MORI Shunsuke
- Title
- Partner
- Telephone Number
- +81-3-3214-6246
- E-mail address
- shunsuke.mori@iwatagodo.com
Career Summary
- October 1985
- Born in Tokyo, Japan
- March 2004
- Graduated from Hachiojihigashi High School
- March 2008
- Received his LL.B. from Hitotsubashi University
- March 2010
- Received his J.D. from the Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Law
- December 2011
- Received his Diploma from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (New 64th)
- December 2011
- Registered as a Japanese attorney
- January 2012
- Joined Nishimura & Asahi
- June 2013
- Joined Nijubashi Partners (present Iwaida Partners)
- October 2016
- Joined Iwata Godo
Engaged Cases
● Litigation, non-contentious cases, provisional disposition, and civil preservation cases
・Corporate litigation, etc.: Request for revocation of resolutions at general shareholders’ meetings (confirmation of invalidity or non-existence), request for dismissal of directors (corporate auditors), request for prohibition of illegal acts, petition for permission for convocation of general shareholders’ meetings, petition for suspension of execution of duties and appointment of proxy, request for inspection and copy of shareholder registry, request for inspection and copy of minutes of general shareholders’ meetings, petition for permission for inspection and copy of minutes of directors’ meetings, request for inspection and copy of accounting documents, petition for provisional disposition order for injunction of acquiring the whole share, request for invalidation of issuance of new shares, request for invalidation of capital reduction, petition for appointment of inspectors of general shareholders’ meetings, and others
・Cases of determination of stock acquisition (purchase) price: Case of determination of stock acquisition price in relation to squeeze-out (Supreme Court Decision dated July 1, 2016, Minshu Vol. 70, No. 6 at 1445), Case of determination of purchase price of shares with restriction on transfer (Osaka District Court Judgment dated July 16, 2015, Kinhan No. 1478, at 26), and others
・Securities litigation: Claims for damages due to false statements in financial statements (precision equipment manufacturers and electrical equipment manufacturers)
・Consumer class action lawsuits (representing company, in connection with the Specified Commercial Transactions Act, Installment Sales Act, Consumer Contract Act, etc.), debt collection
・Disputes related to real estate: Cases claiming damages due to unjust revocation of contract negotiations (Tokyo High Court Judgment dated October 31, 2018, Kinhan No. 1557, at 26)
● Reorganization/M&A
・Integration of management between listed companies (transport companies/stock transfers, etc.), share transfers/joint ventures of various companies (agricultural business, supermarkets, staffing services, etc.), mergers, company splits and business transfers (restaurants, mail orders, etc.), legal due diligence, and tender offers
・MBO/privatization (semiconductor trading companies, etc.)
● General shareholders’ meetings
・Advice on general shareholders’ meetings: financial institutions, real estate companies, construction companies, transport companies, semiconductor trading companies, gas companies, and staffing companies, etc.
・Proxy fights: semiconductor trading companies (company side), restaurant and food retailers (shareholder side), jewelry sales companies (company side), machinery manufacturing and sales companies (company side), and shipping/real estate companies (company side)
● Third-party committees, special investigation committees, internal investigation committees, investigation on unlawful acts and risk management
・Member/support of third-party committees (e.g. illegal taking of examinations for national qualification), member/support of special investigation committees (e.g. false report to the competent authorities)
・Violation of competition laws: Investigation and application for leniency in connection with cartel cases (auto parts cartel cases, power lines construction cartel cases, asphalt mixture cartel cases)
・Investigation and liaison with the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission regarding retroactive corrections of securities report
・Other than the above, misappropriation of expenses, power harassment, investigation of anti-social forces, and accusations against investigative authorities, etc.
● Legal services under labor laws and labor tribunal
・Legal proceedings: Claims for accrued premium wages, etc. (Tokyo District Court Judgment dated April 15, 2016, Roudou Hanrei Journal No. 53, p. 47), and other labor tribunals
・Response to the Labor Standards Inspection Office
・Collective bargaining (joint labor union/union)
・Response to occupational accidents (overwork death, etc.), power harassment and sexual harassment
● Establishment of a compliance system
・Outside expert member (Chairman) of the risk compliance committee of J-REIT fund company
・Whistle-blower hotline (banks, securities companies, trading companies of building materials, and others)
● Financial regulations and other regulative laws and regulations
・Investigation, advice, and seminars on the Banking Act, the Construction Business Act, the Installment Sales Act, the Specified Commercial Transaction Act, and other laws and regulations
Message
I would like to sincerely deal with and persistently solve legal issues to accurately understand business needs of our clients.
List of Main Publications
-“Index of Judicial Precedents for Shareholder’s Meeting” (co-author, Shoji Homu Co., Ltd., January 2019)
-“Q&A on Amendment to Law of Obligations – Fully Adapt to the Changes in Financial Business Practice” (co-author, Banking Education Co. Ltd., September 2018)
-“Theories and Business Practices of Prescription and Limitation of Period” (co-author, Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd., July 2018)
-“Must-have Guide to Business Practices for Shareholders’ Meetings” (co-author, Kinzai Institute For Financial Affairs, Inc., March 2017)
-“Legal Advice on Corporate Governance” (co-author, Seirin Shoin, October 2016)
-“Accessible Introduction to the Companies Act” (co-author, Business Kyoiku Shuppansha, June 2015)
-“Questions and Answers: the Companies Act as Amended in 2014 (Second Edition)” (co-author, Kinzai Institute For Financial Affairs, Inc., April 2015)
-“Questions and Answers: the Companies Act as Amended in 2014” (co-author, Kinzai Institute For Financial Affairs, Inc., July 2014)
-“Practical Measures for General Meetings of Shareholders Held by Listed Companies through Convocation of Shareholders” (co-author, August 25, 2020 issue of Shoji Homu No. 2239)
-“Appropriateness of Concurrent Appointment between the President of Bank Holding Company and the President and CEO of its Subsidiary Bank” (co-author, April 10, 2020 issue of Kinyu Houmu Jijo No. 2135)
-“Development of Internal Rules under the Companies Act as Amended in 2014 Part IV” (co-author, Shoji Homu Vol. 370, January 2015 issue)
-“Development of Internal Rules under the Companies Act as Amended in 2014 Part III” (co-author, Shoji Homu Vol. 366, September 2014 issue)
-“Revisions Concerning Protection of Minority Shareholders (included in “Special Feature: The Companies Act as Amended and Questions and Answers of Relevant Business Practices” of Kinyu Houmu Jijo No.2002, September 2014)
-“History of Companies Laws (included in the 2000th commemoration issue for “Development, Challenges and Prospects of Legal Practices Concerning Financial Transactions –Part I Looking Back” of Kinyu Houmu Jijo No.2000, August 2014)
-“News Commentary- What Will Happen to Squeeze-Out under Amended Companies Act?” (co-author, Zeimu Koho Vol.62 No.7, July 2014)
-“Introduction to Compliance-Related Practical Affairs Part XIII – Collective Bargaining with Labor Union for Businesses including SMEs” (Toki Joho Vol.622 [September 2013 issue])
-“Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran” (co-author, Shoji Homu No. 2165 and the subsequent issue, starting on April 2018)
-“Short Research” (Shoji Homu No. 2213 and the subsequent issue, starting on November 2019 (on an irregular base))
Publications
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2021.03Publications
Mori Shunsuke, Hori Yuuka, Yamada Kohei, Nakamura Saeko, Motomura Takeshi, and Yoshihara Tomomichi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.742," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2258.
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2021.01Publications
Hori Yuuka, Yamada Kohei, Nakamura Saeko, Mori Shunsuke, Motomura Takeshi, and Yoshihara Tomomichi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.740," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2252.
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2021.01Publications
Ito Hiroki, Mori Shunsuke, Fukatsu Haruno and Noguchi Daisuke co-authored an article titled "Pointes to be Noted in Dealing with Shareholders' Meetings Based on the Amended Companies Act (I)" which appears in No. 442 issue (January 2021 issue) of Shoji Homu.
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2020.12Publications
Yamada Kohei, Tomita Yusuke, Mori Shunsuke, Motomura Takeshi, and Yoshihara Tomomichi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.739," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2250.
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2020.12Publications
Yamada Kohei, Tomita Yusuke, Mori Shunsuke, Motomura Takeshi, and Yoshihara Tomomichi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.738," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2247.
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- YAMADA Kohei MORI Shunsuke TOMITA Yusuke
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2020.09Publications
Yamada Kohei, Tomita Yusuke, Mori Shunsuke, Motomura Takeshi, and Yoshihara Tomomichi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.736," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2242.
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2020.09Shoji Homu Portal
Mori Shunsuke's commentary titled "The Japan Fair Trade Commission Approved the Commitment Plan Submitted by Amazon Japan G.K. - Trend of Regulations on Major IT Companies" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- MORI Shunsuke
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2020.08Publications
Ito Hiroki, Mori Shunsuke, and Fukatsu Haruno co-authored "Practical Measures for General Meetings of Shareholders Held by Listed Companies through Convocation of Shareholders" which appears in Shoji Home No. 2239 (August 25, 2020 issue).
- Author：
- ITO Hiroki MORI Shunsuke FUKATSU Haruno
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2020.08Publications
Yamada Kohei, Mori Shunsuke, Tomita Yusuke, Motomura Takeshi and Yoshihara Tomomichi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.735," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2239.
- Author：
- YAMADA Kohei MORI Shunsuke TOMITA Yusuke
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2020.06Publications
Mori Shunsuke, Tomita Yusuke, Yamada Kohei, Motomura Takeshi and Yoshihara Tomomichi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.733," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2234.
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2020.05Shoji Homu Portal
Mori Shunsuke's commentary titled "Japan Business Federation Announces a Tentative Form of Notice to Convene Annual Shareholders' Meeting in Consideration of the Spread of New Coronavirus Infectious Disease" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- MORI Shunsuke
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2020.05Publications
Tomita Yusuke and Mori Shunsuke co-authored the article titled "Appropriateness of Concurrent Appointment between the President of Bank Holding Company and the President and CEO of its Subsidiary Bank" which appears on April 10, 2020 issue of Kinyu Homu Jijo.
- Author：
- TOMITA Yusuke MORI Shunsuke
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2020.04Publications
Mori Shunsuke,Yamada Kohei, Tomita Yusuke,Motomura Takeshi and Yoshihara Tomomichi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.731," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2229.
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2020.03Publications
Tomita Yusuke,Yamada Kohei, Mori Shunsuke, Motomura Takeshi and Yoshihara Tomomichi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.730," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2226.
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2020.02Publications
Yamada Kohei,Tomita Yusuke, Mori Shunsuke, Motomura Takeshi and Yoshihara Tomomichi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.729," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2223.
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2020.01Publications
Yamada Kohei, Tomita Yusuke, Mori Shunsuke, Motomura Takeshi and Yoshihara Tomomichi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.728," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2220.
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2019.12Publications
Yoshihara Tomomichi, Mori Shunsuke, Tomita Yusuke and Motomura Takeshi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.727," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2218.
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2019.12Shoji Homu Portal
Mori Shunsuke's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Formulates 'Contract Guidance on Utilization of AI and Data ver. 1.1'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- MORI Shunsuke
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2019.10Publications
Yoshihara Tomomichi, Mori Shunsuke, Tomita Yusuke and Motomura Takeshi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.725," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2212.
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2019.09Publications
Yoshihara Tomomichi, Mori Shunsuke, Tomita Yusuke and Motomura Takeshi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.724," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2210.
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2019.08Publications
Yoshihara Tomomichi, Mori Shunsuke, Tomita Yusuke and Motomura Takeshi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.723," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2207.
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2019.08Shoji Homu Portal
Mori Shunsuke's commentary titled "The Japan Fair Trade Commission Issues Cease and Desist Order to Combi Co., Ltd." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- MORI Shunsuke
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2019.07Publications
Mori Shunsuke, Yoshihara Tomomichi, Tomita Yusuke and Motomura Takeshi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.722," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2205.
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2019.04Publications
Tomita Yusuke, Yoshihara Tomomichi, Mori Shunsuke and Motomura Takeshi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.719," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2197.
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2019.03Shoji Homu Portal
Mori Shunsuke's commentary titled "Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) Releases Summary Report of GPIF's Stewardship Activities in 2017" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- MORI Shunsuke
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2019.03Publications
Mori Shunsuke, Tomita Yusuke, Beppu Fumiya, Yoshihara Tomomichi and Motomura Takeshi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.718," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2194.
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2019.02Publications
Tomita Yusuke, Mori Shunsuke,Beppu Fumiya, Yoshihara Tomomichi and Motomura Takeshi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.717," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2191.
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2019.01Publications
Beppu Fumiya, Mori Shunsuke, Tomita Yusuke,Yoshihara Tomomichi and Motomura Takeshi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.716," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2188.
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2019.01Publications
Motomura Takeshi, Tomita Yusuke, Mori Shunsuke and Yamada Kohei co-authored the publication entitled "Index of Judicial Precedents for Shareholder's Meeting" which is published by Shoji Homu Co., Ltd.
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2019.01Publications
Motomura Takeshi, Yoshihara Tomomichi, Okushi Kenichi, Matsubara Takahiro, Mori Shunsuke and other lawyers' commentary article on a judgment rendered by the Tokyo High Court on October 31, 2018 regarding a case in which they represented a real-estate company as plaintiff and claims for damages equivalent to the lost rent and attorneys’ fees were accepted based on the legal principles of negligence in concluding a contract and on the original decision rendered by the Tokyo District Court on March 29, 2018 (regarding a case where a tenant candidate was found to be liable for damages based on negligence in concluding a contract regarding its refusal of executing a contract) appears in the Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1557.
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2018.12Publications
Tomita Yusuke,Yoshihara Tomomichi,Mori Shunsuke and Motomura Takeshi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.715," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2186.
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2018.11Publications
Mori Shunsuke,Tomita Yusuke,Yoshihara Tomomichi and Motomura Takeshi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.714," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2183.
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2018.11Shoji Homu Portal
Mori Shunsuke's commentary titled "The Companies Act Subcommittee (regarding Corporate Governance, etc.) of the Legislative Council Discusses Proposed Outline (Interim Proposal) for Revisions to the Companies Act (regarding Corporate Governance, etc.)" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- MORI Shunsuke
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2018.10Publications
Motomura Takeshi supervised and Ito Hiroki and Mori Shunsuke authored the 5th article of the series "Introduction Course for Newly Appointed Auditors: Authority, Responsibility, and Response for Misconduct" titled "Auditors' Obligation and Responsibility, etc." which appears in the November 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Gekkan Kansayaku.
- Author：
- ITO Hiroki MORI Shunsuke
- Supervising editor：
- MOTOMURA Takeshi
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2018.09Publications
Mori Shunsuke,Yoshihara Tomomichi,Motomura Takeshi and Tomita Yusuke co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.712," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2178.
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2018.09Publications
A book authored by our lawyers entitled "Q&A on Amendment to Law of Obligations - Fully Adapt to the Changes in Financial Business Practice" (recommended by Hosomizo Kiyoshi, special advisor of Iwata Godo and former Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency) is published by Banking Education Co. Ltd.
- The author and editor：
- MOTOMURA Takeshi SATO Shuji KASHIWAGI Kensuke
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2018.08Publications
Mori Shunsuke,Yoshihara Tomomichi,Motomura Takeshi and Tomita Yusuke co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.711," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2175.
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2018.08Publications
Motomura Takeshi supervised and Ito Hiroki and Mori Shunsuke authored the 2nd article of the series "Introduction Course for Newly Appointed Auditors: Authority, Responsibility, and Response for Misconduct" titled "Auditors' Duty and Authority, etc." which appears in the August 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Gekkan Kansayaku.
- Author：
- ITO Hiroki MORI Shunsuke
- Supervising editor：
- MOTOMURA Takeshi
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2018.07Publications
Mori Shunsuke,Tomita Yusuke,Motomura Takeshi and Yoshihara Tomomichi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.710," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2173.
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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.
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- KASHIWAGI Kensuke EIGUCHI Manabu ITO Hiroki AOKI Shinji MUTOU Yuuki ITO Nanako FUJIWARA Hiroki MATSUDA Akira TOKUMARU Daisuke MATSUBARA Takahiro 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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2018.06Shoji Homu Portal
Mori Shunsuke's commentary titled "Consumer Affairs Agency Announces Promulgation of 'the Act for Partial Amendments of the Consumer Contract Act'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- MORI Shunsuke
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2018.06Publications
Mori Shunsuke,Uenishi Takuya,Motomura Takeshi,Tomita Yusuke and Yoshihara Tomomichi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.709," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2170.
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2018.05Publications
Mori Shunsuke,Uenishi Takuya,Tomita Yusuke,Motomura Takeshi and Yoshihara Tomomichi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.708," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2167.
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2018.04Publications
Uenishi Takuya,Tomita Yusuke, Mori Shunsuke,Yoshihara Tomomichi and Motomura Takeshi co-authored "Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran No.707," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2165.
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2018.02Publications
Toji Yoshihiro, Ito Hiroki, Mori Shunsuke and Yamada Kohei co-authored an article entitled "Points to be Noted toward Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2018" which appears in featured articles "Practical Measures to be Taken for 2018 Shareholders' Meeting (1)” in Shoji Homu No. 2159.
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2018.02Shoji Homu Portal
Mori Shunsuke's commentary titled "Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) Releases Summary Report of GPIF's Stewardship Activities in 2017" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- MORI Shunsuke
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2017.09Shoji Homu Portal
Mori Shunsuke's commentary titled "The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Submits a Report Concerning the 'Outline of Proposed Laws and Regulations to be Established in Relation to Promotion of the Work Style Reform'" is available on the Shoji Homu Por
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- MORI Shunsuke
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2017.06Publications
A book by our office entitled "Q&A Regarding Amendments to the Civil Code Having Influence on Financial Business Practice -Law of Obligations, Handling of Deposits and Guarantee Business Will be Changed-" (recommended by Hosomizo Kiyoshi, special advisor of Iwata Godo and former Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency) is published by Banking Education Co. Ltd.
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2017.03Shoji Homu Portal
Mori Shunsuke's commentary titled "METI Publishes Results of 'Fact Finding Survey of Enterprises' Management of Trade Secrets'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- MORI Shunsuke
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2016.11Shoji Homu Portal
Mori Shunsuke's commentary titled "JFTC Invites Public Comments on Proposal for Revision to "Guidelines for the Act against Delay in Payment of Subcontract Proceeds, Etc. to Subcontractors"" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- MORI Shunsuke
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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2021.01
Fukasawa Atsushi, Iida Hiroshi, Mori Shunsuke and Hamasaki Yuki were appointed Partners.
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2016.10
We welcomed new attorneys, Ito Nanako and Mori Shunsuke.