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HORITA Koji

HORITA Koji

Title
Associate
E-mail address
khorita@iwatagodo.com

Career Summary

August 1990
Born in Osaka, Japan
March 2009
Graduated from Nada Senior High School
March 2013
Received his LL.B. from the University of Tokyo
December 2015
Received his Diploma from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (68th)
December 2015
Registered as a Japanese attorney and joined Iwata Godo

Engaged Cases

・Providing legal advice at the time of business creation/improvement (clarification of legal issues at the time of PoC, proper application based on the perspective of office work and compliance for the actual release, and responses to risks identified at the periodical evaluation, etc. Coverage fields include compliance with regulations (hard low/soft low), preparation of regulations, financing, assessment of legal risks, and establishment of subsidiaries.)
・Providing advice on information security (development of systems for information management/safety control measures with its main focus on the response to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, PIA ((Privacy Impact Assessment), etc.)
・Response to crisis management/investigations (response to a third-party committee /internal investigation committee in the event information leakage/ quality fraud/accounting fraud is identified)
・Dispute resolution (litigation, mediation, and negotiations out of court. Coverage fields include commercial transactions in general, class action lawsuit (corporate side), claim management and collection, etc.)
・Intellectual property dispute/prevention of the dispute.
・Labor dispute/prevention of the dispute
・Other corporate legal affairs in general (response to general meeting of shareholders, M&A, preparing contracts, etc.)
・Member of the Sharing Economy Study Group of Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association

Message

I will do my utmost to ensure that dreams and endeavors of our clients, dealing with constant changes in the business environment, bear fruit.

Professional Memberships

Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association

List of Main Publications

・“GIR Know how - Data Privacy and Transfer in Investigations 2019 - Japan”（co-author, Law Business Research, 2019）
・“Countermeasures against troubles of sharing economy” (co-author, January 2019 issue of Business Houmu provided by Chuokeizai-sha, Inc.)
・“Theories and Business Practices of Prescription and Limitation of Period” (co-author, Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd., 2018)
・“5,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions” (co-author, Kinzai Institute For Financial Affairs, 2018)
・“New Story of Shareholders' Meeting” (co-author, Shoji Houmu, 2017)

Publications

News

  • 2023.05

    19 lawyers of our firm were recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2024.

    Best Lawyers
    ■ Antitrust / Competition Law
    TOJI Yoshihiro

    ■ Arbitration and Mediation
    UEDA Atsushi

    ■ Banking and Finance Law
    TOJI Yoshihiro
    SAKAMOTO Tomoko
    MATSUDA Takao

    ■ Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
    MOTOMURA Takeshi

    ■ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
    TAGO Shinya
    URANAKA Hirotaka

    ■ Labor and Employment Law
    TAGO Shinya

    ■ Litigation
    TOJI Yoshihiro
    WAKABAYASHI Shigeo
    MOTOMURA Takeshi
    YOSHIHARA Tomomichi
    URANAKA Hirotaka

    ■ Product Liability Litigation
    TOJI Yoshihiro


    Best Lawyers - "Ones to Watch"
    ■ Antitrust / Competition Law
    ISHIKAWA Teppei

    ■ Arbitration and Mediation
    SAITO Hiroki

    ■ Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
    KARASAWA Akira
    IKEDA Minako
    YAMADA Kohei
    SUZUKI Tomohiro
    FUKUCHI Takumi

    ■ Information Technology Law
    SAITO Hiroki

    ■ Intellectual Property Law (Non-Patent)
    ISHIKAWA Hiroaki

    ■ Labor and Employment Law
    KITAGAWA Hiroki

    ■ Privacy and Data Security Law
    HORITA Koji

  • 2015.12

    We welcomed new attorneys, Horita Koji and Suzuki Tomohiro.