SAKAMOTO Tomoko

SAKAMOTO Tomoko

Title
Partner
Bar Association
Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association
Telephone Number
+81-3-3214-6230
E-mail address
tsakamoto@iwatagodo.com

Practice Areas

Corporate
M&A
Finance
Dispute Resolution
Crisis Management
Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization/Rehabilitation
Employment Law
Real Estate

Engaged Cases

・General corporate legal affairs, especially provision of legal advice and representation of clients on matters relating to shareholders’ meetings, responsibilities of board members, corporate governance, the Companies Act including M&A and compliance.
・Representation of clients in litigation and dispute especially related to bank (cases in which a bank is a defendant party, debt collection cases, etc.), corporation, the Antimonopoly Act, building and insurance as well as litigation among multiple parties (representation of defendant companies in a class action).
・Provision of legal services in preparing and negotiating contracts on various commercial transactions and representation of clients in disputes

Career Summary

May 1974
Born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan
March 1993
Kyoto Girls' Senior High School
March, 1998
Received her LL.B. from Kyoto University
March 2000
Received her Diploma from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (52nd)
April 2000
Registered as a Japanese attorney and worked with Kitahama Partners
October 2003
Worked with Yanagida & Nomura
November 2006
Joined Iwata Godo
2015-2018
Outside Director of The Yachiyo Bank, Limited
2019-2023
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Fuji Oil Company, Ltd.
2020-2021
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Arata Corporation
June 2021
Outside Director, Member of Audit and Supervisory Committee, of Arata Corporation
June 2023
Outside Director, Fuji Oil Company, Ltd.

Awards

The Best Lawyers in Japan 2025
The Best Lawyers in Japan 2024
The Best Lawyers in Japan 2023

List of Main Publications

≪Japanese≫
・"The Latest Shareholder Meeting Stories” (co-author, Shoji Homu, 2022)
・"6,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions" (co-author, Kinzai Institute For Financial Affairs, Inc., 2022)
・"Q&A: Family affairs cases and banking services" Second edition (co-author, Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd., 2020)
・"5,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions" (co-author, Kinzai Institute For Financial Affairs, Inc., 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)
・“Commercial Judicial Precedent which Adds Color to the Period” (co-author, Shoji Houmu, 2015)
・“Q&A: Handbook for Outside Directors/ Outside Company Auditors”(co-author, Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd., 2015)
・“The Sixty-Year History of Shin Shoji Hanrei Binran – Looking Back on Court Decisions which Added Color to the Period” (co-author, Shoji Homu, January 25-February 25, 2015 issue)
・“A manual for people in charge of legal work on how to respond to civil suits- second edition” (co-author, Shoji Homu, 2014)
・“A story of shareholders’ meeting” (co-author, Shoji Homu, 2012)
・”Special edition: All about measures for regional banks’ shareholders’ meetings” (Kinyu Homu Jijo, No. 1919, 2011) (co-author)
・”Case Study: How You Respond to Issues that should be resolved though Financial ADR System” (Ginko Jitsumu Vol. 42 No.10) (co-author)

Publications

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Seminars

  • 202202

    Sakamoto Tomoko and Mori Shunsuke conducted a seminar "Annual Shareholder Meetings in 2022" at the Second Association of Regional Banks.

    Speaker： SAKAMOTO Tomoko　 MORI Shunsuke　

  • 201805

    Toji Yoshihiro, Sakamoto Tomoko and Ito Hiroki held a panel discussion entitled "Issues of Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2018 and Countermeasures thereof" at the Second Association of Regional Banks.

    Speaker： TOJI Yoshihiro　 SAKAMOTO Tomoko　 ITO Hiroki　

  • 201704

    Motomura Takeshi and Sakamoto Tomoko delivered a lecture entitled "Regional Financial Institutions Holding Shareholders' General Meeting - Important Points in Management of Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2017" at the Second Association of Regional Bank

    Speaker： MOTOMURA Takeshi　 SAKAMOTO Tomoko　

  • 201605

    Hosomizo Kiyoshi, Sakamoto Tomoko and Matsuda Takao performed a panel discussion entitled "Expected Roles of Outside Directors for Improvement in Governance and Survival of Financial Institutions" on May 20, 2016 at Finance Forum 2016 (hosted by Seminar Info Co., Ltd.).

    Speaker： SAKAMOTO Tomoko　 MATSUDA Takao　

  • 201212

    Sakamoto Tomoko conducted a lecture entitled "Current research on cases relating to the Financial ADR System" at the Regional Banks Association of Japan.

    Speaker： SAKAMOTO Tomoko　

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News

  • 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

  • 202305

    19 lawyers of our firm were recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2024.

    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

    ■ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
    TAGO Shinya
    URANAKA Hirotaka

    ■ Labor and Employment Law
    TAGO Shinya

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

    ■ Product Liability Litigation
    TOJI Yoshihiro


    Best Lawyers - "Ones to Watch"
    ■ Antitrust / Competition Law
    ISHIKAWA Teppei

    ■ Arbitration and Mediation
    SAITO Hiroki

    ■ 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

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