Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has been ranked in the top tier of recommended law firms in following categories in Japan by IFLR1000 2023. The firm’s lawyers have received prestigious rankings in practice areas and industry sectors as shown below. Our Singapore office, Bangkok office (Chandler MHM Limited), Yangon office (Myanmar Legal MHM) and Vietnam offices and their lawyers have also received prestigious rankings.

For more information, please refer to the IFLR1000 website.

Practice Areas

JAPAN

Tier 1

• Banking
• Capital markets: Debt
• Capital markets: Equity
• Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
• M&A
• Private equity
• Project development
• Project finance

THAILAND

Tier 1

• Banking and finance
• Project development

Tier 2

• M&A
• Restructuring and insolvency

Tier 3

• Capital markets: Debt
• Capital markets: Equity

MYANMAR

Tier 2

• Financial and corporate

Tier 3

• Project development

VIETNAM

Active

• Financial and corporate

Lawyers

Practice Area

JAPAN

• Banking
  Market leader: Hiroshi Maeda, Masanori Sato
  Highly regarded: Noboru Suwa, Eriko Ozawa, Takahiro Kobayashi, Takeshi Mukawa, Hiroki Aoyama, Toshimitsu Nemoto
  Notable practitioner: Yasuzo Takeno, Akira Marumo, Toshifumi Ueda

• Banking and finance
  Rising star partner: Kei Shirakawa, Yuki Matsuda

• Capital markets
  Market leader: Katsumasa Suzuki
  Highly regarded: Takeshi Mukawa
• ​Capital markets - Debt
  Highly regarded: Eiko Hakoda, Kensuke Ambe, Katsuyuki Tainaka
  Notable practitioner: Yasuhiko Fujitsu
• Capital markets -Equity
  Highly regarded: Kensuke Ambe, Taro Omoto, Masayuki Ishibashi
  Notable practitioner: Sonoko Amano, Suguru Miyata
  Rising star partner: Masahito Saeki, Takafumi Goto
  Rising star: Yukinari Hanta
• Capital markets -Structured finance and securitisation
  Market leader: Masanori Sato
  Highly regarded: Noboru Suwa, Eriko Ozawa, Takahiro Kobayashi, Akira Ehira, Toshimitsu Nemoto
  Rising star partner: Yoshihito Kuramochi
• REIT
  Highly regarded: Taro Omoto, Toshimitsu Nemoto
• Investment funds
  Notable practitioner: Ken Miura
• M&A
  Highly regarded: Satoshi Kawai, Hajime Tanahashi, Gaku Ishiwata, Atsushi Oishi, Yuto Matsumura, Shuhei Uchida, Toshimitsu Nemoto, Akira Matsushita
  Notable Practitioner: Akira Marumo, Koji Toshima, Rintaro Shinohara, Hirokazu Hayashi, Masakazu Kumagai, Kenichi Sekiguchi, Yohsuke Higashi
• Private equity
  Highly regarded: Hajime Tanahashi, Gaku Ishiwata, Akira Matsushita
  Notable practitioner: Hirokazu Hayashi
• Project development
  Highly regarded: Takahiro Kobayashi, Shigeki Okatani
• Project finance
  Market leader: Hiroshi Maeda
  Highly regarded: Takahiro Kobayashi, Takeshi Mukawa, Shigeki Okatani, Yusuke Murakami
  Notable practitioner: Mihoko Shima
  Rising star partner: Yusuke Suehiro
• Restructuring and insolvency
  Highly regarded: Hajime Tanahashi

SINGAPORE

• Capital markets - Debt
  Highly regarded: Tony Grundy
• Capital markets - Equity
  Highly regarded: Tony Grundy

THAILAND

• Banking
  Market leader: Jessada Sawatdipong
  Highly regarded: Joseph Tisuthiwongse, Pranee Klinratana, Supattra Sathapornnanon
• Banking and finance
  Notable practitioner: Sarunporn Chaianant
• Capital markets
  Highly regarded: Arkrapol Pichedvanichok, Tananan Thammakiat
• M&A
  Highly regarded: Arkrapol Pichedvanichok, Nuanporn Wechsuwanarux
• Project development
  Highly regarded: Joseph Tisuthiwongse
  Rising star partner: David Beckstead
• Project finance
  Market leader: Jessada Sawatdipong
  Highly regarded: Joseph Tisuthiwongse, Pranee Klinratana, Supattra Sathapornnanon
• Restructuring and insolvency
  Notable practitioner: Supalerk Rugsarigorn
  Rising star partner: Nathee Silacharoen

MYANMAR

• M&A
  Highly regarded: Khin Cho Kyi
• Financial and corporate
  Rising star: Nirmalan Amirthanesan
• Project development
  Highly regarded: Khin Cho Kyi
  Rising star partner: Atsushi Inoue
  Rising star: Nirmalan Amirthanesan

VIETNAM

•  M&A
  Highly regarded: Nguyen Ngoc Phuc
  Notable practitioner: Kenji Nishio
  Rising star partner: Ha Thi Dung

Industry Sector

JAPAN

• Automotive
  Highly regarded: Eiko Hakoda, Akira Ehira
• Banking
  Highly regarded: Noboru Suwa
• Energy
  Highly regarded: Takahiro Kobayashi, Takeshi Mukawa
• Financial services
  Highly regarded: Noboru Suwa, Eiko Hakoda
• Industrials and manufacturing
  Highly regarded: Eiko Hakoda
• Insurance
  Highly regarded: Satoshi Kawai, Akira Ehira, Katsuyuki Tainaka
  Notable practitioner: Yasuhiko Fujitsu
• Investment management
  Notable practitioner: Ken Miura
• Mining
  Notable practitioner: Mihoko Shima

• Natural resources
  Notable practitioner: Mihoko Shima

• Oil and gas
  Notable practitioner: Mihoko Shima

• Pharmaceuticals and life sciences
  Highly Regarded: Satoshi Kawai, Noboru Suwa, Hajime Tanahashi
• Real estate
  Highly regarded: Noboru Suwa, Eriko Ozawa, Taro Omoto, Akira Ehira, Shigeki Okatani, Toshimitsu Nemoto, Katsuyuki Tainaka
  Notable practitioner: Yasuhiko Fujitsu
• Social infrastructure
  ​Market leader: Hiroshi Maeda
• Technology and telecommunications
  Highly regarded: Hajime Tanahashi
• Transport
  Market leader: Hiroshi Maeda

• Utilities
  Market leader: Hiroshi Maeda

THAILAND

• Automotive
  Highly regarded: Arkrapol Pichedvanichok
• Energy
  Market leader: Jessada Sawatdipong
  Highly regarded: Arkrapol Pichedvanichok, Pranee Klinratana, Supattra Sathapornnanon
• Natural resources
  Highly regarded: Supattra Sathapornnanon
• Oil and gas
  Market leader: Jessada Sawatdipong
• Real estate
  Highly regarded: Arkrapol Pichedvanichok, Pranee Klinratana
• Utilities
  Market leader: Jessada Sawatdipong

MYANMAR

• Energy
  Highly regarded: Khin Cho Kyi