Nishimura & Asahi has rehired former partner Hiroshi Mori to serve as of counsel, having previously overseen the legal matters of Japan’s global financial services giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG).
“We are confident that his extensive experience in corporate legal affairs, business revitalisation, governance and management — honed through his distinguished career as both a lawyer and corporate executive — will greatly contribute to and strengthen our firm’s practice,” Nishimura & Asahi’s managing partner Ryutaro Nakayama told Asia Business Law Journal.
Mori’s career began in 1985 at the Development Bank of Japan, where he worked for two decades until 2005. In 2006, he joined Nishimura & Asahi as a partner, and remained until 2019. In June that year, Mori transitioned to MUFG taking on the role of managing corporate executive. At MUFG, he also served as the global head of the financial group’s legal dvision, overseeing a wide range of matters and contributing to overall group management. Until June this year, he also served as senior management corporate executive of MUFG Bank.
In April this year, Mori was appointed as a member of the subcommittee on corporate law of the Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice, engaging in the revision of the Companies Act.
