Compliance is a crucial issue for companies and entails a broad spectrum of disciplines. Some of the many compliance related areas in which Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has experience in advising clients include: establishment of special investigative committees; consideration of possible conflicts with laws and ordinances; required information disclosure; interaction with administrative agencies, including judicial authorities; handling press inquiries and other public relations issues; and establishment of compliance procedures and policies.

Over the decades, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has worked closely with many clients in handling corporate legal affairs that have received in-depth coverage from the mass media. The firm offers practical legal advice to minimize corporate risk by taking advantage of this wealth of experience and by responding swiftly to developments that occur in relation to the marketplace, regulatory authorities and the mass media.

Endeavoring to understand each client's individual corporate culture, the firm offers legal services covering a broad range of compliance issues, including enhancing awareness of compliance issues among executives, formulating compliance programs and manuals, participating in compliance committees, acting as a contact point for internal whistle-blowing cases and providing temporary training instructors for compliance measures.