Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Number of Partners: 191

Number of Lawyers: 741

Languages: Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Taiwanese, Indonesian, Spanish, Thai, Tamil, French, Hindi, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Marathi, Burmese, German, Italian, Malay, Bengali, Gaelic

Firm Overview

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (MHM) is one of the largest full-service Tokyo headquartered international law firms. A significant proportion of the firm’s work is international in nature, representing clients in cross-border transactions, litigation and other dispute resolution proceedings.

MHM has experienced lawyers qualified from non-Japanese jurisdictions, such as the US, England and Wales, the People’s Republic of China, Bangladesh, the Philippines, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and more.

Offices

MHM 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 MHM Limited) and Yangon (Myanmar Legal MHM 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 & Matsumoto) and Manila (Tayag Ngochua & Chu, a member firm of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto). It also has offices in Singapore (MHM 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 regions, and provide them with efficient access to MHM’s Japan and ASEAN network.

The firm 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.

Main Areas of Practice

Payment and Funds Transfers

Insurtech

Digital Assets and Blockchain

Fund-raising

Financing and Guarantees

Financial Cybersecurity

AML / CFT

Corporate Financial Accounting and Personal Finance Management

Asset Management

Financial Services Intermediation

DX by Financial Institutions

Fintech Department

25 Partners, 86 qualified lawyers

Contact: Masakazu Masujima, Email:[email protected]

Contact: Takane Hori, Email:[email protected]

Contact: Atsushi Okada, Email:[email protected]

Contact: Masafumi Masuda, Email:[email protected]

Contact: Masayuki Ishibashi, Email:[email protected]

Recent Representation

■Represents Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) in its capital and business alliance agreement between MUFG Bank and Wealth Navi, Inc. worth over JPY 15.6 billion.

■Represents Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank to establish a trust with loan receivables from Sony Bank as trust assets, and with the beneficiary rights of the trust tokenised and sold by Sony Bank through a public offering (STOs).

■Represents AirWallex, a Singapore-based global provider of international payment solutions, on its registration application for providing fund transfers, the expansion of its existing services, and the handling of litigation and disputes.

■Represents G.U. technologies Inc., a technology developer, to enable regulated financial institutions to issue stable coins under Japan’s newly introduced stable coins regulation.

Recent Highlights & Awards

MHM has market-leading credentials in several key, related practice areas in Chambers and Legal 500, including:

■ Chambers FinTech Japan: Band 1;

Related areas in Chambers Asia-Pacific Japan: Banking & Finance: Band 1; Capital Markets: Band 1; Corporate/M&A: Band 1; Insurance: Band 1; Intellectual Property: Band 2; Investment Funds: Band 1

■ Legal 500 Asia Pacific Japan Fintech: Tier 1;

Related areas: Banking and Finance: Tier 1; Capital Markets: Tier 1; Corporate and M&A: Tier 1; Investment Funds: Tier 1; Intellectual Property: Tier 1