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Mori Hamada

16th Floor, Marunouchi Park Building 2-6-1 Marunouchi, Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku, 100-8222, Japan

Overview

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto is one of the "Big Four" law firms in Japan. The firm was founded in 2002 by the merger of Mori Sogo Law Offices

Total investments
1
Lead investments
0
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
1

Sector focus

  • Consulting
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Investment portfolio

  • LegalOn Technologies

    Participated · Series E · Jul 2025

    LegalOn’s core product is an AI contract review tool, Review, that uses attorney‑built playbooks to identify risks and suggest edits, claiming up to 85% reductions in review time while improving accuracy. The company also recently launched Matter Management to track contract requests, assign owners, and connect matters to people and documents. LegalOn serves more than 7,000 organizations across Japan, the U.S., and the U.K., supports roughly 25% of all public companies in Japan, and has over 600 employees. It is expanding beyond contract review to ship AI agents that support legal teams from request to resolution by 2025. LegalOn emphasizes grounding its models in proprietary legal content and expertise rather than generic, user-built rules. The company announced a non‑equity technical partnership with OpenAI to gain early access to advanced models and collaborate on product development.

Team

  • Shin Kikuchi

    Partner