Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto is a full-service law firm based in Tokyo with offices in Beijing and Shanghai. The firm has over 250 attorneys and a support staff of over 350, including legal assistants, translators and secretaries. The firm is one of the largest law firms based in Japan and is particularly well known for its work in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, finance, litigation, insolvency and intellectual property. The firm was formed through the merger on December 1, 2002 of Mori Sogo and Hamada & Matsumoto, two well established Tokyo based firms with a history going back to 1949. On July 1, 2005, the firm merged with Max Law Offices, a Tokyo based firm with highly regarded expertise in the areas of copyrights, trademarks and patents, as well as information technology, the internet, media and entertainment law.

The firm regularly advises on the largest and most prominent cross-border transactions involving Japanese companies, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and financing transactions. The firm has gained prominence in international capital markets as a specialist in the global offering and in the structuring of securities backed by Japanese assets. The firm is also well known for its experience in handling complex multijurisdictional litigation and arbitration proceedings.