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Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
16TH FLOOR, MARUNOUCHI PARK BUILDING
2-6-1 MARUNOUCHI, CHIYODA-KU
TOKYO 100-8222
Japan

Work Department

Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Mergers and acquisitions, Corporate Governance

Position

Partner

Career

admitted in Japan, 2009; New York, 2017

Member, Japanese Association of Turnaround Professionals

Member, The East Asian Association of Insolvency & Restructuring

Languages

Japanese, English

Memberships

Daini Tokyo Bar Association

New York State Bar Association

Education

Waseda University (LL.B., 2005)

The University of Tokyo, School of Law (2008)

The University of Pennsylvania Law School (LL.M., 2016)

Lawyer Rankings

Japan > Restructuring and insolvency: Independent local firms

(Next Generation Partners: Bengoshi)

Dai Katagiri Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto advises debtors, creditors and financial advisors in the full range of Japanese bankruptcy and reorganisation proceedings, with experience in pre-packaged reorganisations and out-of-court workouts. The practice is active on corporate restructuring, debt restructuring, and DIP financing, and acts on major cross-border insolvencies on behalf of high profile clients. Soichiro Fujiwara, Ryota Yamasaki, and Takahiro Inou are joint team leads. Fujiwara has significant expertise in restructuring, litigation and M&A, while Yamasaki bring additional experience in corporate law and legal compliance, and Inou covers out-of-court restructurings by ADR and other schemes. Dai Katagiri, who was promoted to partner in January 2021, specialises in litigation, M&A, and corporate law.