Given the globalization of business activities, disputes involving Japanese companies in foreign jurisdictions and disputes involving foreign companies in Japan are inevitable. There are also a number of cases where related disputes take place simultaneously in several different jurisdictions.

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has acted on behalf of many Japanese corporate clients in multi-jurisdictional or international litigation and arbitration taking place in an overseas forum in close liaison with other major international law firms. The firm has also represented many foreign or foreign-affiliated companies who are not familiar with the litigation system in Japan. The firm has a number of attorneys who not only have vast experience in litigation in Japan but have also been trained overseas. These attorneys team up with attorneys who specialize in the relevant area of practice (such as corporate law and other civil and commercial laws, labor law, intellectual property law, bankruptcy law and tax law).

Over the past few years, cases employing alternative dispute resolution methods, such as international arbitration and mediation, have begun to play a significant role in dispute resolution in Japan. Attorneys at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto already have significant experience representing parties or acting as a mediator in arbitration cases before the JCAA, ICC and other international arbitration institutions and have a solid base in representing clients in cross-border, out-of-court and in-court dispute resolution.

The experienced members of the international dispute resolution practice group regularly exchange opinions, and share the latest information including revisions of laws and practical trends abroad and know-how accumulated through cases.