June 11, 2015 Awards

MHM ranked 3rd in the FT Law 25 Asia-Pacific Headquartered Law Firms, and receives high commendation for work in corporate, commercial and finance law

The Financial Times published its second annual Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers Report on 11 June 2015. Mori Hamada & Matsumoto was ranked 3rd in the FT Law 25 list of Asia-Pacific Headquartered Law Firms, after two Australian headquartered firms and well ahead of all Japanese and other Asian headquartered firms. In the Report, we received commendations for our corporate, commercial and finance work, in respect of five submissions, one of which was ranked standout and two of which were highly commended.

According to the Report “Mori Hamada & Matsumoto scores a standout entry for its work on the Cyberdyne listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the corporate and commercial rankings for Asia-Pacific headquartered firms…Cyberdyne called on Japanese law firm Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, which helped it implement Japan’s first dual-class share structure for a listed company…On US exchanges that would be unremarkable. Google, Facebook and others have similarly tiered share classes that allocate more power to founders. But it was novel in Japan.”

The Financial Times Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers report enters its second year in 2015. Having long been part of the legal landscape in Europe and North America, this report is now well on the way to establishing itself as a trusted guide to the profession in Asia-Pacific.

​Shortlisted in FT Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers Awards