Profile
Managing Partners: Koichiro Iida, Gaku Ishiwata, Koji Toshima, Hiroki Aoyama
Number of Partners: 193
Number of Lawyers: 751
Languages: Bahasa (Malay and Indonesian), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Burmese, Thai, Vietnamese
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.
Offices
MHM has offices in Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Takamatsu and Sapporo 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 750 lawyers and 660 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/Securitisation, Tax, Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT), 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
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
Offices
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Tel: +81 3 5220 1800
Fax: +81 3 5220 1700