SEKIGUCHI Akimasa
- Title
- Associate
- Telephone Number
- +81-3-3214-2681
- E-mail address
- akimasa.sekiguchi@iwatagodo.com
Career Summary
- February 1992
- Born in Tokyo, Japan
- March 2010
- Graduated from Keio Senior High School
- March 2014
- Received his LL.B. from Keio University
- December 2015
- Received his Diploma from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (68th) ・Registered as a Japanese attorney
- December 2015
- Joined Ushijima & Partners
- May 2019
- Joined Iwata Godo
Engaged Cases
・Litigation, dispute resolution (dispute between corporations in general in addition to system development litigations, claim management and collection, various execution/preservation cases, etc.)
・Providing legal advice on the Companies Act
・Various M&A transactions
・Response to general meeting of shareholders (including response to shareholders’ proposals and to the case of contesting management rights, in addition to ordinary general meeting of shareholders)
・Response to the revision of the law of obligations (various consultation and revision of a template, etc.)
・Response to other legal consultations from corporations (general corporate duties).
Message
In my former career, I was mainly engaged in resolution of disputes including those regarding system development and management right.
Leveraging this expertise together with continuous update and analysis on the latest environment of a wide range of fields, such as economics and politics, I will exert my best endeavor to offer accurate and helpful legal services to our clients.
Professional Memberships
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
List of Main Publications
・“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, 2022)
・“Q&As for Deeper Understanding on Inheritance of Digital Estate” (co-author, Kinzai, 2021)
・“COVID-19 and Emergency Legal Responses thereto by Companies” (co-author, SMBC Consulting Co., Ltd., 2020)
・“Q&A: Complexity and Business Practice of the Anti-Monopoly Act and Intellectual Property Rights” (co-author, Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd.)
・“Matters that the Parties should Prepare for the Purpose of Inheritance of Digital Estate, what Financial Institutions can Do therefor” (May 2020 issue of KINZAI Financial Plan)
・“The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Cybersecurity 2020（co-author, Global Legal Group 2019）
Publications
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2023.09Publications
The lawyers of our firm co-author "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No. 771" in Shoji Homu No. 2335
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2023.07Shoji Homu Portal
The lawyers of our firm co-author "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No. 770" in Shoji Homu No. 2333
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2023.06Publications
The lawyers of our firm co-author "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No. 769" in Shoji Homu No. 2330
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2023.05Publications
The lawyers of our firm co-author "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No. 768" in Shoji Homu No. 2327
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2023.05Publications
The lawyers of our firm co-author "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No. 767" in Shoji Homu No. 2325
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2023.03Shoji Homu Portal
Sekiguchi Akimasa authors a commentary on the review by METI's Industrial Structure Council of the trademark system from the standpoint of brand strategies (Shoji Homu Portal website)
- Author：
- SEKIGUCHI Akimasa
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2022.12Publications
Iwata Godo lawyers co-author "The Latest Shareholder Meeting Stories" (Shoji Homu)
- Author：
- TOJI Yoshihiro TAGO Shinya SAKAMOTO Tomoko IZUMI Atsushi ITO Hiroki EIGUCHI Manabu ITO Nanako AOKI Shinji TOKUMARU Daisuke MUTOU Yuuki KAKUNO Shu TOMITA Yusuke IIDA Hiroshi UENISHI Takuya MORI Shunsuke KARASAWA Akira ISHIKAWA Teppei SUZUKI Tomohiro SEKIGUCHI Akimasa SASAKI Tomoo ISHIKAWA Hiroaki FUKATSU Haruno FUKUCHI Takumi TOYOOKA Hiroto MATSUHASHI Sho KUKIMOTO Sayaka NOGUCHI Daisuke ITO Natsuho ANZAI Kazuto MATSUDA Taiki
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2022.10Shoji Homu Portal
Sekiguchi Akimasa authored a commentary on the 2nd meeting of METI's Working Group on Bribery of Foreign Public Officials, which discussed jurisdiction in corporate crimes outside Japan and statute of limitations (Shoji Homu Portal website)
- Author：
- SEKIGUCHI Akimasa
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2022.03Shoji Homu Portal
Sekiguchi Akimasa's commentary on the 15th Meeting of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act Subcommittee of the Intellectual Property Committee of METI's Industrial Structure Council, with discussion of burden of proof in the unfair acquisition of trade secrets, is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
- Author：
- SEKIGUCHI Akimasa
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2022.02Publications
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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2021.09Shoji Homu Portal
Sekiguchi Akimasa's commentary titled "Consumer Affairs Agency Ordered BICCAMERA INC. and BICSHUHAN INC. to Take Measures pursuant to the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
- Author：
- SEKIGUCHI Akimasa
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2021.06Publications
Eiguchi Manabu and Kudo Ryohei contributed to as editors and authors, and Saito Hiroki, Sekiguchi Akimasa and Adachi Makoto authored, the publication entitled "Q&A: Complexity and Business Practice of the Anti-Monopoly Act and Intellectual Property Rights; Guidance for Achieving Compliance by Understanding from Basics to Applications,” which was introduced in “Introduction of New Publications” of June 2021 issue of Chizaikanri.
- The author and editor：
- EIGUCHI Manabu KUDO Ryohei
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2021.02Shoji Homu Portal
Sekiguchi Akimasa's commentary titled "Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Formulates "Examples of Implementations (Supplement) for Implementation Guide for a Hybrid-Type Virtual General Meeting of Shareholders" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
- Author：
- SEKIGUCHI Akimasa
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2021.02Publications
Tomita Yusuke and Sekiguchi Akimasa co-authored an article titled "Q&As for Deeper Understanding on Inheritance of Digital Estate" which is published from Kabushiki Kaisha Kinzai.
- Author：
- TOMITA Yusuke SEKIGUCHI Akimasa
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2020.12Publications
With Eiguchi Manabu and Kudo Ryohei as the editors & authors, Saito Hiroki, Sekiguchi Akimasa, and Adachi Makoto co-authord "Q&A on Intersection and Practice of the Antimonopoly Act and the Intellectual Property Rights - Guidance for Achieving Compliance by Understanding from Fundamentals to Applications – " which is introduced in “The Latest Books to be Kept on Hand in the practice of the Antimonopoly Act” of February 2021 issue of Business Law Journal.
- Editor：
- EIGUCHI Manabu KUDO Ryohei
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2020.09Shoji Homu Portal
Sekiguchi Akimasa's commentary titled "The Japan Patent Office Releases its Revised Interview Guidelines for Trademark Examination" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
- Author：
- SEKIGUCHI Akimasa
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2020.08Publications
Eiguchi Manabu and Kudo Ryohei contributed to as editors and authors, and Saito Hiroki, Sekiguchi Akimasa, and Adachi Makoto authored, the publication entitled “Q&A: Complexity and Business Practice of the Anti-Monopoly Act and Intellectual Property Rights; Guidance for Achieving Compliance by Understanding from Basics to Applications,” which was published by Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Editor：
- EIGUCHI Manabu KUDO Ryohei
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2020.07Publications
Tago Shinya, Eiguchi Manabu, Sekiguchi Akimasa, and Matsuhashi Sho co-authored "COVID-19 and Emergency Legal Responses thereto by Companies" which is published by SMBC Consulting Co., Ltd.
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2020.05Publications
Tomita Yusuke and Sekiguchi Akimasa co-authored the article titled "Matters that the Parties should Prepare for the Purpose of Inheritance of Digital Estate, what Financial Institutions can Do therefor" which appears in May 2020 issue of KINZAI Financial Plan.
- Author：
- TOMITA Yusuke SEKIGUCHI Akimasa
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2020.04Shoji Homu Portal
Sekiguchi Akimasa's commentary titled "MHLW updated Q&A concerning new coronavirus (for company employees) on April 6 " is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
- Author：
- SEKIGUCHI Akimasa
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2019.12Shoji Homu Portal
Sekiguchi Akimasa's commentary titled "Tokyo Kabukon published a proposal ' an interactive-style shareholders meeting in the future, putting the utilization of virtual meeting into view as well -' " is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- SEKIGUCHI Akimasa
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2019.07Publications
Sekiguchi Akimasa's commentary titled "Application of 'Contract Guidance on Utilization of AI and Data' formulated by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
- Author：
- SEKIGUCHI Akimasa
News
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2019.05
We welcomed a new attorney, Sekiguchi Akimasa.