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MUTOU Yuuki

MUTOU Yuuki

Title
Partner
License
Accountant , Certified Fraud Examiner
Telephone Number
+81-3-3214-7048
E-mail address
ymutou@iwatagodo.com

Career Summary

September 1980
Born in Sao Paulo of Federative Republic of Brazil
March 1999
Graduated from Keio Shonan Fujisawa Senior High School
March 2003
Received his B. Ec. from Keio University
2003-2006
Worked for Chuo Aoyama Audit Corporation
March 2008
Received his J.D. from the University of Tokyo, School of Law
December 2009
Received his Diploma from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court (New 62nd)
December 2009
Registered as a Japanese attorney and joined Iwata Godo
2015-2017
Currently Working for Examination Division I of Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau as a fixed-term public official

Engaged Cases

・Legal advice on corporate legal affairs in general, including the Companies Act, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, and exchange rules
・Various M&A transactions
・Legal advice on corporate governance, internal control systems, and compliance systems
・Handling tax investigation and tax lawsuits
・Responding to crisis management regarding corporate scandals
・Handling lawsuits and dispute resolution
・IPO support

Message

I will earnestly address respective cases making use of my past experience as an accountant and work hard to become an attorney in whom clients may safely place their trust.

List of Main Publications

【Publications】
≪Japanese≫
"The Latest Shareholder Meeting Stories” (co-author, Shoji Homu, 2022)
"Countermeasures for Shareholder Meetings in June 2022; Final Check of Simulated Questions and Answers – 20 Major Simulated Questions and Answers-” (co-author, No. 457 issue (April 2022 issue) of Shoji Homu)
"6,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions” (co-author, Kinzai Institute For Financial Affairs, Inc., 2022)
"IPO Story” (co-editor & co-author, Shoji Homu, 2020)
"Q&A: Family affairs cases and banking services" Second edition” (co-author, Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd. 2020)
"Theories and Business Practices of Prescription and Limitation of Period” (co-author, Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., 2018)
"New Story of Shareholders' Meeting” (co-author, Shoji Houmu, 2017)
"Legal Practices for Executives of Financial Institutions – Their Accountabilities and Responsibilities under Japan’s Corporate Governance Code” (co-author, Kinzai Institute For Financial Affairs, Inc., 2016)
"Special edition: Exhaustive study on practical-business responses learning from the financial ADR cases” (Ginko Jitsumu, Vol. 42, No. 10) (co-author)
"Countermeasures against earthquake disasters and the associated practical business” (Vol. 41 No.7, 2011) (co-author)

Publications

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  • 2022.09

    Motomura Takeshi, Mutou Yuuki and Saito Hiroki gave an online seminar "How Listed Companies Should Handle the Discovery of an Accounting Error"

    Speaker： MOTOMURA Takeshi　 MUTOU Yuuki　 SAITO Hiroki　

  • 2018.11

    Mutou Yuuki delivered a lecture titled "How to Deal with Tax Compliance Issues Revealed by Misconduct" at a seminar by Tax Consulting Firm Trust.

    Speaker： MUTOU Yuuki　

  • 2018.11

    Mutou Yuuki delivered lectures titled "Tips to Handle Tax Investigations Learned from Recent Tax Suits" and "The Latest Trends in Tax Investigations on Large-scale Corporations including Consumer Tax" respectively in the series of lectures titled “Tax Investigations from Lawyers’ Point of View” at Zeimu Kenkyukai.

    Speaker： MUTOU Yuuki　

  • 2018.10

    Mutou Yuuki delivered a lecture titled "What is Tax Compliance Now Required? - From the Viewpoint of Cooperation between 'Tax' and 'Legal' -" with Yamashita Takashi, a licensed tax accountant, at the Japan Tax Association.

    Speaker： MUTOU Yuuki　

  • 2018.08

    Motomura Takeshi, Mutou Yuuki and Sasaki Tomoo participated in a panel discussion of IPO seminar jointly held by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Plutus Consulting and Iwata Godo.

    Speaker： MOTOMURA Takeshi　 MUTOU Yuuki　 SASAKI Tomoo　

  • 2018.05

    Mutou Yuuki delivered a lecture titled "Business Practice to Promote Tax Compliance: Commentary on Tax Matters based on Actual Cases from a Perspective of Corporate Governance" at a seminar room of the headquarters of Financial Management Forums, Inc.

    Speaker： MUTOU Yuuki　

  • 2017.11

    Muto Yuuki jointly delivered lectures entitled respectively "Tax Cases and Supreme Court - Denso Case as Example" and "Revenue Recognition and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles" in a round-table conference by members of the Japan Tax Association held at the Industry Club of Japan.

    Speaker： MUTOU Yuuki　

  • 2012.12

    Tokumaru Daisuke, Aoki Shinji, and Mutou Yuuki conducted a lecture entitled "Response to the Financial ADR System: Focus on a mediation committee" at the Regional Banks Association of Japan.

    Speaker： TOKUMARU Daisuke　 MUTOU Yuuki　

News

  • 2022.08

    The August 1 Nikkei carried a comment by Mutou Yuuki in an article on Business Revitalization ADR is not Easy; 1/4 of the Corporations such as Marelli Holdings has Failed.

  • 2017.11

    Matsuda Akira returned to Japan and resumed his work at Iwata Godo upon completion of his service at a law firm in Singapore.

  • 2017.07

    Mutou Yuuki resumed his work at Iwata Godo upon completion of his service at Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau.

  • 2015.07

    Mutou Yuuki has been seconded to Examination Division I of Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau as a fixed-term government employee as of July 10.