Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has been ranked in the top tier of recommended law firms in Japan, Myanmar and Thailand for several areas of practice in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020 and the following lawyers have been recommended as “Leading individuals” in those practice areas.

Our Yangon Office is the only Japanese firm in Yangon to be ranked as “Recommended firms” and to receive such high rankings.

Area

JAPAN

Tier 1

• Antitrust and competition law
• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Investment funds
• Labour and employment
• Private wealth 
• Projects and energy
• Real estate and construction
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Tax

Tier 2

• Intellectual property
• Risk management and investigations

MYANMAR

Tier 2

• Corporate and M&A
• Projects

 

THAILAND (Chandler MHM Limited)

Tier 1

• Projects & Energy

Tier 2

• Banking and Finance
• Corporate and M&A

Tier 3

• Dispute Resolution
• Real estate and construction

Lawyers

Leading individuals – JAPAN

• Antitrust and competition law: Kenji Ito, Hideki Utsunomiya
• Banking and finance: Takahiro Kobayashi, Masanori Sato
• Capital markets: Katsumasa Suzuki
• Corporate and M&A: Satoko Kuwabara, Gaku Ishiwata
• Dispute resolution: Mugi Sekido
• Intellectual property: Yoshifumi Onodera, Atsushi Okada
• Investment fund: Ken Miura, Yasuzo Takeno
• Labour and employment: Chisako Takaya
• Private wealth: Atsushi Oishi, Makoto Sakai
• Projects and energy: Takahiro Kobayashi
• Real estate and construction: Eriko Ozawa, Masanori Sato
• Restructuring and insolvency: Soichiro Fujiwara
• Risk management and investigations: Yasuhiko Fujitsu
• Tax: Atsushi Oishi, Makoto Sakai

Leading individuals – THAILAND (Chandler MHM Limited)

• Banking and finance: Joseph Tisuthiwongse 
• Projects & Energy: Jessada Sawatdipong

Next Generation Partners – JAPAN

• Antitrust and competition: Tomoya Fujita

• Banking and finance: Yusuke Suehiro
• Capital markets: Katsuyuki Tainaka
• Dispute resolution: Daniel Allen
• Labour and employment: Yoshikazu Abe
• Projects and energy: Yusuke Suehiro, Yusuke Murakami
• Tax: Hiroyuki Kurihara 

Next Generation Partner – MYANMAR

• Corporate and M&A: Atsushi Inoue