March 3, 2014 Firm News
Opening of Yangon Office
As announced on January 20, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) will open an office in Yangon, Myanmar.
While MHM continues to provide a broad range of pioneering legal services to our clients through our offices in Tokyo and Singapore, and support desk in Bangkok, there has been a recent increase in demand for legal support from Japanese lawyers conveniently located to provide on-site services in Myanmar, as a result of rapid expansion in Myanmar by Japanese companies. To ensure that the firm meets the challenges of an ever-changing business environment and diversifying legal requirements while continuing to provide world-class client services, MHM has decided to open a new office in Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, which will enhance our support system in the region.
The Yangon Office will be primarily staffed by Takeshi Mukawa, a partner who has worked extensively in the Finance, General Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions practice areas and is a co-representative partner of our Singapore Office with abundant experience in Myanmar-related matters. The firm will also station several other experienced attorneys in the Yangon Office. MHM will continue to provide the finest legal services to its clients by utilizing the expertise of our lawyers in the firm's offices in Tokyo and Singapore and support desk in Bangkok. With the addition of the Yangon Office, the firm will enhance its ability to meet its Japanese clients' diverse legal needs in Myanmar and in the Southeast and Southern Asian regions and to provide on-site services to private and governmental entities in those regions for Japan-related legal matters.
Following the opening of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto offices in Beijing in 1998, Shanghai in 2005, Singapore in 2012, and the MHM Desk in Bangkok in 2013, this new office in Yangon will enable MHM to draw upon the experience it has gained handling complex legal matters specific to rapidly growing economies, as well as its years of experience handling a variety of cross-border transactions and projects, and will be even better positioned to provide legal services for businesses throughout Asia.
MHM aims to open its Yangon Office in the spring of 2014 upon completion of necessary procedures with Myanmar governmental agencies. Further announcements will be made when the opening date and other details are finalized.
March 2014
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Lawyers at Yangon Office
The following attorneys at the firm's Yangon Office provide support for companies located in Yangon as well as Southeast and South Asia.
Takeshi Mukawa - Partner
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As a partner in the Singapore Office opened in 2012, Takeshi Mukawa has provided comprehensive legal support to companies operating in Myanmar and other regions of Asia. His practice covers a broad range of areas such as investments and mergers & acquisitions, as well as finance and real estate development. Bar Admissions Background Activities
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Gaku Yoneyama - Associate
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Gaku Yoneyama handles a variety of corporate legal affairs with a focus on mergers & acquisitions and joint ventures. He is particularly active in handling cross-border matters in Southeast and East Asia, and has accumulated a wealth of experience through his involvement in corporate cases, including mergers & acquisitions across several Southeast Asian jurisdictions, business transfers throughout Asian jurisdictions, the acquisition of a large Hong Kong listed company, joint ventures in India, Indonesia, and the Philippines, and various matters related to exit strategies for businesses. Bar Admissions Background |
Tomohiro Bundo - Associate
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Tomohiro Bundo handles a broad range of corporate legal affairs, with a focus on mergers & acquisitions. He is particularly active in outbound cross-border transactions in Asia, including in Myanmar, and has accumulated a wealth of experience in corporate acquisitions, joint ventures, and exit strategies for businesses in Asian countries, through his involvement in matters that include a cross-border business transfer in Southeast Asia, the large-scale acquisition of a Myanmar company by a Japanese listed company, and the acquisition of the Malaysian business of one of the world's largest retail companies. He also assists the development of legislation in Myanmar by participating in the study of legislation in Myanmar, which is delegated by the Japanese Ministry of Justice, and has gained abundant legal knowledge of corporate legal affairs in Asian countries. Bar Admissions Background |
Thit Thit Aung - Foreign Trainee
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Prior to joining MHM, Thit Thit Aung studied at Yokohama National University, completing a master's course as a JICA Long Term Training Participant and the doctoral course for International Economic Laws. She was also a Tutor, Assistant Lecturer and Lecturer at the Department of Law in Dagon University and Yangon University. Background Activities |
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