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February 12, 2026

Awards

Mori Hamada achieves highest rankings in Chambers Global Legal Guide 2026

Chambers Global Legal Guide 2026

Mori Hamada is proud to announce that our firm and many of our distinguished lawyers have been highly evaluated in the practice areas listed below in Chambers Global Legal Guide 2026. Our offices and lawyers in Japan, China, Thailand (Chandler Mori Hamada), Vietnam⁠, Indonesia (⁠ATD Law in association with Mori Hamada⁠) and Myanmar (Myanmar Legal Mori Hamada) have received prestigious rankings, as shown below. These significant accolades underscore our ongoing commitment to excellence and leadership in the legal sector across Asia.

About Chambers Global Legal Guide 
The Chambers Global Legal Guide ranks the top global lawyers and law firms in over 200 jurisdictions across the world, and is published by Chambers and Partners, London, UK. Rankings are based on in-depth research conducted by a dedicated and experienced team of researchers. Chambers Global provides recommendations that can be relied on, to ensure law firm clients are able to make the best-informed decision when choosing legal services when it matters. 
For more information, please refer to the Chambers website.

Practice Areas

JAPAN
・Banking & Finance (Band 1)
・Capital Markets (Band 1)
・Capital Markets: Securitisation & Derivatives (Band 1)
・Corporate/M&A (Band 1)
・Dispute Resolution (Band 1)
・Dispute Resolution: International (Band 2)
・Intellectual Property (Band 2)
・International & Cross-Border Capabilities (Japanese Firms) (Band 1)
・International Trade (Band 1)

CHINA  
・Corporate/M&A (International Firms) (Foreign Experties for Japan) (Spotlight)

THAILAND   
・Banking & Finance (Band 2)
・Corporate/M&A (Band 2)
・Projects & Energy (Band 1)

VIETNAM
・Corporate/M&A (Band 5)

INDONESIA 
・Corporate/M&A (⁠Band 6⁠)

MYANMAR
・General Business Law (Band 1)

Lawyers

Global Market Leaders    
・Business & Human Rights Law
 Hideaki Roy Umetsu

JAPAN
・Banking & Finance
 Masanori Sato, Hiroki Aoyama, Takahiro Kobayashi, Yusuke Suehiro, Kei Shirakawa, Yuki Matsuda
・Capital Markets
 Katsumasa Suzuki, Toshimitsu Nemoto, Taro Omoto, Katsuyuki Tainaka
・Capital Markets: J-REITs
 Taro Omoto, Yasuhiko Fujitsu
・Capital Markets: Securitisation & Derivatives
 Masanori Sato, Akira Ehira
・Corporate/M&A
 Hajime Tanahashi, Gaku Ishiwata, Atsushi Oishi, Takayuki Kihira, Yoshihiro Kojima, Hirokazu Hayashi, Rintaro Shinohara, Shuhei Uchida, Kenichi Sekiguchi, Akira Matsushita  
・Corporate/M&A: International
 Stan Yukevich
・ Corporate/M&A: Expertise based abroad in Japan 
 Norimitsu Mori
・ Corporate/M&A: Expertise based abroad in Myanmar
 Takeshi Mukawa 
・Dispute Resolution
 Mugi Sekido, Koichiro Iida
・Dispute Resolution: International
 Daniel Allen
・Intellectual Property
 Yutaka Miyoshi, Atsushi Okada
・International Trade
 Kunio Miyaoka, Shigehiko Ishimoto, Hideaki Roy Umetsu

CHINA
・Corporate/M&A (International Firms) : Foreign Expert for Japan
 Norimitsu Mori
・Intellectual Property (International Firms) : Expertise Based Abroad in Japan
 Yoshifumi Onodera

THAILAND
・Banking & Finance
 Jessada Sawatdipong, V⁠⁠. Joseph Tisuthiwongse, Supattra Sathapornnanon, Tip-apa Limvichai  
・Corporate/M&A
 Arkrapol Pichedvanichok
・Projects & Energy
 Jessada Sawatdipong, V⁠⁠. Joseph Tisuthiwongse

MYANMAR
・General Business Law: Foreign Expert for Japan
 Takeshi Mukawa       
・General Business Law
 Khin Cho Kyi, Takeshi Mukawa, Kana Manabe

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