Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has been ranked in the top tier of recommended law firms in following category in Japan by IFLR1000’s thirtieth edition. Thirty-one of the firm’s lawyers have received prestigious rankings. Our Bangkok Office (Chandler MHM Limited) and six of its lawyers have also received prestigious rankings as shown below.

 For more information, please refer to the IFLR1000 website.

Practice areas

JAPAN

Tier 1

• Banking
• Capital markets: Debt
• Capital markets: Equity
• Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
• M&A
• Project development
• Project finance

MYANMAR

Tier 2

• Financial and corporate

THAILAND (Chandler MHM Limited)

Tier 1

• Banking and finance
• Project development

Tier 2

• M&A

Tier 3

• Capital markets: Debt
• Capital markets: Equity

Lawyers

JAPAN

• Banking
  Market Leader: Masanori Sato
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Noboru Suwa, Eriko Ozawa, Takahiro Kobayashi, Takeshi Mukawa, Hiroki Aoyama, Toshimitsu Nemoto
• Notable Practitioner: Yasuzo Takeno, Akira Marumo, Toshifumi Ueda
• Capital markets
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Takeshi Mukawa
• ​Capital markets - Debt
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Eiko Hakoda, Kensuke Ambe, Katsumasa Suzuki, Tony Grundy
  Notable Practitioner: Yasuhiko Fujitsu
  Rising Star: Katsuyuki Tainaka
• Capital markets -Equity
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Kensuke Ambe, Katsumasa Suzuki, Taro Omoto, Tony Grundy
• Capital markets -Structured finance and securitisation
  Market Leader: Masanori Sato
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Noboru Suwa, Eriko Ozawa, Takahiro Kobayashi, Akira Ehira, Toshimitsu Nemoto
• Capital markets -REIT
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Taro Omoto, Toshimitsu Nemoto
• Energy & Infrastructure
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Takahiro Kobayashi, Takeshi Mukawa
• Investment funds
  Notable Practitioner: Ken Miura
• M&A
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Satoshi Kawai, Hajime Tanahashi, Gaku Ishiwata, Atsushi Oishi, Yuto Matsumura, Toshimitsu Nemoto
  Notable Practitioner: Akira Marumo, Koji Toshima, Rintaro Shinohara, Shuhei Uchida, Hirokazu Hayashi, Masakazu Kumagai, Kenichi Sekiguchi, Naoya Shiota
• Private equity
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Hajime Tanahashi, Gaku Ishiwata
  Notable Practitioner: Hirokazu Hayashi
• Project development
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Takahiro Kobayashi
• Project finance
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Takahiro Kobayashi, Takeshi Mukawa
• Restructuring & Insolvency
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Hajime Tanahashi

THAILAND (Chandler MHM Limited)

• Banking
  Market Leader: Jessada Sawatdipong
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Pranee Klinratana, Supattra Sathapornnanon, Joseph Tisuthiwongse
• Energy and infrastructure
  Market Leader: Jessada Sawatdipong
• Project finance
  Market Leader: Jessada Sawatdipong
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Pranee Klinratana, Supattra Sathapornnanon

Industory Sector

JAPAN

• Automotive
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Akira Ehira
• Banking
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Noboru Suwa
• Energy
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Takahiro Kobayashi, Takeshi Mukawa
• Financial services
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Noboru Suwa
• Insurance
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Satoshi Kawai, Akira Ehira
  Notable Practitioner: Yasuhiko Fujitsu
  Rising Star: Katsuyuki Tainaka
• Investment management
  Notable Practitioner: Ken Miura
• Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Hajime Tanahashi, Noboru Suwa, Satoshi Kawai
• Real estate
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Noboru Suwa, Eriko Ozawa, Taro Omoto, Akira Ehira, Toshimitsu Nemoto
  Notable Practitioner: Yasuhiko Fujitsu
  Rising Star: Katsuyuki Tainaka
• Technology & Telecommunications
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Hajime Tanahashi

THAILAND (Chandler MHM Limited)

• Energy
  Market Leader: Jessada Sawatdipong
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Pranee Klinratana, Supattra Sathapornnanon
• Oil and gas
  Market Leader: Jessada Sawatdipong
• Natural resources
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Supattra Sathapornnanon
• Real estate
  Highly Regarded Lawyer: Pranee Klinratana
• Utilities
  Market Leader: Jessada Sawatdipong