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Aug. 3, 2021 Awards: 13 of our lawyers were selected as Japan’s Top 100 Lawyers 2021 in Asia Business Law Journal
Jun. 25, 2021 Public Service: The firm’s lawyers contributed to a recently released research report (on recent trends in competition environment and competition policies, etc.) sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Apr. 27, 2021 Public Service: The "Guidelines for NFT Businesses," in which Masafumi Masuda was involved in the formulation as Legal Counsel of the NFT Subcommittee, is released by Japan Cryptoasset Business Association (JCBA)
Apr. 15, 2021 Awards: Lawyers from Mori Hamada & Matsumoto were included in the 12th edition of The Best Lawyers™ in Japan
Mar. 10, 2021 Media: Comments by Yusuke Takamiya, attorney-at-law, were featured in an MLex article titled "Japan explores new antitrust rules despite implementation of new digital law" published on March 10, 2021
Jan. 1, 2021 Media: Comments by Yusuke Takamiya were published on page 20 of the Nikkei in an article titled "Looking for Ways to Regulate Mega IT Companies: Concerns Among Countries Wary of Market Monopoly - New Biden Administration to Strengthen Enforcement Structure"
Dec. 15, 2020 Awards: Top Ranking Received From Chambers FinTech 2021
Dec. 4, 2020 Public Service: Atsushi Okada states his opinions regarding policy for data utilization as an expert at the conference of the "Research Commission on Intellectual Property Strategy" organized by the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
Oct. 6, 2020 Awards: Top rankings received from " Who's Who Legal: Thought Leaders"
Oct. 6, 2020 Awards: Top rankings received from " Who's Who Legal: Thought Leaders Global Elite – Data 2020"
Oct. 6, 2020 Awards: Top rankings received from IFLR1000’s thirtieth edition
Sep. 18, 2020 Awards: High evaluation received from " Who′s Who Legal: Japan 2020"
Sep. 14, 2020 Awards: High evaluation received from "Who’s Who Legal: Global 2020"
Jun. 5, 2020 Media: Comments by Atsushi Okada were featured in a OneTrust DataGuidance article titled "Japan: Parliament passes bill to amend APPI" published on June 5, 2020
Apr. 9, 2020 Awards: Lawyers from Mori Hamada & Matsumoto were included in the 11th edition of The Best Lawyers™ in Japan
Jan. 23, 2020 Awards: Top Ranking Received From Chambers FinTech 2020
Dec. 5, 2019 Media: Comments by Atsushi Okada were featured in an OneTrust DataGuidance article titled "Japan: APPI revision includes "strengthening regulations of cross-border data transfers"" published on December 5, 2019
Oct. 18, 2019 Awards: High evaluation received from " Who’s Who Legal: Japan 2019"
Oct. 12, 2019 Awards: Top rankings received from " Who's Who Legal: Thought Leaders – Data 2019"
May 28, 2019 Awards: MHM ranked 10th in the sixth FT Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers Awards 2019, and received high commendation for its work in accessing new markets and capital