Mori Hamada & Matsumoto was ranked the No. 1 Law Firm in Japan in the special feature article titled "Lawyers Rankings 2007" in the September 10 edition of the Japanese-language Nikkei Business Journal.

Hideki Matsui was ranked No. 5 in the overall lawyers ranking and Yoshio Iteya was ranked No. 1 in the international and foreign affairs practice area, and their names appeared in the article.

The NBonline (Nikkei Business online) Premium shows the details of the rankings in the article titled "Lawyer Rankings Selected by Companies 2007." In addition to those above, Shin Kikuchi was ranked No. 11 in the overall lawyers ranking, Harumichi Uchida was ranked No. 8 in the international and foreign affairs practice area, Hideki Matsui was also ranked No. 5 in the compliance practice area, Kenji Ito was ranked No. 7 in the antitrust practice area and Takuya Iizuka was ranked No. 4 in the intellectual property and patent practice area according to the web site.