁠)
・Consumer goods and services (⁠Highly recommended⁠)
・Energy (⁠Outstanding⁠)
・Industrials and manufacturing (⁠Highly recommended⁠)
・Infrastructure (⁠Outstanding⁠)
・Insurance (⁠Highly recommended⁠）
・Real estate (⁠Highly recommended⁠)
・Technology and telecommunications (⁠Highly recommended⁠)

VIETNAM
Practice area
・Banking and finance (⁠Recognised⁠)
・Corporate and M&A (⁠⁠Recognised)

INDONESIA
Practice area
・Banking (⁠Notable)
・M&A (⁠Notable)

Industry sector
・Banking and financial services (Recommended)
・Energy (Notable)
・Industrials and manufacturing (Recommended)
・Real estate (Notable)
・Technology and telecommunications (Notable)

THE PHILIPPINES
Practice area
・Competition/antitrust (⁠Notable)
・M&A (⁠Notable)


Lawyers 

JAPAN
Practice area
・Banking and finance
Elite practitioner⁠: Masanori Sato
Distinguished practitioner⁠: Naoki Ishikawa⁠, Hiroki Aoyama
Notable practitioner⁠: Shigeki Okatani⁠, Yusuke Suehiro

・Capital markets
Elite practitioner⁠: Katsumasa Suzuki
Distinguished practitioner⁠: Taro Omoto⁠, Toshimitsu Nemoto
Notable practitioner⁠: Yasuhiko Fujitsu
Rising star⁠: Masahito Saeki

・Competition/antitrust
Distinguished practitioner⁠: Kenji Ito

・Corporate and M&A
Elite practitioner⁠: Gaku Ishiwata
Distinguished practitioner⁠: Hajime Tanahashi⁠, Atsushi Oishi
Notable practitioner⁠: Tomohiro Tsuchiya⁠, Koji Toshima⁠, Kenichi Sekiguchi, Akira Matsushita

・Dispute resolution
Distinguished practitioner⁠: Mugi Sekido
Notable practitioner: Koichiro Iida
Rising star⁠: Daniel Allen

・Energy
Distinguished practitioner⁠: Takahiro Kobayashi

・Infrastructure
Elite practitioner⁠: Hiroshi Maeda

・Intellectual property
Distinguished practitioner⁠: Yutaka Miyoshi
Notable practitioner⁠: Atsushi Okada

・Investment funds
Elite practitioner⁠: Ken Miura
Distinguished practitioner⁠: Nobuharu (⁠Nobu⁠) Onishi

・Labour and employment
Distinguished practitioner⁠: Chisako Takaya

・Private equity
Elite practitioner⁠: Gaku Ishiwata
Distinguished practitioner⁠: Hajime Tanahashi

・Real estate
Distinguished practitioner⁠: Eriko Ozawa⁠, Satoru Hasumoto
Rising star⁠: Fuyuki Uchitsu

・Regulatory
Rising star⁠: Hiroshi Yamauchi⁠, Takamasa Horio

・Restructuring and insolvency
Elite practitioner⁠: Soichiro Fujiwara
Notable practitioner⁠: Takahiro Inou

・Tax
Distinguished practitioner⁠: Atsushi Oishi

Industry sector
・Energy
Notable practitioner⁠: Shigeki Okatani

・Pharmaceuticals and life sciences
Rising star⁠: Takamasa Horio

・Real estate
Distinguished practitioner⁠: Taro Omoto
Notable practitioner⁠: Yasuhiko Fujitsu
Rising star⁠: Masahito Saeki

THAILAND 
Practice area
・Banking and finance
Elite practitioner⁠: Jessada Sawatdipong
Distinguished practitioner⁠: Joseph Tisuthiwongse
Notable practitioner⁠: Supattra Sathapornnanon
Rising star⁠: Sarunporn Chaianant

・Capital markets
Distinguished practitioner⁠: Doungporn Prasertsomsuk

・Corporate and M&A 
Distinguished practitioner⁠: Arkrapol Pichedvanichok
Notable practitioner⁠: Seiji Akimoto

・Dispute resolution
Rising star⁠: Nathee Silacharoen

・Real estate
Distinguished practitioner⁠: Tananan Thammakiat

・Tax
Elite Practitioner: Piphob Veraphong
Notable Practitioner: Rachanee Prasongprasit

Industry sector
・Energy
Elite practitioner⁠: Jessada Sawatdipong
Distinguished practitioner⁠: Joseph Tisuthiwongse
Notable practitioner⁠: Supattra Sathapornnanon
Rising star⁠: Sarunporn Chaianant

VIETNAM 
Practice area
・Corporate and M&A
Distinguished practitioner⁠: Ha Thi Dung
Rising star⁠: Kenji Nishio

INDONESIA 
Practice area
・Banking and finance
Notable practitioner⁠: Alfa Dewi Setiawati
・Competition/antitrust
Notable practitioner⁠: Dyah Paramita
・Corporate and M&A
Notable practitioner⁠: Abadi Tisnadisastra

THE PHILIPPINES 
Practice area
・Competition/antitrust
Notable practitioner⁠: Carlos Martin Tayag