News

2023

Public Service
Takane Hori becomes a member of the Council for Promotion of Regulatory Reform (Start-up and Investment Working Group, Working Style and Investment in Human Resources Working Group), Cabinet Office
Firm News
Zoe Lim joins Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Public Service
Hiromasa Yamauchi, Kotaro Motoshima, Misato Kobayashi, Masumi Sato, Yuichiro Ishida, Yuta Kawasaki, Takuma Mori, Mio Fukumoto conduct a program for providing law-related education, etc. to junior and senior high school students living in children’s homes
Media
Norihito Sato appears on page 3 of "Tokyo Transportation News" in an article titled "Commentary on Level 4 Autonomous Driving (3): Advent of Level 4 and Current Status and Future Outlook of Legal Framework"
Public Service
Atsushi Okada becomes a member of the "Committee for Intellectual Property Rights in the Age of AI," Cabinet Office
Awards
MHM lawyers selected in "Who’s Who Legal: Japan 2023"
Public Service
Yusuke Takamiya becomes a lecturer at Rikkyo University, College of Law and Politics (Economic Law)
Firm News
MHM holds a reception celebrating the opening of the Jakarta Office
Awards
Jakarta Office listed as Award Winning Law Firm 2023 by Asia Business Law Journal’s Indonesia Law Firm Awards
Awards
MHM receives award at asialaw Awards 2023
Public Service
Colin Trehearne becomes a Specially Appointed Professor of Law at Sophia University
Media
Norihito Sato appears on page 2 of "Tokyo Transportation News" in an article titled "Commentary on Level 4 Autonomous Driving (2): Advent of Level 4 and Current Status and Future Outlook of Legal Framework"
Awards
Top rankings received from asialaw 2023-24
Awards
Top rankings received in "ALB Asia M&A Rankings 2023"
Media
Norihito Sato appears on page 3 of "Tokyo Transportation News" in an article titled "Commentary on Level 4 Autonomous Driving (1): Advent of Level 4 and Current Status and Future Outlook of Legal Framework"
Firm News
Opening of New York Office
Public Service
Atsushi Okada states his opinions regarding policy on copyright and AI as an expert at the Commission on Legal Affairs of the Subdivision on Copyright, the Council for Cultural Affairs, Agency for Cultural Affairs
Public Service
Noboru Kitayama becomes a Research Collaborator of the Legal Team, Academic Infrastructure Development Team for the Project for Utilization of Local Governments’ Tax Data to Promote EBPM in the Category of Local Government Data Development
Public Service
Masakazu Masujima becomes a member of the Committee on "Research on Model Contracts for Promoting Open Innovation Utilizing University Intellectual Property" for Research on Issues Concerning Industrial Property Rights Systems, Japan Patent Office
Firm News
Misaki Kodama joins Mori Hamada & Matsumoto