September 14, 2022 Awards

Top Rankings received from asialaw 2023, the definitive guide to Asia's leading law firms and lawyers

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has achieved top ranking in asialaw 2023, the definitive guide to Asia's leading law firms and lawyers, as one of the "Outstanding" firms in Japan due to its impressive reputation in all of the practice areas and industry sectors mentioned below. The firm’s lawyers have received prestigious rankings in practice areas in Japan as shown below.

Our offices in Thailand (Chandler MHM Limited), Myanmar (Myanmar Legal MHM Limited), and Vietnam and their lawyers have also received prestigious rankings in their respective jurisdictions.

Practice area and industry sector

Japan

Practice area

・Banking and finance (Outstanding)
・Capital markets (Outstanding)
・Competition/antitrust (Outstanding)
・Construction (Outstanding)
・Corporate and M&A (Outstanding)
・Dispute resolution (Outstanding)
・Intellectual property (Highly recommended)
・Investment funds (Outstanding)
・Labour and employment (Outstanding)
・Private equity (Highly recommended)
・Regulatory (Outstanding)
・Restructuring and insolvency (Highly recommended)
・Tax (Highly recommended)

Industry sector

・Banking and financial services (Outstanding)
・Consumer goods and services (Outstanding)
・Energy (Outstanding)
・Infrastructure (Recommended)
・Insurance (Recommended)
・Media and entertainment (Highly recommended)
・Real estate (Outstanding)
・Technology and telecommunications (Recommended)

THAILAND

Practice area

・Banking and finance (Outstanding)
・Capital markets (Recommended)
・Construction (Highly recommended)
・Corporate and M&A (Outstanding)
・Dispute resolution (Recommended)
・Labour and employment (Highly recommended)
・Restructuring and insolvency (Highly recommended)

Industry sector

・Aviation and shipping (Recommended)
・Banking and financial services (Outstanding)
・Consumer goods and services (Highly recommended)
・Energy (Outstanding)
・Industrials and manufacturing (Highly recommended)
・Infrastructure (Outstanding)
・Insurance (Recommended)
・Real estate (Highly recommended)
・Technology and telecommunications (Recommended)

MYANMAR

Practice area

・General business law (Highly recommended)

Industry sector

・Energy (Highly recommended)
・Infrastructure (Recommended)
・Real estate (Recommended)

Lawyer

Japan

Practice area

・Banking and finance
 Elite practitioner: Masanori Sato
 Distinguished practitioner: Naoki IshikawaHiroki Aoyama
 Notable practitioner: Shigeki OkataniYusuke Suehiro

Thailand (Chandler MHM Limited)

Practice area

Industry sector

MYANMAR

Practice area

VIETNAM

Practice area