Fumiko Hama
Fumiko handles a wide range of matters, with a focus on dispute resolution covering multiple practice areas, labor law, restructuring, and real estate and construction. Leveraging her strength in handling emergency situations, such as compliance-related investigations and crisis management, she also assists companies by providing comprehensive legal support.
Ryosuke Nishimoto
Ryosuke is based in the MHM Osaka Office. He works in practice areas including crisis management, competition law, and labor law, handling both routine legal matters and crisis situations based on his experience in litigation. He emphasizes gaining an understanding of his clients’ businesses, putting himself in their shoes, and providing a sense of balance and speed as well as compassionate support.
Hironobu Noma
Hironobu has broad experience in the fields of finance and energy & infrastructure with a focus on project finance. He has, through secondment, been involved in numerous projects as a financial advisor and arranger and has vast knowledge about business practice related to finance and projects.
Noriaki Wakabayashi
With a focus on corporate governance, including shareholder meetings, Noriaki handles a wide range of corporate matters involving the Companies Act of Japan, such as M&A and corporate reorganizations. He also has extensive experience handling commercial disputes and crisis management, and he provides general support for both routine legal matters and crisis situations.
Kazuhisa Kita
Kazuhisa has extensive experience at the MHM Nagoya Office resolving various types of disputes, including disputes between companies and labor disputes. He also handles numerous corporate projects involving crisis management, investigations of misconduct, and business revitalization, mainly in the Tokai area of Japan.
Takahiro Sato
Takahiro has extensive experience handling transactions involving private and listed REITs, listed infrastructure funds (including mergers and going private transactions), real estate and reusable energy funds, inbound and outbound real estate investment, insurance, and financial regulations. He has also provided advice in numerous transactions as counsel representing lenders.
Noboru Kitayama
Noboru focuses principally on domestic and foreign cases related to data and privacy. Leveraging his experience working at the Secretariat of the Personal Information Protection Commission in charge of interpretation of laws and ordinances, negotiations for obtaining adequacy decisions, and other related matters, he provides cutting-edge advice on data-related matters, including interpretation of laws and ordinances and responding to authorities.
Takao Kitano
Takao has extensive experience at the MHM Osaka Office handling M&A transactions and, in particular, cross-border acquisitions and formation of joint ventures. He has also recently handled numerous financing projects for Japanese and overseas venture companies.
Ryo Kawabata
Specializing in restructuring/insolvency and dispute resolutions, Ryo provides a broad range of support for Japanese and overseas companies, especially in global matters. He also handles many projects for business entry into, and withdrawal from, countries in Asia in particular, based on practical experience gained in Singapore.
Takafumi Goto
Takafumi focuses principally on matters that concern capital markets, while also handling transactions for listed shares and other matters related to M&A. He has been involved in numerous domestic and foreign financing projects, such as public offerings and third-party allotments, and provides advice on issues related to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and disclosure in general.
Mitsuhiro Tateishi
Mitsuhiro handles general corporate legal affairs, with a focus on M&A and legal services for venture companies. He provides hands-on service encompassing a wide rage of practice areas, from squeeze-outs, capital and business alliances, and other transactions involving listed companies, to the formulation of schemes for investments in startups from the standpoint of investors.
Koki Kanemura
Koki has extensive experience handling projects involving M&A transactions, corporate governance, and dispute resolutions. He provides one-stop service, from the M&A phase to the resolution phase, in relation to capital policy, including, such as contests for control, shareholder proposals, and countermeasures for activists.
Aritsune Miyoda
Aritsune has extensive knowledge and experience in cross-border M&A transactions involving Europe, North America, and emerging countries, and international compliance and crisis management (including handling and investigating misconduct and wrongdoing, foreign bribery, and responding to authorities). He has also provided advice in numerous matters regarding “Business and Human Rights.”
Masaaki Hirota
Masaaki has handled a broad range of M&A transactions and has extensive experience dealing with matters involving investment funds, domestic and foreign business companies, and listed companies, among other areas. He displays particular expertise in investment fund practice, where he leverages his knowledge of acquisition financing, and in cross-border M&A transactions, where he is aided by time he spent abroad especially in his early years.
Fuyuki Uchitsu
Fuyuki handles a wide range of real estate projects with a focus on finance, transactions, and security token offerings for real estate. He has extensive experience and considerable expertise handling cross-border projects, including US real estate investment and financing and inbound investment, as well as large-scale redevelopment projects in Japan.
Takeshi Fukuda
Takeshi handles a broad range of M&A and corporate matters, representing both domestic and foreign clients, notably in cross-border transactions. He also has extensive experience advising on shareholder activism and takeover defenses.
Ryosuke Okuda
As a specialist in handling disputes and dispute resolution, Ryosuke has a track record of achieving results that benefit his clients in numerous cases, particularly those related to labor, commercial transactions, and finance transactions. He also provides comprehensive advice on legal issues faced by companies based on his expertise in the practice areas of labor law and corporate governance.
Koyo Madokoro
Koyo specializes principally in tax and wealth management. In particular, he handles a broad range of matters regarding business succession involving corporate owners, from stock price calculations to the formulation of transactional structures. His strengths lie in providing advice that incorporates both legal and tax perspectives through collaboration with lawyers in the firm.
Abadi Abi Tisnadisastra
Abi is a Partner at ATD Law (in association with Mori Hamada & Matsumoto). Abi’s practice covers a broad range of corporate and commercial areas, including mergers & acquisitions, restructuring, joint ventures, and foreign investments. He is recognized for his in-depth knowledge of the financial services and information technology sectors. He advises clients across the Fintech ecosystem from start-ups to large technology companies, tech investors, financial institutions as well as industry associations. Abi also counsels clients on Data Protection and Privacy, Blockchain technology, and cryptocurrency.
Alfa Dewi Setiawati
Alfa is a Partner at ATD Law (in association with Mori Hamada & Matsumoto). Alfa’s core practices are banking and finance as well as mergers and acquisitions. She also advises clients on liquidations, group restructurings, and share/bond issuances. Alfa has represented major banks within and outside Indonesia in various financing transactions, both offshore and onshore. In relation to M&A and corporate restructuring work, she has represented multinational companies in acquiring major stakes as well as advising on corporate restructuring for various leading financial technology platforms.
Panupan Udomsuvannakul
Panupan has a very diverse legal experience and has been
involved in joint ventures, cross-border mergers &
acquisitions (M&A) and support for MNCs and Japanese
companies He is also experienced in providing legal advice
in relation to foreign direct investment, personal data
protection, regulatory matters and corporate operations in
various sectors with focus on technology, e-commerce,
cryptocurrency and blockchain related businesses, and
fintech related matters.
Panupan is also a speaker and guest lecturer at well-known
universities both in Thailand and Japan.
Mariko Morita
Mariko has extensive experience in the areas of general labor law and litigation and international disputes. She is highly regarded for her advice on labor law matters for foreign companies based on her experience at a U.S. federal agency, and on regulations concerning freelance work, in which she has been involved since her secondment to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Ryoko Akizuki
Ryoko specializes in labor law and handles matters including litigation and disputes, M&A, and corporate misconduct, and also provides general legal advice and in-house training. She has extensive experience in labor law, particularly in handling matters related to collective labor relations.
Rina Shimada
Rina’s main practice areas are general labor law, litigation and dispute resolution. She has extensive experience advising foreign companies, and also advises on the handling of governmental administrative matters, based on her experience acquired through a three-year secondment to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Hiroshi Shirane
Hiroshi engages in a wide range of matters concerning regulatory laws and compliance, based on his experience working at the Financial Service Agency’s Supervisory Bureau for three years, as well as litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and disputes related to construction. He also advises clients on resolving various issues and provides thorough support in litigation and dealing with authorities.
Daisuke Tsuta
Daisuke works primarily in the practice areas of cybersecurity, personal information protection and privacy, and IT/ICT. He has extensive experience in handling matters related to cyber attacks and internal fraud, and also has wide-ranging experience in areas such as data utilization, crisis management, and economic security.
Wataru Ishida
Wataru handles all aspects of corporate practice, focusing on matters related to business revitalization, domestic and international M&A, and start-ups. Based on his consulting and financial advisory experience, he is able to provide clients with multifaceted advice.
Yu Nimura
Yu specializes in international and Japanese capital markets and handles a broad range of debt and equity financing matters, as well as continuous disclosures and cross-border listings. He is very familiar with financial and securities regulations and has extensive experience in advising overseas clients through his experience at international law firms and domestic and overseas securities firms.
Hideaki Kuwahara
Hideaki specializes in dispute resolutions related to intellectual property rights such as patents, copyrights, and trademarks, and also handles a broad range of disputes in the area of IT and frontier technology, including litigation regarding system development and product liability. He also advises on legal issues in transactions related to intellectual property rights, such as joint development and licenses.
Satoshi Tatsugawa
Satoshi has extensive experience in handling domestic and cross-border M&A transactions as well as matters relating to overseas expansion by Japanese companies, including projects in Europe, North America, and emerging countries. He also provides hands-on support to many start-ups, including technology and healthcare companies.
Hiroko Kasama
Hiroko focuses on domestic and international M&A, and has extensive experience particularly in acquisitions by private equity funds and listed companies, corporate reorganization, and capital and business alliances. Her experience includes litigation related to the Companies Act and fund formations.
Yuko Maruyama
Yuko handles a wide range of matters for individuals and listed companies, with extensive experience in corporate reorganizations and succession/business succession, as well as in providing planning and implementation support from a comprehensive perspective to resolve clients’ issues.
Robbie Julius
Robbie is a Counsel at ATD Law (in association with Mori Hamada & Matsumoto). Prior to joining MHM in 2014, he worked at one of the leading law firms in Jakarta. He advises MNCs on foreign direct investments, cross-border M&A, joint ventures, general corporate and compliance advice and employment law.
Soni Tiwari
After a career in corporate banking at a leading Indian law firm, she moved to Singapore in 2009 and was employed by a leading international law firm to be part of their corporate team. Soni is qualified to practice in the UK and India, and has extensive experience in advising clients on various cross-border transactions, including real-estate investments, mergers and acquisitions, and joint venture transactions, across South and South-East Asia.
Jirayu Sanguankaew
Jirayu is a Counsel at Chandler MHM Limited (CMHM) in Dispute Resolution and Litigation Department. He specializes in dispute resolution and litigation including arbitration and other alternative resolutions. He has represented both local and international companies on various fields such as commercial, labor, tort, family, cybercrime, and misconduct in organization, which includes crisis management, investigative interview and investigation on the misconduct, subsequent damage recovery, and labor management.
Patthanawach Nuntawowart
Patthanawach is a Counsel at Chandler MHM Limited (CMHM). He has substantial experience representing clients in various industries including insurance, manufacturing, services, and trading. Patthanawach advises on general corporate, regulatory and secretarial work, mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment, and commercial contracts. In addition, he has extensive experience advising on matters relating to business operations such as labor issues, licenses, permits and real estate.
Pitiporn Anantaset
Pitiporn is a Counsel at Chandler MHM Limited(CMHM). Prior to joining CMHM, she had experience working with respected international law firms in Bangkok. Pitiporn has considerable experience in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, banking and finance and foreign investment.
Piyawannee Watanasakolpunt
Piyawannee is a Counsel at Chandler MHM Limited (CMHM). She specializes in the areas of corporate, commercial, hospitality and real estate laws. Prior to joining CMHM, she had extensive experience working with a leading law firm.
Sarunporn Chaianant
Sarunporn is a Counsel at Chandler MHM Limited(CMHM). Her specialization is banking and finance with a focus on project finance in the energy, infrastructure and real estate sectors. She has experience in representing Thai and foreign financial institutions and project companies/sponsors in a number of domestic and cross-border financing transactions. She also has been involved in M&A transactions and advising clients in various industries on general business practice.
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