Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (Mori Hamada) is a leading full-service international law firm, with the largest network of offices in Japan, offices worldwide, plus an unrivalled international network, providing seamless cross-border solutions.

We provide comprehensive legal services across all areas of business activities, employing cutting-edge technology to enhance service delivery and client outcomes.

Our firm offers a client-centric approach with tailored solutions for specific client needs, ensuring optimal solutions. We are guided by a commitment to excellence as the first choice for critical and complex legal challenges.

Our mission is to create client value, foster professional growth, and positively impact the community.

Offices

Mori Hamada has offices in Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Takamatsu, Sapporo and Yokohama in addition to its Tokyo headquarters. The firm has very strong full-service local law practices in Bangkok (Chandler Mori Hamada Limited) and Yangon (Myanmar Legal Mori Hamada Limited) and it is expanding its range of local law services in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Jakarta (ATD Law in association with Mori Hamada) and Manila (Tayag Ngochua & Chu, a member firm of Mori Hamada). It also has offices in Singapore (the firm's ASEAN hub), Shanghai and Beijing. In September 2023, the firm opened an office in New York through which it will further bolster its relationships with peer firms and clients in the US and the broader Americas, and provide them with efficient access to the firm's Japan and ASEAN network.

Mori Hamada has strong working relationships with leading firms throughout Asia (as well as in Europe and the Americas), which enables it to work for its clients as a single, integrated team.

The firm’s professionals

Mori Hamada firm has over 740 lawyers and 680 support staff including patent attorneys, licensed tax accountants, legal assistants and translators. Its senior lawyers include highly respected practitioners and leaders from the Japanese and international legal community, including prominent law professors from the University of Tokyo, and a former Prosecutor-General from Japan's Public Prosecutors Office. The firm also has experienced lawyers qualified in the US, England & Wales, the People’s Republic of China, Bangladesh, the Philippines, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and more.

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Competition/antitrust
• Construction
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Regulatory
• Intellectual property
• Labour and employment
• Investment funds
• Private equity
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Tax

• Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., Japan’s leading financial services group, in the increase of its shareholding in Rakuten Securities, Inc. to 49% valued at USD 576 million
• Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd., Japan Post Bank Co., Ltd., and Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd. in their JPY1.43 trillion concurrent global initial public offerings and global follow-on offerings
• JIC Capital, Ltd., Japan’s government-backed investment fund, in its acquisition of JSR Corporation in a transaction valued at USD 6.3 billion

• Aviation and shipping
• Banking and financial services
• Consumer goods and services
• Energy
• Industrials and manufacturing
• Infrastructure
• Insurance
• Materials
• Media and entertainment
• Mining
• Oil and gas
• Pharmaceuticals and life sciences
• Real estate
• Technology and telecommunications

Offices | MORI HAMADA & MATSUMOTO (morihamada.com)

"They are detailed about small leveraged buyout loans and quick to respond." – Banking and finance

"They possess extensive knowledge in arranging syndicated loans, including documentation capabilities." – Banking and finance

"There are many hard-working young lawyers. They show growth when given time." – Intellectual property

Hiroki Aoyama

"Mr. Aoyama has deep knowledge in the formation and documentation of syndicated loans."

Yuki Matsuda

"Polite and comfortable to work with. Easy to ask questions."

"He has a lot of knowledge about small business loans that we need. He also answers quickly."

Yasufumi Shiroyama

"Specialises in intellectual property rights disputes, which is his forte."