Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has been ranked in the top tier of recommended law firms in Japan, Myanmar and Thailand for several areas of practice in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018 and the followinglawyers have been recommended as “Leading lawyers” or “Next generation lawyers” in those practice areas.

Our Yangon Office is the only Japanese firm in Yangon to be ranked as “Recommended firms” and to receive such high rankings.

Area

JAPAN

Tier 1

• Antitrust and competition law
• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Labour and employment
• Projects and energy

Tier 2

• Intellectual property
• Real estate and construction
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Risk management and investigations
• Tax

MYANMAR

Tier 2

• Corporate and M&A

Tier 3

• Projects (including energy)

THAILAND (Chandler MHM Limited)

Tier 1

• Projects & Energy

Tier 2

• Banking & Finance
• Corporate and M&A (including Capital Markets)

Lawyers

JAPAN

Leading lawyers

• Antitrust and competition law: Kenji Ito, Hideki Utsunomiya
• Banking and finance: Toru Ishiguro, Satoko Kuwabara, Masanori Sato
• Capital markets: Toru Ishiguro, Satoshi Nakamura, Katsumasa Suzuki
• Corporate and M&A: Satoko Kuwabara, Gaku Ishiwata
• Dispute resolution: Mugi Sekido
• Labour and employment: Chisako Takaya
• Projects and energy: Takeshi Mukawa
• Real estate and construction: Masanori Sato, Eriko Ozawa
• Tax: Atsushi Oishi

Next generation lawyers

• Labour and employment: Yoshikazu Abe
• Projects and energy: Yusuke Murakami
• Tax: Hiroshi Oyama

THAILAND (Chandler MHM Limited)

Leading lawyers

• Banking and finance: Jessada Sawatdipong
• Corporate and M&A (including Capital Markets): Ratana Poonsombudlert
• Projects & Energy: Albert Chandler, Jessada Sawatdipong, Ratana Poonsombudlert

Next generation lawyers

• Projects & Energy: Nirawan Parkpeeranun