Mori Hamada

Managing Partners: Gaku Ishiwata, Hiroki Aoyama

Number of Partners: 209

Number of Lawyers: 818

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

Mori Hamada is a premier international law firm headquartered in Japan. We provide full-service legal support for diverse business activities worldwide. We have the largest and most extensive network in Japan as well as a strong global presence, enabling us to offer seamless cross-border solutions.

We deliver comprehensive and integrated legal services across all areas of business law, using innovative technology to enhance efficiency and quality. We understand our clients’ specific needs and objectives, and we tailor our solutions to ensure optimal outcomes.

Our reputation and expertise are built on decades of practical experience and a proven track record. Our mission is to create value for our clients, foster professional growth for our people, and make a positive impact on the community.

Mori Hamada has offices in Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Takamatsu, Sapporo, Yokohama and Kochi in addition to our Tokyo headquarters. We have very strong full-service local law practices in Bangkok (Chandler Mori Hamada Limited) and Yangon (Myanmar Legal Mori Hamada Limited) and we are expanding our range of local law services in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Jakarta (ATD Law in association with Mori Hamada) and Manila (Tayag Ngochua & Chu, a member firm of Mori Hamada). We also have offices in Singapore (the firm’s ASEAN hub), Shanghai and Beijing. In the US, we have offices in New York and the San Francisco Bay Area, through which we will further bolster our relationships with peer firms and clients in the US and the broader Americas, and provide them with efficient access to the firm’s Japan and ASEAN network.

Mori Hamada has strong working relationships with leading firms throughout Asia (as well as in Europe and the Americas), which enables us to work for our clients as a single, integrated team.

Mori Hamada has over 810 lawyers and 850 support staff including patent attorneys, licensed tax accountants, legal assistants and translators. Our 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 Japan’s Public Prosecutors Office. We also have experienced lawyers qualified in the US, England & Wales, the People’s Republic of China, Bangladesh, the Philippines, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and more.

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

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