November 17, 2008 Firm News
Death of Former Special Counsel Keiji Matsumoto
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto reports with great sadness that Mr. Keiji Matsumoto, one of the founders of the firm’s predecessor, Hamada & Matsumoto, and a Special Counsel to the firm until 2006, passed away due to heart failure at 4:15 pm on November 8, 2008. Mr. Matsumoto was 68 years old. The firm deeply mourns the loss of Mr. Matsumoto and expresses its sincere gratitude for all that he accomplished.
In accordance with the wishes of the deceased, a funeral was held for Mr. Matsumoto by his close relatives on November 11. The firm plans to hold a memorial service for Mr. Matsumoto in the near future.
Biography of Mr. Keiji Matsumoto
| 1965 | Admitted to the bar in Japan (member of the Daini-Tokyo Bar Association) |
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| 1961 | Passed Japanese Bar Examination |
| 1963 | Graduated from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law |
| 1965 | Admitted to the Japanese Bar, and entered Mori Ryosaku Law Firm |
| 1968 | Became partner at Mori Ryosaku Law Firm |
| 1971 | June - Graduated from the Columbia University School of Law (USA), and obtained a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) |
| 1971 | July - Worked as a trainee at Reid & Priest (New York, USA) |
| 1972 | July - Became partner at Hamada & Yanagida |
| 1975 | Became named partner of Hamada & Matsumoto (founded upon reorganization of Hamada & Yanagida) |
| 2002 | Became Special Counsel at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (upon merger of Hamada & Matsumoto and Mori Sogo Law Offices) |
| 2007 | Opened Matsumoto Law Office (after retirement from Mori Hamada & Matsumoto) |
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