Career Summary
- July 1981
- Born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- July 1981
- Graduated from Azabu Senior High School
- March 2006
- Received his LL.B. from the University of Tokyo
- March 2008
- Received his J.D. from the University of Tokyo School of Law
- December 2009
- Received his Diploma from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (New 62nd) and Registered as a Japanese attorney
- December 2009
- Registered as a Japanese attorney
- January 2010
- Joined Nishimura & Asahi
- October 2017
- Joined Iwata Godo
- November 2017
- Received his LL.M. from Queen Mary School of Law, University of London
Practice Areas
Message
I will handle each case in a sincere manner and work steadily to provide respectful legal services that meet clients’ needs.
Professional Memberships
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
List of Main Publications
"Drafting Business Reports and Shareholder Meeting Reference Materials: Recent Trends in Corporate Governance (Part 2)" (co-author, Shoji Homu (No. 468) (February 2023) 2023)
“Drafting Business Reports and Shareholder Meeting Reference Materials: Recent Trends in Corporate Governance (Part 1)” (co-author, Shoji Homu (No. 467) (February 2023))
“Preparing Business and Audit Reports for Annual Shareholder Meetings in June 2023 ”(co-author, Gekkan Kansayaku No. 745 (March 2023))
“The Latest Shareholder Meeting Stories” (co-author, Shoji Homu, 2022)
“6,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions” (co-author, Kinzai Institute For Financial Affairs, 2022)
“Theories and Business Practices of Prescription and Limitation of Period” (co-author, Nihon Kajo Publishing, 2018)
Publications
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2024.02Publications
IG lawyers co-author Strategy of Corporate Defense, Toward Improving Corporate Value in collaboration with Mizuho Trust & Banking (Shoji Homu)
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2023.03Publications
Ito Hiroki, Kakuno Shu and Matsuda Taiki co-author "Drafting Business Reports and Shareholder Meeting Reference Materials: Recent Trends in Corporate Governance" (Part 2) in Shoji Homu (No. 468)
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- ITO Hiroki KAKUNO Shu MATSUDA Taiki
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2023.02Publications
Ito Hiroki, Kakuno Shu and Matsuda Taiki co-author "Drafting Business Reports and Shareholder Meeting Reference Materials: Recent Trends in Corporate Governance" (Part 1) in Shoji Homu (No. 467)
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- ITO Hiroki KAKUNO Shu MATSUDA Taiki
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2023.02Publications
Ito Hiroki, Kakuno Shu and Matsuda Taiki co-author "Preparing Business and Audit Reports for Annual Shareholder Meetings in June 2023" in the March issue of Gekkan Kansayaku
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- ITO Hiroki KAKUNO Shu MATSUDA Taiki
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2022.12Publications
Iwata Godo lawyers co-author "The Latest Shareholder Meeting Stories" (Shoji Homu)
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- TOJI Yoshihiro TAGO Shinya SAKAMOTO Tomoko IZUMI Atsushi ITO Hiroki EIGUCHI Manabu ITO Nanako AOKI Shinji TOKUMARU Daisuke MUTOU Yuuki KAKUNO Shu TOMITA Yusuke IIDA Hiroshi UENISHI Takuya MORI Shunsuke KARASAWA Akira ISHIKAWA Teppei SUZUKI Tomohiro SEKIGUCHI Akimasa SASAKI Tomoo ISHIKAWA Hiroaki FUKATSU Haruno FUKUCHI Takumi TOYOOKA Hiroto MATSUHASHI Sho KUKIMOTO Sayaka NOGUCHI Daisuke ITO Natsuho ANZAI Kazuto MATSUDA Taiki
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2022.04Publications
Ito Hiroki, Mutou Yuuki, Kakuno Shu, and Matsuhashi Sho co-authored "Preparing for Shareholder Meetings in June: 20 Simulated Questions and Answers" in Shoji Homu 457 (April).
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2022.02Publications
The lawyers of our firm participated in the writing of "6,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions" (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc.)
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- WAKABAYASHI Shigeo TOJI Yoshihiro TAGO Shinya MOTOMURA Takeshi YOSHIHARA Tomomichi URANAKA Hirotaka UEDA Atsushi SAKAMOTO Tomoko IZUMI Atsushi TANAKA Takashi OKUSHI Kenichi KASHIWAGI Kensuke EIGUCHI Manabu ITO Hiroki ITO Nanako MARUYAMA Shinji MATSUDA Takao FUJIWARA Hiroki MATSUDA Akira AOKI Shinji TOKUMARU Daisuke MUTOU Yuuki FUKASAWA Atsushi KAKUNO Shu TOMITA Yusuke IIDA Hiroshi UENISHI Takuya KUDO Ryohei MORI Shunsuke KARASAWA Akira AOYAMA Masahiro SAITO Hiroki IKEDA Minako ISHIKAWA Teppei YAMADA Kohei SUZUKI Tomohiro SEKIGUCHI Akimasa NAKAMURA Saeko FUKATSU Haruno ADACHI Makoto FUKUCHI Takumi MATSUHASHI Sho KUKIMOTO Sayaka KANEKI Nobuyuki
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2020.11Shoji Homu Portal
Kakuno Shu's commentary titled "The Financial Services Agency Publishes the Minutes of the 20th Council Concerning the Follow-up of Japan's Stewardship Code and Japan's Corporate Governance Code" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- KAKUNO Shu
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2020.07Shoji Homu Portal
Kakuno Shu's commentary titled "The Council for Promotion of Regulatory Reform Publishes 'Report on Promotion of Regulatory Reform' and 'Review of Regulation on Documents, Seal, and Face-to-Face Regulation.'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- KAKUNO Shu
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2020.03Shoji Homu Portal
Kakuno Shu's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Holds "the 6th 'Study Group on the Ideal Form of Processes for Shareholders' Meetings in the New Age'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- KAKUNO Shu
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2019.10Shoji Homu Portal
Kakuno Shu's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Holds "the 2nd 'Study Group on the Ideal Form of Processes for Shareholders' Meetings in the New Age'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- KAKUNO Shu
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2019.06Shoji Homu Portal
Kakuno Shu's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Solicits Public Opinions and Information on 'Summary of Study Group Discussing Mid- to Long-Term Issues to Achieve the Advanced Process for Dialogue-based Shareholder Meetings(Draft)’" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- KAKUNO Shu
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2019.01Shoji Homu Portal
Kakuno Shu's commentary titled "'Promotion Standards' is Revised pursuant to Article 3.1 of the Law on Promotion of Small and Medium Subcontractors to Improve Deal Terms for the Benefit of Them" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- KAKUNO Shu
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2018.09Shoji Homu Portal
Kakuno Shu's commentary titled "Japan Federation of Bar Associations Publishes Guidance to Deal with ESG (Environment, Society and Governance)-related Risks" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- KAKUNO Shu
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2018.07Publications
A book authored by our lawyers entitled "Theories and Business Practices of Prescription and Limitation of Period" is published by Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Author：
- KASHIWAGI Kensuke EIGUCHI Manabu ITO Hiroki AOKI Shinji MUTOU Yuuki ITO Nanako FUJIWARA Hiroki MATSUDA Akira TOKUMARU Daisuke MARUYAMA Shinji KAKUNO Shu TOMITA Yusuke UENISHI Takuya KUDO Ryohei BEPPU Fumiya MORI Shunsuke KARASAWA Akira SAITO Hiroki YAMADA Kohei HORITA Koji SUZUKI Tomohiro NAKAMURA Saeko SASAKI Tomoo YU Zhiming Landry GUESDON
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- TAGO Shinya OKUSHI Kenichi IIDA Hiroshi
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2018.06Shoji Homu Portal
Kakuno Shu's commentary titled "Act on the Partial Revision of the Copyright Act (Act No. 30 of 2018)" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- KAKUNO Shu
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2018.02Publications
Tago Shinya, Landry Guesdon, Kakuno Shu and Karasawa Akira co-authored an article entitled "Distribution country questions: Japan" which appears in Thomson Reuters' Practical Law.
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2018.02Publications
Kakuno Shu and Iida Hiroshi authored an article entitled "Financial crime in Japan: overview" which appears in Thomson Reuters' Practical Law.
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- KAKUNO Shu IIDA Hiroshi
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2017.11Shoji Homu Portal
Kakuno Shu's commentary titled "Koshidaka Holdings Announces of Disciplinary Action Against Directors" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- KAKUNO Shu
Lectures, Seminars and Conferences
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2019.02
Ito Hiroki, Kakuno Shu, Mori Shunsuke and Yamada Kohei delivered a lecture titled "Commentary on the Guidelines for Corporate Law Review (regarding Corporate Governance, etc.)" at Marunouchi Hall & Conference Square.
Speaker： ITO Hiroki KAKUNO Shu MORI Shunsuke YAMADA Kohei
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2018.03
Ito Hiroki, Kakuno Shu, Mori Shunsuke and Yamada Kohei jointly delivered a lecture entitled "Seminar on Interim Proposal Concerning the Revision of Corporate Law System (Related to Corporate Governance, etc.)" at Iwata Godo.
Speaker： ITO Hiroki KAKUNO Shu MORI Shunsuke YAMADA Kohei
News
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2020.01
Kakuno Shu, Uenishi Takuya, Kudo Ryohei and Beppu Fumiya were appointed Partners.
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2017.10
We welcomed a new attorney, Kakuno Shu.