Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune is a law firm in Japan, founded in 1952, with 301 professionals and 781 lawyers listed on its own site. It stands No. 3 of 10 in Japan, recognised by 2 independent publishers. Its practice areas include Capital Markets, Corporate, Energy, Finance.
- Jurisdiction
- Japan
- Standing
- No. 3 of 10 in Japan
- Founded
- 1952
- Professionals
- 301
- Offices
- 17
- Recognitions
- 71
- Lawyers on file
- 781
- In the news
- 8

Standing in Japan
In Japan, 10 of 31 verified firms are placed: 10 placed by recognitions the firm announced from at least two independent publishers, reconciled to one figure per publisher. Firms on file without either are listed in the directory below and are not ranked. No composite score is published for Japan. The full list for Japan
Organization
0 practice areas and sectors · 781 lawyers on the firm’s siteHow Anderson Mori & Tomotsune is organised, read from the titles and practice areas it publishes for each lawyer. A head is named only where the firm states one; otherwise the partner admitted earliest on record stands first and is labelled so.
162 of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune’s profiles print the firm’s whole practice list rather than the person’s own, so they are left out of the groups above; only titles the firm states are shown.
352 lawyers list no practice area on the firm’s site; they appear in the list below.
Lawyers
781 on the firm’s own siteNames, titles and practice areas as Anderson Mori & Tomotsune publishes them, senior titles first. Each name opens the firm’s own page for that person.
20 ranked individually by the directories, shown first
- Hiroyasu UedaPartnerCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital MarketsChambers: Senior Statespeople, Restructuring/Insolvency
- Koji FujitaPartner · admitted 2013Corporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital MarketsChambers: Eminent Practitioners, Tax
- Takashi AkahanePartnerCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital MarketsChambers: Eminent Practitioners, Projects & Energy: Domestic
- Hideto IshidaOf CounselCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital MarketsChambers: Senior Statespeople, Competition/Antitrust
- Hideyuki SakaiOf CounselCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital MarketsChambers: Senior Statespeople, Restructuring/Insolvency
- Eiichiro NakataniPartnerCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital MarketsChambers: Band 1, Tax
- Hironori ShibataPartnerCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital MarketsChambers: Band 1, Capital Markets: Domestic: Securitisation & Derivatives · Chambers: Band 1, Capital Markets: Domestic
- Hiroki KodatePartnerCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital MarketsChambers: Band 2, Corporate/M&A: Domestic
- Hiroshige NakagawaPartnerCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital MarketsChambers: Band 2, International Trade
- Wataru ShimizuPartnerCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital MarketsChambers: Band 2, Technology
- Fujiaki MimuraOf CounselCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital MarketsChambers: Band 2, Restructuring/Insolvency
- Aoi InouePartnerCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital MarketsChambers: Band 3, Dispute Resolution: Domestic
- Atsushi YamadaPartnerCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital MarketsChambers: Band 3, Competition/Antitrust
- Daisuke TanimotoPartnerCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital MarketsChambers: Band 3, Capital Markets: Domestic: Securitisation & Derivatives · Chambers: Band 3, Capital Markets: Domestic
- Hiroki SekibataPartner · admitted 2007Corporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital MarketsChambers: Band 3, Restructuring/Insolvency
- Hiroki WakabayashiPartnerCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital MarketsChambers: Band 3, Dispute Resolution: Domestic
- Hiroshi IshiharaPartnerCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital MarketsChambers: Band 3, Life Sciences
- Tetsuya ItohPartnerCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital MarketsChambers: Band 3, Real Estate
- Etsuko HaraPartnerCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital MarketsChambers: Band 4, Competition/Antitrust
- Kenichi SadakaPartnerCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital MarketsChambers: Band 4, Dispute Resolution: Domestic
- AkihitoPartnerCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital Markets
- Akihito MiyakePartnerCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital Markets
- Akira TanakaPartnerCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital Markets
- Akitaka AnzaiPartnerCorporate · M&A · Government Investigations and Crisis Management · Capital Markets
Directory placements
18 practice areas · read from the publishers’ tablesWhere the directories place Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, practice area by practice area, as each table stands on the publisher’s own site. Each cell links to that table. The columns are the same on every page of this site.
Recognition
71 announcementsWhat other publishers have said, as Anderson Mori & Tomotsune reports it on its own site, with the lawyers each announcement names. Each entry links to the page where it was read.
Asia Business Law JournalLeading Lawyer2026
IFLR1000 2026 | 最新消息 | 安德森·毛利·友常律师事务所IFLR1000Leading Lawyer2026
IFLR1000 2026 | 最新消息 | 安德森·毛利·友常律师事务所IFLR1000Leading Lawyer2026
Award RecipientsNames Kenichi Masuda, Tsutomu Miyano, Takashi Akahane, Hiroaki Takahashi
IFLR1000受賞2026
IFLR1000 2026 | ニュース | アンダーソン・毛利・友常法律事務所asialawLeading lawyers2026
asialaw 2026 | 最新消息 | 安德森·毛利·友常律师事务所asialawOutstanding2026
Award RecipientsNames Hiroyasu Ueda, Eiichiro Nakatani, Koji Fujita, Kenichi Masuda, Takashi Akahane, Ryu Umezu, Hiroaki Takahashi, Tetsuya Itoh
ChambersBand 12026
Banking & Finance: Domestic
“Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026: Band 1, Banking & Finance: Domestic, Japan”
Chambers’s published tableChambersBand 12026
Capital Markets: Domestic: Securitisation & Derivatives
“Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026: Band 1, Capital Markets: Domestic: Securitisation & Derivatives, Japan”
Chambers’s published tableChambersBand 12026
Capital Markets: Domestic
“Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026: Band 1, Capital Markets: Domestic, Japan”
Chambers’s published tableChambersBand 12026
Competition/Antitrust
“Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026: Band 1, Competition/Antitrust, Japan”
Chambers’s published tableChambersBand 22026
Corporate/M&A: Domestic
“Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026: Band 2, Corporate/M&A: Domestic, Japan”
Chambers’s published tableChambersBand 12026
Employment
“Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026: Band 1, Employment, Japan”
Chambers’s published table
From the Firm
What Anderson Mori & Tomotsune has published on its own site lately: news, deals, recognitions and publications. Each links to the firm.
- The Firm to Open its First U.S. Offices Next Spring in Texas where Japanese Companies are Rapidly Expanding —Providing Flexible Support through Two Offices in Dallas and Houston to Meet the Increasingly Sophisticated Needs of U.S. Business Legal Affairs— | NEWS | Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
news · Nov 2026
- ニュースレター:【労働法G】アンダーソン・毛利・友常法律事務所 労働法グループのご紹介 | インサイト | アンダーソン・毛利・友常法律事務所
publication · Nov 2026
- ニュースレター:【経済安全保障・通商】中国の経済安全保障法制と実務【連載】 2026年の振り返り~運用の活発化と、法制度の拡充~ | インサイト | アンダーソン・毛利・友常法律事務所
publication · Nov 2026
- ニュースレター:【経済安全保障・通商】中国の経済安全保障法制と実務【連載】 2026年の振り返り~運用の活発化と、法制度の拡充~ | インサイト | アンダーソン・毛利・友常法律事務所
publication · Nov 2026
- 本事务所将于明年春季在日资企业进驻激增的德克萨斯州开设美国首家办公室 -通过达拉斯、休斯顿双办公室体制提供灵活支持,以应对美国商务法律日益复杂的需求- | 最新消息 | 安德森·毛利·友常律师事务所
news · Nov 2026
- Award Recipients
award · Nov 2026 · names Kenichi Masuda, Tsutomu Miyano, Takashi Akahane and 1 more
Articles
Written by the newsroom about Anderson Mori & Tomotsune from the evidence on file, and published with that evidence attached.
- Japan's Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Announces Texas Offices
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune announced plans for offices in Dallas and Houston and holds Tier 1 in ten of The Legal 500's 2026 Japan tables.
In the News
Coverage in which Anderson Mori & Tomotsune was named. Each headline links to the publisher.
- Japan’s Anderson Mori to open Dallas, Houston offices in 2027
Law.asia · 11 Nov 2026
- Japan’s Infroneer completes USD658m global stock offering
Law.asia · 6 Nov 2026
- Anderson Mori becomes latest Japanese firm to say howdy to Texas
Asian Legal Business · 5 Nov 2026
- JICN cross-border M&A seminar highlights risks and trends
Law.asia · 13 Aug 2026
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries issues USD1.2bn in stock and bonds
Law.asia · 6 Aug 2026
- Japan’s Nagashima Ohno recruits Anderson Mori partner
Law.asia · 6 Aug 2026
Sponsored: guides and chapters the firm wrote
Written by the firm. Practice guide chapters are placed with the publishers that carry them, usually for a fee. Listed for the reader’s use; never counted in the firm’s standing.
- Acquisition Finance: Japan
Sponsored · Chapter written for The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides
- Acquisition Finance 2026: Japan (Trends and Developments)
Sponsored · Chapter written for Chambers Global Practice Guides
- Artificial Intelligence 2026: Japan (Law and Practice)
Sponsored · Chapter written for Chambers Global Practice Guides
- Aviation Disputes 2026: Japan (Law and Practice)
Sponsored · Chapter written for Chambers Global Practice Guides · Moe Sasaki, Tomoki Yamada, Makoto Terazaki, Shigeo Sato
- Banking Regulation 2026: Japan (Law and Practice)
Sponsored · Chapter written for Chambers Global Practice Guides · Henry Tan, Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Banking Regulation 2026: Japan (Trends and Developments)
Sponsored · Chapter written for Chambers Global Practice Guides · Takaharu Tosuka, Keisuke Hatano, Takahiro Hikida
Record
- Jurisdiction
- Japan
- Founded
- Not stated
- Entity source
- The firm's own website
- Firm’s site read
- 12 Aug 2026
Read from: practice areas · headcount
On its size, the firm says: “…301 lawyers, as stated on the firm's The Legal 500 profile…”
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