KANEKI Nobuyuki

KANEKI Nobuyuki

Title
Associate
Bar Association
Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association
E-mail address
nobuyuki.kaneki@iwatagodo.com

Engaged Cases

・Financial-related affairs (legal advice on financial regulation laws including the Banking Act, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, the Trust Business Act, the Insurance Business Act and the Fund Settlement Act, legal advice on development of AML/CFT systems)
・Finance-related affairs (real estate securitization, syndicated loan origination, structured finance, project finance, etc.)
・Real estate-related affairs (legal advice and contract drafting regarding real estate transactions, real estate development, etc.)
・Web3-related affairs (legal advice on security tokens, crypto assets, digital assets such as RWAs and NFTs, and other new businesses using blockchain)
・Labor-related affairs (consultation on personnel and labor issues, drafting and revision of work rules, etc. and handling of related problems, handling of problem employees, handling of labor union issues)
・Litigation and dispute resolution (inter-company disputes, finance-related disputes, real estate-related disputes, labor-related disputes, debt collection, various execution and preservation cases, conciliation cases, speedy settlement cases, etc.)
・Corporate affairs (drafting and review of various contracts, consideration of various schemes, review of internal rules, and legal advice on compliance)

Career Summary

August 1992
Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
March 2011
Graduated from Hiroshima Prefectural Kure Mitsuta High School
March 2015
Received his LL.B. from Waseda University
March 2017
Received his J.D. from Waseda Law School
December 2018
Received his Diploma from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (71st)・Registered as a Japanese attorney
December 2018
Joined Chuo Sogo Law Office, P.C.
March 2021
Joined Iwata Godo
2023-2024
Seconded to the legal department of a city bank
July 2025-
Working at Makarim & Taira S. Law Office

Professional Memberships

Member of Comprehensive Legal Research Institute Companies Act Study Group of the Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association
Member of Japan Association of the Law of Finance
Member of the Japanese Association of Real Estate Financial Engineering

Awards

The Best Lawyers in Japan 2027

List of Main Publications

・“12th Article on Laws for Personnel and Labor Officials to Know - Laws regarding Retirement Allowance System” (Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A, October issue, 2024)
・“6th Article on Laws for Personnel and Labor Officials to Know - Laws regarding Employee Inventions” (Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A, April issue, 2024)
・“41st Article on Labor Management Counseling for Different Workplace Cultures: Medical Industry (5)” (Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A, May issue, 2023)
・“35th Article on Labor Management Counseling for Different Workplace Cultures: Education Industry (4)” (co-author, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A, November issue, 2022)
・“Will the Company be in Violation of its Duty to Consider Safety if an Employee Suffers Long Term Effects of Heatstroke?” (Consultation Room Q&A of Roseijiho 4042, 2022)
・“2022 Version: Summary of Annual Judicial Precedents and Orders for Labour Cases” (co-author, Roumugyousei Co., Ltd., 2022)
・“6,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions” (co-author, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc., 2022)
・“Understanding Customer Harassment by Outline and Q&A” (co-author, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc., 2020)
・” Handbook on Executive Duties and Treatment Relations for Corporations” (co-author, Dai-ichi Hoki Co. Ltd., 2019, 2020)
・“TAX & LAW: Business Transfer / Company Split / Share Transfer / Merger / Rehabilitation / Reorganization / Liquidation (co-author, Dai-ichi Hoki Co., Ltd., 2019)
・ “Living and Money Vol.6. It's Hard if You don't Know! Q&A on the Amendment to the Civil Code” (co-author, BUSINESS KYOIKU SHUPPANSHA, 2019)

Publications

VIEW MORE

Seminars

VIEW MORE

News

  • 202604

    34 lawyers of our firm were recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2027.

    34 of our lawyers were recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2027.

    Best Lawyers
    ■ Antitrust / Competition Law
    TOJI Yoshihiro
    IZUMI Atsushi
    KARASAWA Akira
    ISHIKAWA Teppei

    ■ Banking and Finance Law
    TOJI Yoshihiro
    SAKAMOTO Tomoko
    MATSUDA Takao

    ■ Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
    MOTOMURA Takeshi

    ■ Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice
    YOSHIHARA Tomomichi
    YAMADA Kohei

    ■ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
    TAGO Shinya
    MOTOMURA Takeshi
    URANAKA Hirotaka

    ■ International Arbitration
    UENISHI Takuya

    ■ International Business Transactions
    MATSUDA Akira

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

    ■ Privacy and Data Security Law
    MATSUDA Akira
    BEPPU Fumiya

    ■ Tax Law
    MUTOU Yuuki

    ■ Telecommunications Law
    MATSUDA Akira


    Best Lawyers - "Ones to Watch"
    ■ Antitrust / Competition Law
    OKAMURA Yu
    MATSUHASHI Sho

    ■ Arbitration and Mediation
    NAKAMURA Saeko
    MIURA Takashi

    ■ Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
    SASAKI Tomoo
    ISHIKAWA Hiroaki
    OKAMURA Yu
    SUZUKI Tomohiro
    FUKATSU Haruno
    FUKUCHI Takumi
    KITAGAWA Hiroki
    TOYOOKA Hiroto
    MATSUHASHI Sho

    ■ Financial Institution Regulatory Law
    KANEKI Nobuyuki

    ■ Information Technology Law
    FUJINAMI Tomonori
    ADACHI Makoto

    ■ Intellectual Property Law (Non-Patent)
    ISHIKAWA Hiroaki

    ■ Labor and Employment Law
    NAKAMURA Saeko
    KITAGAWA Hiroki

    ■ Litigation
    ITO Natsuho
    ICHIKAWA Kazuki

    ■ Privacy and Data Security Law
    HORITA Koji

    ■ Private Equity, Private Funds and Venture Capital Law
    KUNIMOTO Kazuki

  • 202601

    Article of the Global Legal Team was published in "Lawyers Guide 2026"

    Publisher：Lawyers Guide 2026

  • 202509

    Kaneki Nobuyuki and Harasawa Shota's comments appear in the article titled "Financial Instruments and Exchange Study Group Report 42: Verification of Depositor"

    Publisher: Ginkou Homu 21, Septemeber 2025 issue

  • 202507

    Kaneki Nobuyuki's comments appear in the article titled "Financial Instruments and Exchange Study Group Report 41: How to respond when internal disputes arise at a business partner company"

    Publisher：Ginkou Homu 21, July 2025 issue

  • 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.

  • 202506

    Kaneki Nobuyuki's comments appear in the article titled "Financial Instruments and Exchange Study Group Report 40: Offsetting against deposit accounts into which pensions are paid."

    Publisher：Ginkou Homu 21, June 2025 issue

  • 202503

    Comments by Kaneki Nobuyuki and Harasawa Shota appear in the article titled "Financial Instruments and Exchange Act Study Group Report No. 39: Erroneous transfers and offsetting."

    Publisher：Ginkou Homu 21, March 2025 issue

  • 202103

    We welcomed a new attorney, Kaneki Nobuyuki.

VIEW MORE

  • TOP
  • Lawyers
  • KANEKI Nobuyuki
    • This website uses cookies. By clicking “Accept”, you consent to our use of cookies. See Security Policy for details.
    Accept All Reject All Security Policy