In the "Corporate Legal Tax Affairs and Lawyer Survey" published by Nikkei Inc., the following lawyers have been chosen as the Best Performing Lawyers of 2023. In the same survey, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto was ranked second and also was highly evaluated as a Reliable Law Firm (as selected by companies) for the categories “Lawyers have extensive knowledge and practical experience” (31 companies) and “Response to a wide range of fields” (17 companies).

Best Performing Lawyers Ranking 2023

• General Corporate Legal Affairs Category
  Gaku Ishiwata (6th by companies; 5th overall)
  Minoru Sawaguchi (9th by companies; 6th overall)
  Kunihiro Watanabe (11th by companies; 9th overall)
  Yusuke Ishii(14th by companies)
  Atsuko Taishido (14th by companies)
• Mergers and Acquisitions Category
  Gaku Ishiwata (4th by companies; 2nd overall)
  Katsumasa Suzuki (9th by companies; 18th overall)
  Shuhei Uchida (12th overall)
  Kenichi Sekiguchi (12th overall)
• Crisis Management Category
  Hiroshi Yamauchi (7th by companies; 2nd overall)
  Hideaki Umetsu (13th by companies)
  Makoto Hayashi (5th overall)
  Yasuhiko Fujitsu (10th overall)
• Business and Human Rights Category
  Hideaki Umetsu (1st by companies; 1st overall)
  Yasuhiko Fujitsu (10th by companies; 17th overall)
  Makoto Hayashi (13th overall)
• China Practice Category
  Takuya Eguchi (3rd by companies; 3rd overall )
  Shigehiko Ishimoto (6th by companies; 4th overall)
  Shi Kang (8th by companies; 9th overall)
  Norimitsu Mori (14th by companies)
  Yoshifumi Onodera (20th overall)

“Reliable Law Firm” Ranking

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (2nd)