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Employment

About

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Our Labor Law Practice Group covers comprehensive range of labor matters including structure of employment conditions such as benefits and compensation, complex business transactions, labor union matters and disputes and litigation.

As to our member, we hold broad variety of lawyers in the field of employment and labor. Specifically, we have 5 lawyers who have experiences working at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, which enables us to provide deep knowledge from the legislative side, most up-date legal trends and good network with officers.

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Employment - Japan

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What the Team is Known For

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has a thriving employment practice with a strong track record in handling the full range of contentious and non-contentious matters. The firm assists with restructurings, labour compliance issues, terminations and internal investigations concerning harassment or overworking claims. The team's client roster includes major domestic corporations, public entities and international subsidiaries operating in Japan. It also acts on issues concerning fixed-term contracts and workers' accident insurance. The firm is able to provide compliance training on harassment prevention to corporations.

Work Highlights

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  • Mori Hamada & Matsumoto represented Japan Post before district courts in disputes brought by fixed-term employees under the Labour Contract Act.

Strengths

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I think they understand our company better than our employees.

Employment respondent
Asia-Pacific

The response is always quick and there is a reply on the day of the consultation.

Employment respondent
Asia-Pacific

MHM's deep experience in working not only with large corporations but also with startups has always helped them to strike a very pragmatic balance, without being overly formalistic.

Employment respondent
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Notable Practitioners

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Chisako Takaya
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Chisako Takaya
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Band 1

Chisako Takaya's wide-ranging employment law experience ranges from advising on compliance and work rules to assisting clients with class actions and internal investigations.

Chisako Takaya is outstanding in the employment area.

Chisako Takaya has a wealth of insight and we are very satisfied with her level of service.

Her judgement, speed and knowledge are all excellent.

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Taichi Arai
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Taichi Arai
3
Band 3

Taichi Arai offers extensive expertise across the full range of employment law. He is especially skilled in representing clients in contentious labour disputes arising out of terminations, harassment claims and disciplinary actions.

We are very grateful to have received simple and easy-to-understand answers from highly specialised fields.

He has a wonderful ability to understand, analyse and develop logic.

Mr Arai has provided us with extremely competent team management and critical decision-making support based on the information he has gained through daily conversations.

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Yoshikazu Abe
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Yoshikazu Abe
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Band 4

Yoshikazu Abe co-leads the firm's employment group and frequently advises on labour and human resources issues.

Yoshikazu Abe has a very deep knowledge of personnel and labour matters.

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Ranked Lawyers at
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

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Employment: Bengoshi
Chisako Takaya
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Chisako Takaya
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Band 1
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Taichi Arai
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Taichi Arai
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Band 3
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Yoshikazu Abe
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Yoshikazu Abe
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Band 4
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Members

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Chisako Takaya

Chisako Takaya

Head of Department

Fumiko Hama

Mariko Morita

Masahiro Ueda

Rina Shimada

Ryoko Akizuki

Ryosuke Nishimoto

Ryosuke Okuda

Shiho Ono

Taichi Arai

Taichi Arai

Head of Department

Clients

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Japan Post Co., Ltd.

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Pricewaterouse Coopers

Industries

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Accounting and Consulting

Finance Institution

Government

IT

Manufacturing

Real Estate

Retail Business

Service Industry

Start-up