NAKAMURA Saeko

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 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

  • 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).

    Author:
    TOKUMARU Daisuke  HORITA Koji  NAKAMURA Saeko 
    The author and editor:
    FUJIWARA Hiroki 
  • 202202
  • 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".

  • 202109

    Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.748" in Shoji Homu No. 2274.

  • 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.

  • 202108

    Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.747" in Shoji Homu No. 2271.

  • 202107

    Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.746"in Shoji Homu No. 2269.

  • 202106

    Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.745" in Shoji Homu No. 2266.

  • 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.

  • 202104

    Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.743" in Shoji Homu No. 2261.

  • 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 
  • 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.

  • 202103

    Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.742" in Shoji Homu No. 2258.

  • 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.

  • 202101

    Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.740"in Shoji Homu No. 2252.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 
  • 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 
  • 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

  • 202409

    Nakamura Saeko is at the Central Labor Relations Commission on secondment

  • 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.

  • 201712

    We welcomed new attorneys, Miura Takashi and Fukastu Haruno.

  • 201612

    We welcomed new attorneys, Nakamura Saeko and Sasaki Tomoo.

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