GLOBAL PRACTICE
In order to meet the cross-border and overseas legal needs of our Japanese clients, Iwata Godo maintains cooperative relationships with leading law firms in various countries, and has attorneys stationed overseas to efficiently provide one-stop, high-quality legal services. We also respond to a wide range of legal needs related to Japanese law for our overseas clients.
Available Areas
In addition to having affiliated and cooperating offices in key jurisdictions, including ASEAN, the United States, Europe, and China, Iwata Godo has joined TerraLex, a global legal network, and PrivacyRules, thereby building a structure that can respond to the legal needs of our clients in various countries and jurisdictions.
Iwata Godo is a member of TerraLex. We leverage this network to advise Japanese clients on matters requiring overseas legal advice and multinational projects (outbound matters), and overseas clients on Japanese law (inbound matters).
As one of the founding members of PrivacyRules, Iwata Godo collaborates actively with a number of law firms in this network.
PRACTICE AREAS
- Cross-Border Transactions・M&A
- Dispute Resolution
- Other International Matters
- Cross-Border Insolvency and Family Cases
- Investment in Japan/Inbound Projects
Cross-Border Transactions・M&A
Dispute Resolution
Other International Matters
Cross-Border Insolvency and Family Cases
Investment in Japan/Inbound Projects
Publications Related to Global Practice
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202508
Global Legal Insights to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2025 (Japan Chapter)
Publisher: Global Legal Group
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya UENISHI Takuya Landry GUESDON
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202508
PharmaceuticalAdvertising 2025 : Japan
Publisher: PharmaceuticalAdvertising 2025
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya IKEDA Minako Landry GUESDON
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202507
"International Comparative Legal Guide - Vertical Agreements and Dominant Firms 2025"
Publisher: The International Comparative Legal Guides
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya Landry GUESDON EIGUCHI Manabu
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202506
"Product Liability Laws and Regulations Japan 2025"
Publisher:The International Comparative Legal Guides
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya Landry GUESDON ANZAI Kazuto
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202505
AI, Machine Learning & Big Data 2025 (Japan Chapter)
Publisher: Global Legal Insights
- Author:
- MATSUDA Akira KUDO Ryohei MATSUDA Taiki
Lectures, Seminars and Conferences Related to Global Practice
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202507
"ASIA DATA LAW EXCHANGE - Global Privacy Management: Perspectives Across Asia -"
Speaker: MATSUDA Akira
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202408
Matsuda Akira is a panelist at the Drew Network Asia conference AI, Data Use and Cybersecurity: Developments in Asia and Beyond
Speaker: MATSUDA Akira
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202407
IG hosts a webinar for Japanese companies on issues in US law
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202402
IG hosts a webinar "Singapore Convention on Mediation: Update on Procedures and Contracts"
Speaker: TAGO Shinya MATSUDA Akira YAMADA Kohei OKAMURA Yu
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202310
IG holds a webinar "Competition Law in the US, EU and China: Updates for 2023"
Speaker: TAGO Shinya KARASAWA Akira OKAMURA Yu YU Zhiming
News Related to Global Practice
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202509
Attorney Fukatsu Haruno has completed her studies in the United States and will commence working at the Tilleke & Gibbins Bangkok Office in Thailand.
Iwata Godo will continue to strengthen its cooperative relationships with local law firms in ASEAN countries, including the Tilleke & Gibbins Bangkok Office, Drew & Napier LLP in Singapore, and Makarim & Taira S. in Jakarta, Indonesia, where its attorneys are based, and will provide Japanese clients with a comprehensive range of one-stop legal services.
(*Temporarily deregistered due to studying abroad) -
202507
Kaneki Nobuyuki begins working at Makarim & Taira S. law firm in Jakarta, Indonesia from July.
Iwata Godo will continue to strengthen its collaborative relationships with local law firms in ASEAN countries, including Makarim & Taira S., and Drew & Napier LLC in Singapore, where our lawyers are based, to provide its Japanese clients with a comprehensive range of one-stop legal services.
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202501
We have launched the "Global Practice" page to introduce our firm's global practice
Through cooperative relationships with leading law firms in various countries and the establishment of the ASEAN Desk, we respond to cross-border cases and overseas legal needs of domestic clients, as well as to a wide range of legal needs related to Japanese law for overseas clients.
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202501
Effective January 1, our ASEAN Desk is open.
To respond actively to client needs, we newly opened this year an ASEAN Desk to provide more flexible and enriched legal services to our clients doing business in ASEAN countries.By having the case handled by the lawyer in charge, including lawyers seconded to each country, we will strengthen our system to be able to respond more flexibly to the legal needs of our clients in each ASEAN country.
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202404
Beppu Fumiya is on secondment at the Singapore law firm Drew & Napier.
IG continues to strengthen its collaboration with Drew & Napier, Drew Network Asia, and other local law firms in ASEAN countries. We provide our clients with a wide range of one-stop legal services.
Practice Areas
- Corporate
- M&A
- Finance
- IPO/Startup Support
- Dispute Resolution
- Crisis Management
- Competition /Antitrust Law
- Intellectual Property
- Information Technology
- Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization/Rehabilitation
- Employment Law
- Environment and Global Warming
- Real Estate
- Tax
- Pharma and Healthcare
- Consumer Law
- Non-Profit and Public Corporations
- Pro Bono
- Global Practice