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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202501
Fujiwara Hiroki, Toyooka Hiroto and Landry Guesdon author the Japan section of Mondaq's Labour and Employment Comparative Guide
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202501
Tago Shinya, Eiguchi Manabu and Landry Guesdon author "Competition Issues for Distribution and Supply Agreements in Japan" for Thomson Reuters Practical Law
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya EIGUCHI Manabu Landry GUESDON
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202411
IG lawyers author the Japan chapter of the Chambers Global Practice Guide White-Collar Crime 2024
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202409
Tago Shinya, Uenishi Takuya and Landry Guesdon author the Japan chapter of International Arbitration 2024 (Global Legal Group)
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya UENISHI Takuya Landry GUESDON
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202408
Tago Shinya, Uenishi Takuya and Landry Guesdon author the Japan chapter of Global Legal Group's Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2024
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya UENISHI Takuya Landry GUESDON
Lectures, Seminars and Conferences Related to Global Practice
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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
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202305
Matsuda Akira and Yamada Kohei lecture on "Duties of Directors & Officers in Singapore and Other ASEAN Countries" at a seminar hosted by Willis Towers Watson
Speaker: MATSUDA Akira YAMADA Kohei
News Related to Global Practice
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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.
ASEAN Desk Lawyers: Matsuda Akira, Beppu Fumiya -
202209
An interview with our special counsel Noguchi Motoo on the special court in Cambodia, "Atrocities Cannot Escape Justice: The Importance of Setting an Example" appeared in Asahi Shimbun Digital on September 22
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202208
A comment by Landry Guesdon appeared in the article "Japan Pushes Businesses to Postpone Mandatory Retirement Ages Amid Declining Workforce" in International Employment Lawyer on July 28.
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202207
An interview with our special counsel Noguchi Motoo, "How Should a War Leader be Judged?" appeared on the "Saturday Watch 9" section of the NHK website on July 5.
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