SUZUKI Tomohiro
- Title
- Associate
- Languages
- Japanese (native)/English
- E-mail address
- tsuzuki@iwatagodo.com
Career Summary
- October 1990
- Born in Tokyo, Japan
- March 2009
- Graduated from Keio Senior High School
- March 2013
- 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)
- December 2015
- Registered as a Japanese attorney and joined Iwata Godo
- May 2024
- Received his LL.M. from the University of Michigan Law School
- August 2023-
- Working at Butzel Long, Ann Arbor Office
Engaged Cases
・General corporate legal services (drafting/reviewing various contracts prepared in Japanese/English, providing legal advice or legal opinions on the Companies Act, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and other laws, debt collection, etc. )
・Litigation, dispute resolution, and settlement negotiation (handing civil actions or commercial litigation by representing financial institutions/operating companies)
・Legal support to organize shareholders meetings
・Providing legal advice on financial transactions/ financial regulations.
・M&A-related transactions (transfer of shares, merger/consolidation, TOB, etc.), establishment of joint-venture companies
・Cases related to the Antimonopoly Act and competition law (response to on-site inspection by the Japan Fair Trade Commission and subsequent administrative inspection)
・International legal proceedings (providing legal support for foreign lawsuits/international arbitration, handling foreign competition authorities investigations, handling foreign insolvency proceedings, etc.)
・Serving as a criminal lawyer
Message
I will do my best in each case and make every effort to become a lawyer who deserves clients’ trust.
Professional Memberships
Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association
（His registration as a lawyer has been crossed out for a certain period of time, as he currently studies abroad.）
List of Main Publications
・"The Latest Shareholder Meeting Stories” (co-author, Shoji Homu, 2022)
・"Product Liability 2022: Japan”（co-author,The International Comparative Legal Guide, Thomson Reuters, 2022）
・“6,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions” (co-author, Kinzai Institute For Financial Affairs, 2022)
・"Reference Examples of Bank Transaction Agreement - Commentary on Practices" (co-author, Economic Legal Research Institute, 2021)
・“The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Foreign Direct Investment Regimes 2021”（co-author, Global Legal Group）
・“Preparation for Amendment to Civil Code: Points for Drafting Contracts” (co-author, Shoji Houmu, 2018)
・“Questions and Answers: Amendment of Inheritance Laws and Financial Practices”(co-author, Economic Legal Research Institute, 2018)
・“Theories and Business Practices of Prescription and Limitation of Period”(co-author, Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd., 2018)
・“5,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions” (co-author, Kinzai Institute For Financial Affairs, 2018)
・“New Story of Shareholders' Meeting”(co-author, Shoji Houmu, 2017)
・“Study on Bank Transaction Agreement: Changes in Matters to be Notified, Reporting and Investigation, Applied Branches, and Agreed Jurisdiction (December 2019 issue of Ginkou Homu 21)
Publications
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2023.04Shoji Homu Portal
Suzuki Tomohiro authors a commentary on the SME Agency's "G-men" system for investigating subcontracting practices (Shoji Homu Portal website)
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- SUZUKI Tomohiro
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2022.12Publications
Iwata Godo lawyers co-author The Latest Shareholder Meeting Stories(Shoji Homu)
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- 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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2022.11Shoji Homu Portal
Suzuki Tomohiro authors a commentary on the MOJ's Study Group on Databases of Civil Judgments (Shoji Homu Portal website)
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- SUZUKI Tomohiro
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2022.04Shoji Homu Portal
Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary on the SESC's criminal complaint against SMBC Nikko Securities for market manipulation is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- SUZUKI Tomohiro
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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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2021.10Shoji Homu Portal
Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary "Trends in Actions Taken by Fair Trade Commissions in Japan and Other Countries " is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- SUZUKI Tomohiro
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2021.07Publications
Tomita Yusuke, Suzuki Tomohiro, and Sasaki Tomoo co-authored Reference Examples of Bank Transaction Agreement - Commentary on Practices which is published by Economic Legal Research Institute.
- Author：
- TOMITA Yusuke SUZUKI Tomohiro SASAKI Tomoo
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2021.04Shoji Homu Portal
Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary titled "The Financial Services Agency Publishes the 'Revised Draft of the Corporate Governance Code' and the 'Revised Draft of the Guidelines on the Dialogue between Investors and Companies'." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- SUZUKI Tomohiro
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2020.11Publications
Matsuda Akira and Suzuki Tomohiro co-authored an article titled "Recent FDI Trends in the APEC Region" which appears in The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Foreign Direct Investment Regimes 2021.
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- MATSUDA Akira SUZUKI Tomohiro
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2020.10Shoji Homu Portal
Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary titled "The Case in which the Judgement was Made in the Third Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan (the Presiding Judge: Yuko Miyazaki), that a Difference in Working Conditions Paying a Bonus to Indefinite-Term Contract Employees is not Regarded as Unreasonable as Prescribed in Article 20 of the Labor Contract Act (Act No. 71 of 2018, Before Amendment)” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- SUZUKI Tomohiro
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2020.06Shoji Homu Portal
Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary titled "Promulgation of the Act Partially Amending the Act on Special Measures concerning the Handling of Legal Services by Foreign Lawyers" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- SUZUKI Tomohiro
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2020.02Shoji Homu Portal
Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Holds the 1st Study Group of Digital Governance in the Era of Society 5.0" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- SUZUKI Tomohiro
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2019.09Shoji Homu Portal
Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary titled "Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Explains Results on Public Comments Regarding 'Study Group on the Ideal Way of the Shareholders' Meeting Process in the New Age' and 'Summary of Study Group on Mid to Long-Term Issues for Further Interactive Shareholders’ Meeting Process (Plan)’” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- SUZUKI Tomohiro
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2019.04Shoji Homu Portal
Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary titled "The Japan Fair Trade Commission Conducts On-site Inspection of Rakuten, Inc. which operates 'Rakuten Travel' for Alleged Violations of the Antimonopoly Act" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- SUZUKI Tomohiro
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2018.12Shoji Homu Portal
Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary titled "The Ministry of Justice Publishes the Overview of the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code and the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act - Commentary on the Right of the Spouse of the Deceased to Occupy the House Continuously” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- SUZUKI Tomohiro
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2018.12Publications
Tomita Yusuke, Suzuki Tomohiro and Sasaki Tomoo contributed the publication entitled Questions and Answers: Amendment of Inheritance Laws and Financial Practices which is published by Economic Legal Research Institute.
- Author：
- TOMITA Yusuke SUZUKI Tomohiro SASAKI Tomoo
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2018.09Shoji Homu Portal
Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary titled "Tokyo Stock Exchange Gave a Notice regarding Changes to the Number of Shares per Share Unit, etc. in accordance with Standardization of Trading Unit" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- SUZUKI Tomohiro
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2018.07Publications
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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2018.05Publications
Wakabayashi Shigeo, Matsuda Takao and our other lawyers co-authored the publication entitled Compliance with Amended Civil Code: Key Points to Prepare Contract Documents which is published by ShojiHomu Co., Ltd.
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2018.02Publications
The lawyers of our firm participated in the writing of 5,000 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 MATSUDA Takao FUJIWARA Hiroki MATSUDA Akira AOKI Shinji TOKUMARU Daisuke FUKASAWA Atsushi TOMITA Yusuke IIDA Hiroshi UENISHI Takuya KUDO Ryohei MORI Shunsuke KARASAWA Akira YAMADA Kohei HORITA Koji SUZUKI Tomohiro
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2017.12Publications
A book co-authored by Toji Yoshihiro, Ito Hiroki and other attorneys of Iwata Godo entitled "New Story of Shareholders' Meeting" (ShojiHomu Co., Ltd., 2017) is introduced in the article "Books Useful for Corporate Legal Affairs in Food Service Industry" of Business Law Journal No.119.
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- WAKABAYASHI Shigeo TAGO Shinya MOTOMURA Takeshi YOSHIHARA Tomomichi UEDA Atsushi SAKAMOTO Tomoko IZUMI Atsushi OKUSHI Kenichi KASHIWAGI Kensuke EIGUCHI Manabu TANAKA Takashi FUJIWARA Hiroki MATSUDA Takao TOKUMARU Daisuke AOKI Shinji MUTOU Yuuki FUKASAWA Atsushi KUDO Ryohei KARASAWA Akira YAMADA Kohei HORITA Koji SUZUKI Tomohiro
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- TOJI Yoshihiro ITO Hiroki
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2017.10Shoji Homu Portal
Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary titled "Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. Publishes the Outline of its Advisory System" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- SUZUKI Tomohiro
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2017.06Shoji Homu Portal
Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary titled "FSA Publishes the 'FAQ Regarding Content Business'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- SUZUKI Tomohiro
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2017.02Shoji Homu Portal
Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary titled "Financial Services Agency Publishes the Result of the Implementation of 'Guidelines for Management Guarantee'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- SUZUKI Tomohiro
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2017.01Publications
A book co-authored by 34 attorneys of Iwata Godo including Toji Yoshihiro, Ito Hiroki entitled New Story of Shareholders' Meeting is published by ShojiHomu Co., Ltd.
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- WAKABAYASHI Shigeo TAGO Shinya MOTOMURA Takeshi YOSHIHARA Tomomichi UEDA Atsushi SAKAMOTO Tomoko IZUMI Atsushi OKUSHI Kenichi KASHIWAGI Kensuke EIGUCHI Manabu TANAKA Takashi FUJIWARA Hiroki MATSUDA Takao TOKUMARU Daisuke AOKI Shinji MUTOU Yuuki FUKASAWA Atsushi KUDO Ryohei KARASAWA Akira YAMADA Kohei HORITA Koji SUZUKI Tomohiro
- Editor：
- TOJI Yoshihiro ITO Hiroki
News
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2024.04
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 -
2023.05
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 -
2015.12
We welcomed new attorneys, Horita Koji and Suzuki Tomohiro.