Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has achieved top ranking in asialaw 2023, the definitive guide to Asia's leading law firms and lawyers, as one of the "Outstanding" firms in Japan due to its impressive reputation in all of the practice areas and industry sectors mentioned below. The firm’s lawyers have received prestigious rankings in practice areas in Japan as shown below.
Our offices in Thailand (Chandler MHM Limited), Myanmar (Myanmar Legal MHM Limited), and Vietnam and their lawyers have also received prestigious rankings in their respective jurisdictions.
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 (Highly recommended)
・Tax (Highly recommended)
Industry sector
・Banking and financial services (Outstanding)
・Consumer goods and services (Outstanding)
・Energy (Outstanding)
・Infrastructure (Recommended)
・Insurance (Recommended)
・Media and entertainment (Highly 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 (Recommended)
・Labour and employment (Highly recommended)
・Restructuring and insolvency (Highly recommended)
Industry sector
・Aviation and shipping (Recommended)
・Banking and financial services (Outstanding)
・Consumer goods and services (Highly recommended)
・Energy (Outstanding)
・Industrials and manufacturing (Highly recommended)
・Infrastructure (Outstanding)
・Insurance (Recommended)
・Real estate (Highly recommended)
・Technology and telecommunications (Recommended)
MYANMAR
Practice area
・General business law (Highly recommended)
Industry sector
・Energy (Highly recommended)
・Infrastructure (Recommended)
・Real estate (Recommended)
Lawyer
Japan
Practice area
・Banking and finance
Elite practitioner: Masanori Sato
Distinguished practitioner: Naoki Ishikawa, Hiroki Aoyama
Notable practitioner: Shigeki Okatani, Yusuke Suehiro
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Capital markets
Elite practitioner: Katsumasa Suzuki
Distinguished practitioner: Taro Omoto
Notable practitioner: Yasuhiko Fujitsu, Toshimitsu Nemoto -
Competition/antitrust
Distinguished practitioner: Kenji Ito -
Corporate and M&A
Elite practitioner: Gaku Ishiwata
Distinguished practitioner: Hajime Tanahashi, Atsushi Oishi
Notable practitioner: Tomohiro Tsuchiya, Yuto Matsumura, Koji Toshima, Akira Matsushita
Rising star: Masahito Saeki -
Dispute resolution
Distinguished practitioner: Mugi Sekido
Notable practitioner: Atsushi Okada -
Energy
Distinguished practitioner: Takahiro Kobayashi -
Infrastructure
Elite practitioner: Hiroshi Maeda -
Intellectual property
Distinguished practitioner: Yutaka Miyoshi
Notable practitioner: Hiroyuki Tanaka -
Investment funds
Elite practitioner: Ken Miura
Distinguished practitioner: Yasuzo Takeno, Nobuharu Onishi -
Labour and employment
Distinguished practitioner: Chisako Takaya -
Private equity
Elite practitioner: Gaku Ishiwata
Distinguished practitioner: Hajime Tanahashi -
Real estate
Distinguished practitioner: Eriko Ozawa -
Regulatory
Rising star: Hiroshi Yamauchi -
Restructuring & Insolvency
Elite practitioner: Soichiro Fujiwara
Notable practitioner: Takahiro Inou -
Tax
Distinguished practitioner: Atsushi Oishi
Thailand (Chandler MHM Limited)
Practice area
- Banking and finance
Elite practitioner: Jessada Sawatdipong
Distinguished Practitioner: Joseph Tisuthiwongse
Notable practitioner: Supattra Sathapornnanon, David Beckstead
Rising Star: Sarunporn Chaianant - Corporate and M&A
Distinguished Practitioner: Arkrapol Pichedvanichok
Notable practitioner: Seiji Akimoto - Real estate
Distinguished practitioner: Tananan Thammakiat
Industry sector
- Energy
Rising star: Sarunporn Chaianant
MYANMAR
Practice area
- Corporate and M&A
Senior statesman: Khin Cho Kyi
VIETNAM
Practice area
- Corporate and M&A
Rising star: Kenji Nishio, Ha Thi Dung