NAKAMURA Saeko
- Title
- Associate
- Bar Association
- Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association
- Languages
- Japanese (native)/English
Engaged Cases
1． Litigation/Dispute resolution
・Litigation for refund of loans
・Litigation concerning deposits
・Litigation concerning insurance subrogation
・Litigation for a request for disclosure of the sender's information
・Civil preservation cases
・Dispute on trademarks
・Dispute concerning real-estate transactions/entrusted management
・Debt-collection
2． Personnel and Labor
・Dealing with termination of employment contractual relationship including dismissal
・Succession of workers upon business transfer/company split
・Response to harassments
・Response to workers’ accidents
・Preparation of various company regulations (Japanese/English), response to the revision of the labor laws.
・Internal trainings
3． Practice of the Companies Act, and other corporate legal affairs in general
・Various advice on the Companies Act, the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, and the Antimonopoly Act/the Subcontract Act.
・M&A, business alliance
・Supporting general meeting of shareholders (formulation of agenda, legal documents, response to shareholders’ proposals, rehearsal)
・Response to the revision of the law of obligations
・Non-commercial trusts
・Preparation of a written opinion (violation of the duty of the diligence of a good manager, etc.)
Career Summary
- June 1990
- Born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- March 2009
- Graduated from Aichi Prefectural Asahigaoka Senior High School
- March 2013
- Received her LL.B. from the University of Tokyo
- March 2015
- Received her J.D. from the University of Tokyo School of Law
- December 2016
- Received her Diploma from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (69th)
- December 2016
- Registered as a Japanese attorney and joined Iwata Godo
- May 2023
- Received her LL.M. from School of Law, University of California
- 2023-2024
- Working at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Atlanta, USA
- September 2024-
- Seconded to the Central Labor Relations Commission
Awards
The Best Lawyers in Japan 2026
The Best Lawyers in Japan 2025
List of Main Publications
・“6,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions” (co-author, Kinzai Institute For Financial Affairs, 2022)
・“2021 Version: Summary of Annual Judicial Precedents and Orders for Labour Cases” (co-author, Roumugyousei Co., Ltd., 2021)
・“Is it Possible for a Company to Prohibit Prospective Employees from Traveling Overseas to Prevent the Expansion of COVID-19?” (Consultation Room Q&A, Roseijiho)
・“Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran”(co-author, serialized article published by Shoji Homu)
・“May I allow employees of the department to which the job applicants to be assigned to view the self-PR videos submitted by such applicants at the time of employment after unofficial offer has been issued?” (Consultation Room Q&A" of Roseijiho)
・“Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases”(co-author, serialized article published by Japan Personal Research Institute)
・“Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation” (co-author, serialized article published by Japan Personal Research Institute)
・“Practice to Prepare Minutes of Meetings of Shareholders and Board of Directors” (co-author, SMBC’s social gathering for discussion of business operations, 2019).”
・“Theories and Business Practices of Prescription and Limitation of Period” (co-author, Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd 2018)
Publications
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202205
Fujiwara Hiroki contributed as editor and author, and Tokumaru Daisuke, Horita Koji and Nakamura Saeko authored Labor Law Q&As: 33 Case Studies and 142 Essential Cases (Nihon Kajo Publishing).
- The author and editor：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki
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202202
The lawyers of our firm participated in the writing of 6,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc.)
- Author：
- WAKABAYASHI Shigeo TOJI Yoshihiro TAGO Shinya MOTOMURA Takeshi YOSHIHARA Tomomichi URANAKA Hirotaka UEDA Atsushi SAKAMOTO Tomoko IZUMI Atsushi TANAKA Takashi OKUSHI Kenichi KASHIWAGI Kensuke EIGUCHI Manabu ITO Hiroki ITO Nanako MARUYAMA Shinji MATSUDA Takao FUJIWARA Hiroki MATSUDA Akira AOKI Shinji TOKUMARU Daisuke MUTOU Yuuki FUKASAWA Atsushi KAKUNO Shu TOMITA Yusuke IIDA Hiroshi UENISHI Takuya KUDO Ryohei MORI Shunsuke KARASAWA Akira AOYAMA Masahiro SAITO Hiroki IKEDA Minako ISHIKAWA Teppei YAMADA Kohei SUZUKI Tomohiro SEKIGUCHI Akimasa NAKAMURA Saeko FUKATSU Haruno ADACHI Makoto FUKUCHI Takumi MATSUHASHI Sho KUKIMOTO Sayaka KANEKI Nobuyuki
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202110
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored "Pharmaceutical Industry (2)" for the series "Labor Management Counseling for the Working Styles of Different Industries and Occupations" in the November issue of the journal "Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A".
- Author：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKAMURA Saeko
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202109
Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.748" in Shoji Homu No. 2274.
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202108
Fujiwara Hiroki, Nakamura Saeko, Noguchi Daisuke, Ito Natsuho, Anzai Kazuto, Matsuda Taiki, Okanami Kentaro, and Bando Taisei co-authored the publication entitled Summary of Orders for Annual Labor Precedents 2021 Version which is published by Roumugyousei Co., Ltd.
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202108
Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.747" in Shoji Homu No. 2271.
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202107
Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.746"in Shoji Homu No. 2269.
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202106
Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.745" in Shoji Homu No. 2266.
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202105
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 18th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Restaurant Industry (3)" which appears in the June 2021 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
- Author：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKAMURA Saeko
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202104
Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.743" in Shoji Homu No. 2261.
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202104
Nakamura Saeko authored an article titled "Is it Possible for a Company to Prohibit Prospective Employees from Traveling Overseas to Prevent the Expansion of COVID-19?" which appears in Consultation Room Q&A of Roseijiho, 4012.
- Author：
- NAKAMURA Saeko
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202104
Nakano Masayuki, Fujiwara Hiroki, Nakamura Saeko and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored the article titled "Basic Law Course Useful in Practice (70) Equal Pay for Equal Work" which appears in 4012 issue of Roseijiho.
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202103
Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.742" in Shoji Homu No. 2258.
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202102
Tago Shinya, Eiguchi Manabu, Fujiwara Hiroki, Nakamura Saeko and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored "Points to be Noted in Changes of Working Conditions and Workforce Reduction due to Business Restructuring" which appears in March 2021 issue of SMBC Management+ of SMBC’s social gathering for discussion of business operations.
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202101
Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.740"in Shoji Homu No. 2252.
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202012
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 13th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Media Industry (2)" which appears in the January 2021 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
- Author：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKAMURA Saeko
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202010
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 11th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Manufacturing Industry (5)" which appears in the November 2020 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
- Author：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKAMURA Saeko
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202009
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 9th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Manufacturing Industry (3)" which appears in the September 2020 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
- Author：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKAMURA Saeko
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202007
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 8th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Manufacturing Industry (2)"which appears in the August 2020 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
- Author：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKAMURA Saeko
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202005
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 6th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Financial Business (4)" which appears in the June 2020 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
- Author：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKAMURA Saeko
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202003
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 4th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Financial Business (2)" which appears in the April 2020 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
- Author：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKAMURA Saeko
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202001
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 2nd article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Construction Business (2)" which appears in the February 2020 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
- Author：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKAMURA Saeko
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201910
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 19th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Points to be Noted Regarding Change in Working Conditions after Reorganization (2)" which appears in the November 2019 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
- Author：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKAMURA Saeko
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201909
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 18th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Points to be Noted Regarding Change in Working Conditions after Reorganization (1)" which appears in the October 2019 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
- Author：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKAMURA Saeko
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201908
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 17th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Points to be Noted Regarding Business Transfer (3)" which appears in the September 2019 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
- Author：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKAMURA Saeko
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201907
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 16th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Points to be Noted Regarding Business Transfer (2)" which appears in the August 2019 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
- Author：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKAMURA Saeko
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201906
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 15th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Points to be Noted Regarding Business Transfer (1)" which appears in the July 2019 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
- Author：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKAMURA Saeko
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201903
Tago Shinya, Eiguchi Manabu, Nakamura Saeko, Sasaki Tomoo, Miura Takashi and Fukatsu Haruno co-authored the publication titled Practice to Prepare Minutes of Meetings of Shareholders and Board of Directorswhich is published by SMBC’s social gathering for discussion of business operations.
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201901
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 10th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Theories of Human Resource Management DD (8)" which appears in the February 2019 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
- Author：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKAMURA Saeko
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201811
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko's co-authored the 8th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Theories of Human Resource Management DD (6)" which appears in the December 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
- Author：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKAMURA Saeko
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201810
Nakamura Saeko's commentary titled "The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Announces Execution of Administrative Punishment on Two Worker Dispatching Undertakings which 'Re-dispatch' Workers to System Development Companies" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
- Author：
- NAKAMURA Saeko
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201809
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 6th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Theories of Human Resource Management DD (4)" which appears in the October 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
- Author：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKAMURA Saeko
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201807
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.
- Author：
- KASHIWAGI Kensuke EIGUCHI Manabu ITO Hiroki AOKI Shinji MUTOU Yuuki ITO Nanako FUJIWARA Hiroki MATSUDA Akira TOKUMARU Daisuke 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
- Editor：
- TAGO Shinya OKUSHI Kenichi IIDA Hiroshi
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201807
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 4th article of the series “Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases” titled “Theories of Human Resource Management DD (2)” which appears in the August 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
- Author：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKAMURA Saeko
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201806
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 2nd article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "How to Proceed with DD of Personnel and Labor Management" which appears in the June 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
- Author：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKAMURA Saeko
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201805
Nakamura Saeko's commentary titled "Case Where Plaintiff's Injunction and Claim for Damages were Dismissed after Defendant's Activities were Judged not to Fall under Creation of Confusion with Another Person's Goods or Business Stipulated in Item 1, Paragraph 1, Article 1 of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
- Author：
- NAKAMURA Saeko
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201801
Nakamura Saeko's commentary titled "Nomura Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. Announces its Receipt of Recommendation for Correction and Guidance Concerning to the Discretionary Working System for Management-related Work" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
- Author：
- NAKAMURA Saeko
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201707
Nakamura Saeko authored an article entitled "A Case Determining that Gain on Forgiveness of Debt Accrued at the Termination of Aircraft Leasing Business is Occasional Income" which appears in August 2017 (VOL.65／NO.8) issue of Zeimu Kouhou .
- Author：
- NAKAMURA Saeko
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News
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202504
22 lawyers of our firm were recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2026.
Best Lawyers
■ Antitrust / Competition Law
TOJI Yoshihiro
IZUMI Atsushi
■ 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
■ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
TAGO Shinya
MOTOMURA Takeshi
URANAKA Hirotaka
■ Labor and Employment Law
TAGO Shinya
■ Litigation
TOJI Yoshihiro
WAKABAYASHI Shigeo
MOTOMURA Takeshi
YOSHIHARA Tomomichi
URANAKA Hirotaka
■ Tax Law
MUTOU Yuuki
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
OKAMURA Yu
SASAKI Tomoo
FUKATSU Haruno
FUKUCHI Takumi
KITAGAWA Hiroki
TOYOOKA Hiroto
MATSUHASHI Sho
■ Information Technology Law
ADACHI Makoto
■ Intellectual Property Law (Non-Patent)
ISHIKAWA Hiroaki
■ Labor and Employment Law
NAKAMURA Saeko
KITAGAWA Hiroki
■ Privacy and Data Security Law
HORITA Koji -
202409
Nakamura Saeko is at the Central Labor Relations Commission on secondment
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202404
20 lawyers of our firm were recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2025.
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
■ Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice
YOSHIHARA Tomomichi
■ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
TAGO Shinya
MOTOMURA Takeshi
URANAKA Hirotaka
■ Labor and Employment Law
TAGO Shinya
■ Litigation
TOJI Yoshihiro
WAKABAYASHI Shigeo
MOTOMURA Takeshi
YOSHIHARA Tomomichi
URANAKA Hirotaka
Best Lawyers - "Ones to Watch"
■ Antitrust / Competition Law
ISHIKAWA Teppei
■ Arbitration and Mediation
SAITO Hiroki
NAKAMURA Saeko
■ 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 -
202207
Nakamura Saeko is currently studying at the UCLA School of Law.
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201712
We welcomed new attorneys, Miura Takashi and Fukastu Haruno.
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201612
We welcomed new attorneys, Nakamura Saeko and Sasaki Tomoo.
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