Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto’s corporate practice is lauded by clients for its ‘extremely high performers’ and for being ‘reliable in difficult situations’. Practice heads Hajime Tanahashi and Gaku Ishiwata have specialisms within private equity and venture financing, while the wider practice is able to assist clients with matters such as corporate restructurings, cross-border acquisitions, international mergers, joint ventures, squeeze-out transactions, and shareholder activism. The team, which also includes notable contacts Akira Matsushita and Atsushi Oishi, has a particular strength in the technology sector, as well as experience within the manufacturing, banking, financial services, pharmaceuticals and energy industries. Norihito Sato is commended for providing ‘thoughtful and practical solutions’ for clients.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The firm expertly handled the negotiations with their knowledge, experience, and skill in crafting creative solutions to accommodate and satisfy the needs of all parties, while taking care to protect our interests.’
- ‘Strong ability to communicate with customers and team strength to respond to diverse customer needs.’
- ‘Norihito Sato has deep knowledge of the customer's industry and a strong ability to communicate with customers.’
- ‘They have lots of lawyers with M&A experience, and are reliable in difficult situations.’
- ‘Yoshihiro Kojima and Masaaki Hirota are outstanding. Both of them know our investment banking business well, and are very reliable "partners" in M&A advisory situations.’
- ‘Norihito Sato is very good at coming up with thoughtful and practical solutions to accommodate the different parties, while making sure to protect our interests.’
- ‘They are extremely high performers for tough negotiations with the counter party, providing high level scheme and negotiation strategies, and preparing contract drafts in a timely manner.’
Key clients
- Softbank Group Corp.
- Hitachi
- Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
- Nomura Securities Co.
- Houlihan Lokey
- Z Holdings Corporation
- Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
- UBS Asset Management AG
- The Crosby Group
Work highlights
- Advised on the investment by Mizuho Financial Group in Rakuten Securities.
- Advised on KKR’s acquisition of Hitachi Transport System.
- Advised on the acquisition of one of the largest real estate asset managers in Japan, Mitsubishi Corp.-UBS Realty, by KKR from Mitsubishi and UBS Asset Management.
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Hajime Tanahashi, Gaku Ishiwata