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Mori Hamada and Matsumoto  

Masayuki Aoyama,  Wataru Ishida,  Masaaki Ibaragi,  Kengo Ozaki,  Takaaki Kanayama,  Noboru Kitayama,  Ryohei Kudo,  Yasutaka Tokuda,  Reiya Nakano,  Naoaki Bando,  Natsumi Kuno,  Kentaro Matsumura,  Satoshi Yuda

General Corporate < Venture Capital/Start-ups >

Award Recipient

Hajime Tanahashi

Finance < Asset Management/Investment Trust/J-REIT >

Award Recipient

Yasuzo Takeno,  Ken Miura

Related Practice Areas 

General Corporate < Corporate Governance,  Labor & Human Resources,  Labor & Human Resources >

Regulatory < Compliance >

Mergers & Acquisitions < Mergers & Acquisitions >

Finance < Capital Markets,  Structured Finance,  Banking >

General Corporate < Real Estate >

Bankruptcy/Restructuring < Bankruptcy/Restructuring >

Litigation/Dispute Resolution < Litigation/ADR,  International Dispute Resolution >

IT/Intellectual Property < Intellectual Property/Entertainment >

Tax < Tax >

Top ranking received from "Who's Who Legal - International Who's Who of Merger and Acquisition Lawyers 2012"

Mergers & Acquisitions < Mergers & Acquisitions >

General Corporate < Real Estate >

General Corporate < Labor & Human Resources >

General Corporate < Environment & Climate Change >

Finance < Banking >

Mergers & Acquisitions < Mergers & Acquisitions >

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has been ranked in the top tier of recommended law firms in Japan for several areas of practice in the 2012 edition of IFLR1000. 9 MHM lawyers have been recommended as "Leading Lawyers" in those practice areas. For more information, please refer to the IFLR1000 web site.

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (“MHM” or “the firm”) is pleased to announce that it will open an office in
Singapore.

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の開設を決定いたしましたのでお知らせいたします。

Second Working Group of the Subcommittee for Independent Administrative Agency Reform in the Government Revitalization Unit of the Cabinet Office

Related Practice Areas Overseas Practice China Practice 

Award Recipient Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Related Practice Areas

Mergers & Acquisitions Mergers & Acquisitions

Award Recipient Satoshi Kawai, Satoko Kuwabara, Gaku Ishiwata

As of September 9, 2011, Naoki Ishikawa became an adjunct lecturer (special lecturer of modern corporate law) at the Graduate School of Business Sciences, University of Tsukuba.Naoki Ishikawa becomes an adjunct lecturer at the Graduate School of Business Sciences, University of Tsukuba

Yasuzo Takeno was selected as "Who's Who Legal - the International Who's Who of Private Funds Lawyers 2012".

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has been selected as one of the leading employment law firms in Japan by ALB (Asian Legal Business) in the special feature: "Asia's leading employment law firms 2011" in the Juｌｙ issue of ALB magazine.

Yukinaga Kojima becomes a financial ADR mediator and arbiter for Tokyo San Bengoshikai

Hiroshi Takahashi becomes Chairperson of the Hague Convention Council, Legislative Council (Procedure for Return of Children) of the Ministry of Justice.

"Research on Creation of Legal Environment Contributes to Virtuous Circle for Intellectual Creation Cycles Related to Contents - Last Ten Years and Future of Legal Environment Surrounding Contents" commissioned by the Digital Content Association of Japan.

Related Practice Areas Mergers & Acquisitions < Mergers & Acquisitions > IT/Intellectual Property < IT > Overseas Practice < China Practice >

Award Recipient Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Media ALB

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has been selected as one of the leading IP firms in Japan by ALB (Asia Legal Business) in the special feature: "Asia's leading IP firms 2011" in the June issue of ALB magazine.

The International Who's Who of Real Estate Lawyers & Economists 2011"

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto was ranked in the top tiers for the following practice areas in "IP Handbook 2011," issued by Managing Intellectual Property.

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto was ranked in the top tier in the corporate/M&A sector in the PLC Which lawyer?

Naoki Ishikawa was selected among the leading lawyers in the fields of Asset & Fund Management and Structured Finance.

As of May 1, 2011, Takeshi Komatsu was appointed as a member of the Corporate Legislation Study Group, the 21st Century Public Policy Institute, Nippon Keidanren.

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto was ranked in the top tier for the dispute resolution sector in the PLC Which lawyer?

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto was ranked in the top tier for the restructuring and insolvency sector in the PLC Which lawyer?

As of April 23, 2011, Harumichi Uchida became the Chairman of the Competition Law Committee

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto was selected as the top national firm for Japan at the Chambers Asia-Pacific Awards.

Harumichi Uchida and Kenji Ito were selected as "Who's Who Legal - The International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers & Economists 2011".

Ikuya Hoshino is an experienced prosecutor and joined Mori Hamada & Matsumoto as an attorney-at-law

As of April 1, 2011, Masafumi Masuda became a lecturer at the University of Tokyo.

As of April 1, 2011, Tetsushi Kamimura became a lecturer (Copyright Law) at Waseda Law Schoo

As of April 2011, Yu Yada became a lecturer (of civil law) at the University of Tokyo, School of Law.

As of April 2011, Hiroyuki Kurihara became a lecturer at the University of Tokyo, School of Law.

As of April 2011, Hiroki Aoyama became a lecturer (of civil law) at the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law.

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has been ranked in a top group in some practices for the edition of Chambers Global 2011 and 15 lawyers have been recommended as leaders in these practices.

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto's work in 2010 earned awards for "National Firm of the Year" and "M&A Deal of the Year" from International Financial Law Review (IFLR), an internationally recognized law magazine.

Gaku Ishiwata was selected as "Who's Who Legal - The International Who's Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers 2011".

Three of our cases received the "Deals of the Year 2010" by the magazine Asian Counsel issued by Pacific Business Press.

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto is pleased to announce the elevation of six of its associates to the partnership. We are excited to welcome these talented new partners and to further strengthen the partnership in a variety of practice areas.

Bloomberg has awarded Mori Hamada & Matsumoto the top ranking among legal advisers for mergers and acquisitions in Japan for 2010 in terms of the total number of deals handled.

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto ranked 1st in both value and volume among "Legal Advisers to Japanese M&A" in the League Tables of Legal Advisers to Global M&A 2010 recently announced by mergermarket.

Toru Ishiguro, Masanori Sato and Yuto Matsumura were selected as "Who's Who Legal - the International Who's Who of Banking Lawyers 2011".

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto was ranked 1st in the Japan Capital Markets Review for Legal Advisors in 2010 by Thomson Reuters in the ranking of legal advisors for issuers of common stocks in Japan. Please refer to the Thomson Reuters website for more details.

Top rankings received in PLC Which lawyer?

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto was ranked in the top tier for the competition/anti-trust sector in the PLC Which lawyer? rankings. Harumichi Uchida was featured in the individual recommendations.

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto was ranked in the top tier for the life sciences sector in the PLC Which lawyer? rankings

2010 was a landmark year for Islamic Finance in Japan in that a high level of interest in Islamic finance among Japanese companies was manifested by the first issuance of US dollar denominated Sukuk out of Malaysia by Nomura Holdings, Inc. (the Project).