In the "Corporate Legal Tax Affairs and Lawyer Survey" published by Nikkei Inc., the following lawyers have been chosen as the Best Performing Lawyers of 2021 (as selected by companies and overall (by both companies and lawyers)). In the same survey, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto was ranked second overall and also received the highest evaluation of all law firms as a Reliable Law Firm (as selected by companies) for “Response to a wide range of fields” and “Swift response.”

Lawyer Ranking Selected by Companies and Overall (By Both Companies and Lawyers)

• Tax Category
  Atsushi Oishi (5th by companies; 4th overall)
  Hiroshi Oyama (7th overall)
  Yoshihiro Kojima (13th overall)
• Crisis Management Category
  Hiroshi Yamauchi (3rd overall)
  Yasuhiko Fujitsu (8th overall)
• Corporate Legal Affairs Category
  Minoru Sawaguchi (4th overall)
  Gaku Ishiwata (6th overall)
  Yusuke Ishii (15th overall)
  Kunihiro Watanabe (15th overall)

Firm Ranking Selected by Companies

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (2nd)