Mori Hamada & Matsumoto > Tokyo, Japan > Firm Profile

‘MHM knows about international antitrust and competition issues and procedures, which makes MHM capable of providing one-stop services for various clients’ various matters world-wide.’

‘MHM also works regularly with the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), and has extensive experience advising the clients on the antitrust and competition issues in Japan.’

‘They know about the clients’ business practices and can bring various insightful professional consultations and services to the clients.’

‘Very knowledgeable about practices in countries other than Japan.’

‘Mori Hamada has the strongest team in antitrust in Japan. They are well balanced between mergers, cartels, disputes and counseling.’

‘They are very practical and commercial, and they are well sophisticated in complex international investigations.’

‘Kenji Ito is thoughtful, creative, and does well at seeing around corners. He is experienced in multi-jurisdiction investigations which makes him valuable in difficult international cartel cases.’

‘Hideki Utsunomiya is equally strong and good to work with. He is also thoughtful and patient, and particularly good with clients.’

‘The firm is a reliable top-tier choice for its many international and domestic clients.’

‘It has a close relationship with other leading law firms in relevant jurisdictions, taking advantage of its overseas offices and strong global network with international law firms.’

‘Masanori Sato is extremely experienced and understands how to deal with complicated issues. Hiroki Aoyama is proactive and knowledgeable.’

‘Partners are well-known professionals in capital markets, with extensive knowledge and experience. They were able to deal with a lot of issues swiftly.’

‘The Mori Hamada & Matsumoto team has extensive knowledge and know-how in capital markets. They always try to provide us with the solution which is the closest possible to our best interests, in a very timely manner.’

‘Partner Mr. Ishibashi always tries to propose well thought out advice, that gives clear direction about what to consider and what to give up, when we come across difficult situations and business judgement is required.’

‘Always proposing how to move the projects forward, which makes a difference from other firms.’

‘Mr Masayuki Ishibashi is a specific stand-out partner.’

‘Very significant know-how and responsiveness regarding the diversity of financing.’

‘Strong expertise in both capital market practice and M&A. You can receive seamless advice from MHM team on a deal involving both areas.’

‘These lawyers provide us with quality advice and lead us to practical solutions based on their abundant knowledge and experiences of both capital markets and M&A transactions, and sound understanding of investment banking business.’

‘Kenichi Sekiguchi provides us with excellent outcomes and values. Of course his hardworking and intelligence contribute to us a lot, but his pragmatic way of thinking and sensitivity to what his clients really want/need make him an almost irreplaceable lawyer for us.’

‘Gaku Ishiwata is a luminary among Japanese M&A lawyers, but also responsive and deeply engaged in all of his matters.’

‘Shuhei Uchida and Yohsuke Higashi are two other rising stars within the firm.’

‘They have a great team. The lawyers we worked with are all very reliable.’

‘The team is very involved, well informed and responsive.’

‘This practice’s legal advice is always timely, accurate and also business-oriented.’

‘Mugi Sekido has high level language skills, deep understanding, and extensive experience in handling international conflicts for Japanese clients. He conveys our messages to US attorneys quite accurately and “digests” their complicated legal language into easy terms for us to understand.’

‘There are three excellent law firms on crypto assets in Japan. They are one of them. They fully understand the business trends, discussed issues of law makers. Also, it has great connections all over the world.’

‘The practice is one of the premier firms and has broad reach and respect in Japan and outside of Japan. They have exceptional depth in capital markets and a strong base in general corporate.’

‘Masakazu Masujima – exceptional partner. Exceptional in general corporate and Fintech, and unusually strong in both the USA (Columbia Law, years working in NYC) and Japan as a leading figure in proposing and advising the government on new financial regulations and governance.’

‘The firm and Mr. Masafumi Masuda in particular has been very competent and diligent in their guidance for us, bringing a high level of expertise, including first hand experience from secondments working for relevant regulators.’

‘The firm’s client service, commercial awareness of the fintech, blockchain, NFT and crypto, space, and value for money is very good.’

‘Masayuki Ishibashi is a specific stand-out partner. I have great trust in him.’

‘Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has knowledge about blockchain, security tokens, NFTs, etc, not only from the viewpoint of financial legal affairs but also technology, and can obtain very advanced and professional advice.’

‘The company had a high level of expertise in fintech (especially in the field of digital securities), led by Attorney Ishibashi.’

‘IP team of MHM is eager to understand the characteristics and requirements of the clients and try to coordinate the necessary resources including legal advices from legal counsels outside Japan and provide the requested advices.’

‘We trust Mr. Yoshifumi Onodera as an experienced IP partner, who has in-depth knowledge about IP laws and cases, China practice and litigation. His attitude to learn each client’s aims in its business field and collaborate with the client to reach the goal is really excellent.’

‘Very powerful and experienced team for patent litigation and licensing matters, integrated in a broader full service practice which allows them to cover also antitrust matters and related matters.’

‘Mori Hamada & Matsumoto listens kindly and makes precise comments for our question.’

‘Correspondence is superior to other law offices and leads to the solutions to problems quickly.’

‘Atsushi Okada responds faster than other lawyers and gives us the exact answer we seek.’

‘Market leader for registration of foreign investment funds in Japan.’

‘Very knowledgeable and reactive.’

‘The firm possess broad knowledge and provides excellent opinions on taxes and trust businesses in the areas of family governance and wealth management.’

‘Mori Hamada & Matsumoto is outstanding in the market compared to other law firms, and they are always very reliable.’

‘Mr. Oishi is an expert on family governance. Compared to others, his expertise in structuring schemes utilizing taxation, trusts are outstanding. Also, Mr. Oishi has extensive experience in cross-border matters, which enables him to provide valuable opinions that cannot be obtained elsewhere.’

‘The team is comprised of such legal professionals and tax law professionals, recruited from major tax accounting firms so that the team can provide one-stop services for private wealth clients in Japan.’

‘Mr. Atsushi Oishi is a leading partner for this practice. He started his career from corporate finance such as M&A advisory and entered private wealth practice by setting up his team of experts. His leadership is instrumental in providing unified, one-stop services.’

‘The point is MHM can provide us both side at the same time and our client could receive and be satisfied his questions at the same time.’

‘The lawyers and tax accountants of MHM are well experienced experts and provide us practical advice.’

‘Good collaboration with firms overseas.’

‘Mr. Masahito Saeki: prompt response, broad experience.’

‘Mr. Masahito Saeki and his team are tenacious in explaining Japanese law to foreign legal teams.’

‘Whenever we get confused or lost, Eriko Ozawa always gives us sound advice.’

‘I think Satoru Hasumoto is one of the most competent lowers in his age group. He is second to none about new methods in the field of asset liquidation.’

‘Masahito Saeki possesses deep knowledge and experience in the fields of J-REIT and real estate. As he has a career of more than 15 years of advising on these matters, he has accumulated such knowledge and experience and he is now one of the most reliable practitioners to advise those matters in Japan.’

‘MHM team has strong integrity for the clients and the projects which we collaborate with them. They also have not only a lot of experience and knowledge but also flexibility for progressing our work. MHM’s professionals are covered wide industries, specialities.’

‘Restructuring and insolvency team of MHM is large enough to deliver good services for complex projects. They have a lot of credentials that show their capabilities and experiences.’

‘Takahiro Inou is very reliable lawyer in this field. He has deep knowledge and experiences with restructuring and insolvency engagements. His communication skill is also great to negotiate with creditors and make clients confortable.’

‘Team is practical and supports our business well. Not only the legal aspect, the team understands nature of our business.’

‘Takahiro Inou is the lead partner who supports our business. I continue to work his him and his team as they understand the nature of our business and provides adivice in practical way.’

‘Great knowledge and experience on difficult restructuring situations.’

‘Very hands on. Provide well thought-through advice.’

‘They were a great team with lots of experience.’

‘Hiroshi Yamauchi of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has global experience on compliance issues and is skilled at leading the team members.’

‘Quick and accurate advice, especially Mr. Yamauchi.’

‘Mori Hamada & Matsumoto is most sophisticated and strong legal team regarding the investigation for the allegation of inappropriate accounting in Japan.’

‘Hideaki Umetsu; A great communicator and negotiator. He is excellent in explaining issues in Japan in a way understandable to non Japanese stake holders and let Japanese client reach feasible results by filling with the gaps between Japan and other countries.’

‘Hiroshi Yamauchi, a partner attorney at the MHM Crisis Management Practice Team, is probably the most experienced partner in the crisis management practice area, coordinating cases and giving the best legal advice to clients.’

‘Mr. Hiroshi Yamauchi, a partner, provides very practical and convincing advice in the area of crisis management with a quick response time. He also anticipates client needs and voluntarily provides useful information.’

‘Their responses are very quick and the quality provided from them is high.’

‘The Mori Hamada & Matsumoto teams’ strength is their one-stop professional services: they are truly capable of advising clients from both legal and tax perspectives.’

‘It is absolutely favorable to clients, especially to those involving M&A transactions, like us. This characteristic differentiates them from other law firms.’

‘We have engaged Hiroyuki Kurihara, partner at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, as our department’s primary legal and tax advisor since 2019. His advice is not only thoughtful but also so practical that we can always put it into practice.’

‘We have a very favorable impression of the MHM team. They are always responsive, very knowledgeable about Japanese privacy law, and provide clients with extremely clear and practical responses on a wide range of questions.’

‘The team leader Atsushi Okada stands out. He is always responsive and calibrates his advice to the level of detail sought. He is also comfortable distilling nuanced privacy law principles into practical advice.’

‘They are a team that is well resourced and has in-depth knowledge of different areas, especially new ones, and can deal with things that cannot be solved elsewhere.’

‘This team provides helpful advice and guidance about any case or issue, including cutting-edge ones. The team’s response time is always fast and keeps up with the speed of our business.’

‘Atsushi Okada: Partner with expertise in Tech/Platform Laws/Privacy area. Excellent English. Very practical and business-oriented. Easy to introduce and recommend to in-house counsel outside of Japan or who do not speak English.’

‘I feel that their expertise in the area of mobility is extremely high. In addition, I feel that the firm\’s deep knowledge of not only the legal but also the business side, such as trends of related businesses and future prospects of the market, is an advantage that other firms did not have.’

‘Mr. Atsushi Okada; I strongly believe that he is one of the leading lawyers in the IP and Data practices. He is well versed in legislative and industry trends and can provide advice tailored to our practical needs.’

‘As a firm and team, this law firm has many experienced lawyers.’