Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Managing Partners: Gaku Ishiwata, Hiroki Aoyama

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

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.

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.

The Firm’s Professionals

MHM has over 740 lawyers and 680 support staff including patent attorneys, licensed tax accountants, legal assistants and translators. Its senior lawyers include highly respected practitioners and leaders from the Japanese and international legal community, including prominent law professors from the University of Tokyo, and a former Prosecutor-General from the Public Prosecutors Office. The firm also has experienced lawyers qualified in the US, England and Wales, the People’s Republic of China, Bangladesh, the Philippines, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and more.

Main Areas of Practice

Wealth Management: 11 Partners, 27 fee earners based in Tokyo

International Work

Representation of a numerous number of founders and their families of Japanese listed companies and major non-listed companies in their private matters.

Practice Areas

Banking & Finance; Capital Markets; Capital Markets: J-REITs; Competition/Antitrust; Corporate/M&A; Crisis Management; Dispute Resolution (Domestic and International); Employment; Fintech; Insurance; Intellectual Property; International Trade; Investment Funds; Life Sciences; Projects & Energy; Real Estate; Restructuring/Insolvency; Structured Finance/Securitization; Tax; Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT); and Wealth Management.

Offices in Japan

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

◇FUKUOKA Office:15th Floor, Tenjin Business Center, 1-10-20 Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 810-0001

◇NAGOYA Office:29th Floor, Dai Nagoya Building, 3-28-12 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 450-0002

◇OSAKA Office:17th Floor, Grand Front Osaka Tower A, 4-20 Ofukacho, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0011

◇SAPPORO Office:8th Floor, Sapporo Mitsui JP Building, 4-1 Kita 2-jo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0002

◇TAKAMATSU Office: Nissay Takamatsu Building 1-1-5, Bancho, Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa 760-0017

◇TOKYO (HEAD OFFICE):16th Floor, Marunouchi Park Building, 2-6-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8222, Tel: +81 3 5220 1800, Fax: +81 3 5220 1700

◇YOKOHAMA Office: 3rd Floor, Minatomirai Grand Central Tower, 6-2 Minatomirai 4, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 220-0012

International Offices

CHINA

◇BEIJING: Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Beijing Office

Beijing Fortune Bldg., Suite 316, 5 Dong San Huan Bei Lu Chaoyang District, Beijing 100004, Tel: +86 10 6590 9292, Fax: +86 10 6590 9290

◇BEIJING (Chinese Intellectual Property Company): Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Intellectual Property Co., Ltd.

3rd Floor, Beijing Fortune Bldg., 5 Dong San Huan Bei Lu Chaoyang District, Beijing 100004, Tel: +86 10 6593 1130, Fax: +86 10 6593 1197

◇SHANGHAI: Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Shanghai Office

22nd Floor, Hang Seng Bank Tower, 1000 Lujiazui Ring Road, Pudong New Area,Shanghai 200120, Tel: +86 21 6841 2500, Fax: +86 21 6841 2811

INDONESIA

◇JAKARTA: ATD Law in association with Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Treasury Tower 2F, SCBD, Lot 28 District 8, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 52-53, Senayan, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan, Jakarta 12190, Tel: + 62 21 3021 2222

MYANMAR

◇YANGON: Myanmar Legal MHM Limited

Level 16, #16-01/02, Junction City Tower, No. 3A, Bogyoke Aung San Road, Pabedan Township, Yangon, Tel: +95 1 9253650, Fax: +95 1 9253651

THE PHILIPPINES

◇MANILA: Tayag Ngochua & Chu, a member firm of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Unit 14-1 One/NEO, 3rd Avenue corner 26th Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Philippines 1634

SINGAPORE

◇Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (Singapore) LLP

1 Raffles Quay #23-03, One Raffles Quay North Tower, Singapore 048583, Tel: +65 6593 9750, Fax: +65 6593 9751

THAILAND

◇BANGKOK: Chandler MHM Limited

17th (Reception) and36th Floor, Sathorn Square Office Tower,98 North Sathorn Road, Silom, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500, Tel: +66 2 009 5000, Fax: +66 2 009 5080

USA

◇NEW YORK: Mori Hamada & Matsumoto NY LLP

360 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10017, Tel: +1 646 255 1148, Fax: +1 646 255 1149

VIETNAM

◇HO CHI MINH CITY: MHM Vietnam HCMC office

Level 16, Deutsches Haus Ho Chi Minh City, 33 Le Duan Street, District 1,Ho Chi Minh City, Tel: +84 28 3622 2600, Fax: +84 28 3622 2610

◇HANOI: MHM Vietnam Hanoi office

Level 19, Tower 02, Capital Place Hanoi, 29 Lieu Giai Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Tel: +84 24 3267 4100, Fax: +84 24 3267 4120