January 11, 2023 Awards
Top rankings received from The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has been ranked in the top tier of recommended law firms in Japan, Thailand (Chandler MHM Limited), Myanmar (Myanmar Legal MHM Limited) and Vietnam for several areas of practice in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023. The following lawyers have been acknowledged as “Hall of Fame,” “Leading Individuals,” “Next Generation Partners” or “Rising Stars” in those practice areas.
For more information, please refer to The Legal 500 website.
JAPAN
Practice areas
Tier 1
- Antitrust and competition
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Fintech
- Intellectual property
- Investment funds
- Labour and employment
- Private wealth
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Risk management and investigations
- Tax
- TMT
Firms to watch
- Shipping
Lawyers
Hall of Fame
- Antitrust and competition: Hideki Utsunomiya
- Capital markets: Katsumasa Suzuki
- Corporate and M&A: Gaku Ishiwata
- Real estate and construction: Eriko Ozawa
- Tax: Atsushi Oishi
Leading Individuals
- Antitrust and competition: Kenji Ito
- Banking and finance: Masanori Sato, Takahiro Kobayashi, Hiroki Aoyama
- Capital markets: Taro Omoto
- Corporate and M&A: Hajime Tanahashi, Atsushi Oishi, Akira Matsushita
- Dispute resolution: Koichiro Iida, Mugi Sekido
- Fintech: Masakazu Masujima, Takane Hori
- Intellectual property: Yutaka Miyoshi, Yoshifumi Onodera, Atsushi Okada
- Investment fund: Yasuzo Takeno, Ken Miura, Nobuharu Onishi
- Labour and employment: Chisako Takaya, Taichi Arai, Yoshikazu Abe
- Private wealth: Atsushi Oishi, Makoto Sakai
- Projects and energy: Takahiro Kobayashi, Naoki Ishikawa, Shigeki Okatani
- Real estate and construction: Masanori Sato
- Restructuring and insolvency: Soichiro Fujiwara, Takahiro Inou
- Risk management and investigations: Yasuhiko Fujitsu, Hideaki Umetsu
- Tax: Makoto Sakai
- TMT: Hiromi Hayashi, Atsushi Okada
Next Generation Partners
- Antitrust and competition: Tomoya Fujita
- Banking and finance: Yusuke Suehiro, Kei Shirakawa
- Capital markets: Katsuyuki Tainaka
- Dispute resolution: Daniel Allen
- Private wealth: Hiroshi Oyama
- Projects and energy: Yusuke Murakami, Yusuke Suehiro
- Restructuring and insolvency: Dai Katagiri
- Risk management and investigations: Hiroshi Yamauchi
- Tax: Hiroshi Oyama, Hiroyuki Kurihara
Rising Stars
- Antitrust and competition: Saori Takekoshi
- Intellectual property: Hideaki Kuwahara
- Labour and employment: Fumiko Hama
- Private wealth: Yoshihiko Abe
- Projects and energy: Hironobu Noma
THAILAND
Practice areas
Tier 1
- Projects & energy
Tier 2
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Restructuring and insolvency
Tier 3
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Real estate and construction
Lawyers
Hall of Fame
- Banking and finance: Jessada Sawatdipong
- Projects and energy: Jessada Sawatdipong
Leading Individuals
- Banking and finance: Joseph Tisuthiwongse
- Projects and Energy: Joseph Tisuthiwongse
MYANMAR
Practice areas
Tier 1
- Projects
Tier 2
- Corporate and M&A
Lawyers
Next Generation Partner
- Corporate and M&A: Atsushi Inoue
- Projects: Khin Cho Kyi
VIETNAM
Practice areas
Tier 2
- Real estate and construction
Tier 4
- Corporate and M&A
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- People
- Yasuzo Takeno Masanori Sato Ken Miura Soichiro Fujiwara Hajime Tanahashi Chisako Takaya Yutaka Miyoshi Koichiro Iida Gaku Ishiwata Kenji Ito Atsushi Oishi Eriko Ozawa Takahiro Kobayashi Mugi Sekido Yasuhiko Fujitsu Yoshifumi Onodera Katsumasa Suzuki Naoki Ishikawa Hideki Utsunomiya Taro Omoto Fumiko Hama Hiromi Hayashi Masakazu Masujima Hiroki Aoyama Atsushi Okada Takane Hori Taichi Arai Takahiro Inou Nobuharu Onishi Shigeki Okatani Hideaki Umetsu Makoto Sakai Yoshikazu Abe Akira Matsushita Atsushi Inoue Hiroshi Oyama Yusuke Suehiro Katsuyuki Tainaka Tomoya Fujita Yusuke Murakami Hiroshi Yamauchi Hiroyuki Kurihara Dai Katagiri Hironobu Noma Saori Takekoshi Kei Shirakawa Hideaki Kuwahara Yoshihiko Abe Jessada Sawatdipong V. Joseph Tisuthiwongse Daniel Allen Khin Cho Kyi
- Related Practice Areas
- Mergers and Acquisitions Corporate Governance Real Estate Finance Capital Markets Banking Project Finance Asset Management/Investment Funds Aircraft Finance/Ship Finance Infrastructure/Energy Disputes/Dispute Resolution Bankruptcy/Restructuring Crisis Management Competition/Antitrust Information Technology, Life Sciences and Intellectual Property Tax Labor Law Wealth Management Fintech International Practice
- Media
- The Legal 500
- Related Site
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The Legal 500 website (Mori Hamada & Matsumoto)
The Legal 500 website (Chandler MHM Limited)