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Apr. 14, 2022 Awards: Lawyers from Mori Hamada & Matsumoto were included in the 13th edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan™ and the inaugural Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™
Apr. 7, 2022 Public Service: Atsushi Okada states opinions regarding Japan's approach to AI/data transactions as member of Japanese delegation at Working Group on Electronic Commerce of UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law)
Mar. 31, 2022 Public Service: The "Guidelines for NFT Businesses 2nd Edition," in which Masafumi Masuda was involved in the formulation as Legal Counsel of the NFT Subcommittee, is released by Japan Cryptoasset Business Association (JCBA)
Dec. 10, 2021 Awards: Top Ranking Received From Chambers FinTech 2022
Sep. 6, 2021 Awards: High evaluation received from "Who’s Who Legal: Japan 2021"
Aug. 25, 2021 Awards: Top Rankings Received from IFLR1000’s 31st edition
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