Mori Hamada & Matsumoto received an award for “Innovative Lawyers in Restructuring” at the FT Innovative Lawyers Asia-Pacific Awards 2023 hosted by the Financial Times on May 4, 2023. The award was given in recognition of the innovativeness of the restructuring matter of Marelli Holdings, Inc. where, for the first time in Japanese history, a debtor used one type of in-court insolvency proceeding (simplified rehabilitation proceeding) as a tool to “cram down” opposing lenders in a preceding out-of-court corporate workout.

Our firm and lawyers were also evaluated highly in the following categories:

Innovation in Digital Legal practice: Standout
‘NOEL’ – using legal tech to generate new revenues and enhance our reputation for public M&A expertise
FT Report: Business of law: best practice in legal work | Financial Times (ft.com)

Innovative Lawyers in Deal Making: Standout
Take-private transaction innovation for the successful acquisition by KKR of Hitachi Transport System (Japan’s largest M&A deal in 2022)
FT Report: Practice of law: best practice in legal work | Financial Times (ft.com)

Innovative Practitioner: Commended
Ryo Kawabata
FT Report: Boldness pays off for top legal practitioners | Financial Times (ft.com)