Practice Areas
Engaged Cases
1. Lawsuits and disputes
(Domestic cases)
He gives support to companies in many general civil and commercial disputes, cross-border disputes/foreign lawsuits, and alternative dispute resolution (arbitration, mediation and other ADR proceedings). Examples are illustrated below:
・Product liability lawsuits (manufacturer’s side)
・Lawsuits for damages related to investment products (financial institution’s side)
・Lawsuits for seeking redemption of bonds, etc. brought by the U.S. Fund, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Cayman against the Republic of Nauru whose guarantor was the Cayman corporation which acquired yen bonds issued by the financial corporation of the Republic of Nauru (New York Fund’s side).
・Lawsuits seeking injunction for infringement of patent rights of canned wine brought by Australian wine maker against Japanese can manufacturing company (Japanese company’s side)
・Lawsuits for damages brought by a local government against a design company regarding the falling of roofs of a concert hall due to the Great East Japan Earthquake (on the part of the design company as defendant)
・Lawsuits seeking injunction of construction and operation of nuclear power plants (on the part of the electric power company as defendant)
・Lawsuits for damages brought by a local government for the bid rigging of waste incinerators (on the manufacturer’s side as defendant)
・Citizens’ lawsuits on bid rigging of sewerage facilities (on the manufacturer’s side as defendant)
・Lawsuits seeking provisional disposition to prohibit carrying-in of video cameras, etc. at the shareholders’ meetings (company’s side)
・Case for claiming illegal insurance money against insurance companies (insurance companies’ side)
・Advice and representation on various disputes such as non-contentious commercial cases including determination of stock purchase price
(Foreign cases)
・Lawsuits for liquidation of the Australian joint corporation (at the Court of Victoria, Australia, on the part of the Japanese manufacturer)
・International arbitration at JCAA over product-related disputes with Korean companies (on the part of the Japanese manufacturers as claimant)
・Disputes over the payment of machine tools (at CIETAC in Beijing, Japanese manufacturer’s side)
・PL lawsuits for damages caused by defects in containers (at the court of the state of California, Japanese manufacturer’s side)
・Enforcement in Japan based on foreign judgments and arbitral awards
2.Practice under the Companies Act and general corporate legal affairs
・Advice on corporate legal affairs in general
・Advice on compliance (including but not limited to compliance with laws and regulations)
・Advice on management of shareholders’ meetings (examination of agenda and anticipated problems, response to shareholders’ proposals, rehearsal, and support for the secretariat of the general meeting of shareholders)
・Advice and written opinions on the legality of management decisions of directors
・Advice on competition law-related matters (cartel/collusion, leniency, antitrust lawsuits)
3.Advice on commercial transactions
・Domestic and cross-border transactions (M&A, JV agreements, license agreements and distribution agreements, etc.)
・Corporate reorganization (business transfer, company split, etc.)
・Takeover defenses
・Real estate deals
・Business acts regarding financial institutions, real estate investment advisory companies, and various operating companies (Banking Act, Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, and Guidelines for Supervision)
・Business acts regarding pharmaceutical companies and medical devices companies (Act on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, various policies and guidelines)
4.Other Activities
・Member of the Stewardship and Voting Policy Supervision Committee of the Asset Management Company
・Member of the Compliance Committee (external member) of the Real Estate Investment Advisory Company
・Lecturer at the Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association’s ethics workshop for members
Career Summary
- 1966
- Born in Tokyo, Japan
- March 1984
- Graduated from Shiba Senior High School
- March 1990
- Received his LL.B. degree from Hitotsubashi University
- April 1993
- Received his Diploma from the Legal Training and Research Institute, the Supreme Court (45th) and registered as Japanese attorney
- April 1993
- Joined Iwata Godo
- May 2001
- Received his LL.M. degree from Cornell University Law School
- 2001-2002
- Seconded to Coudert Brothers LLP in New York
- 2002
- Admitted to the New York State Bar Association
- 2007-2019
- Appointed as Outside Auditor at Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.
- December 2007
- Appointed as External member of Compliance Committee at Tokyo Tatemono Investment Advisors Co., Ltd.
- 2010-2013
- Appointed as Practicing-Attorney-Professor for civil advocacy at the Legal Training and Research Institute, the Supreme Court of Japan
- 2014-2016
- Appointed as Examiner for the Bar Examination administered by the Ministry of Justice of Japan (in charge of Civil Code)
- June 2015
- Appointed as Outside Auditor at Dixie Japan Ltd.
- 2015-2016
- Appointed as Examiner of the Preliminary Bar Examination administered by the Ministry of Justice of Japan (in charge of Civil Code)
- April 2019-March 2023
- Appointed as Professor at Hitotsubashi University Law School
- June 2019
- Appointed as Director who is an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member at Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.
- 2020-2024
- Iwata Godo Managing Partner
- January 2025-
- Iwata Godo Representative Partner
Awards
The Best Lawyers in Japan 2025
The Best Lawyers in Japan 2024
The Best Lawyers in Japan 2023
List of Main Publications
≪English≫
・"Competition Issues for Distribution and Supply Agreements in Japan"(Practical Law) (co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2024)
・"International Arbitration 2024" (co-author, Global Legal Group, 2024)
・"Pharmaceutical Advertising 2024 : Japan" (The International Comparative Legal Guide) (co-author, Global legal group, 2024)
・"Global Legal Insights to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2024" (co-author, Global Legal Group, 2024)
・"Vertical Agreements and Dominant Firms 2024 : Japan" (The International Comparative Legal Guide) (co-author, Global Legal Group, 2024)
・"International Arbitration 2023"(co-author, Global Legal Group, 2023)
・"Global Legal Insights to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2023" (co-author, Global Legal Group, 2023)
・"Vertical Agreements and Dominant Firms2023 : Japan"(The International Comparative Legal Guide)(co-author, Global legal group 2023)
・"Pharmaceutical Advertising 2023 : Japan"(The International Comparative Legal Guide)(co-author, Global legal group 2023)
・"The Japan chapter of “Global Legal Insights to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2022" (co-author, Global Legal Group, 2022)
・"The International Comparative Legal Guide : Vertical Agreements and Dominant Firms 2022" (co-author, Global Legal Group, 2022)
・"Pharmaceutical Advertising 2022: Japan"(co-author, The International Comparative Legal Guide, Thomson Reuters, 2022)
・"Product Liability 2022: Japan"(co-author,The International Comparative Legal Guide, Thomson Reuters, 2022)
・"Business Crime and Investigations in Japan: Overview(Practical Law)"(co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2022)
・"Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2021(Japan Chapter)"(co-author, Global Legal Insights 2021)
・"The International Comparative Legal Guide : Pharmaceutical Advertising 2021"(co-author, Global Legal Group, 2021)
・“Product liability 2021 (Japan Chapter)"(co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2021)
・"Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2020 (Japan Chapter)" (co-author, Global Legal Insights, 2020)
・"Cartel leniency in Japan: overview(Practical Law)" (co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2020)
・"Getting the Deal Through - Enforcement of Foreign Judgments 2016 Japan" (co-author, Law Business Research, 2015)
・"Distribution country questions" (Practical Law) (co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2015,2016)
・"Product liability country questions" (Practical Law) (co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2015,2016)
・"Product regulation, safety and recall country questions" (Practical Law) (co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2015,2016)
・“Distribution & Marketing of Drugs: Jurisdictional Comparisons 2nd Edition" (The European Lawyer Reference Series)(co-author, Thomson Reuters 2015)
・"The International Comparative Legal Guide to Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2014 Edition " (co-author, International Comparative Legal Guides, 2014)
・"Getting the Deal Through- Insolvency & Restructuring 2002" (co-author, Law Business Research 2002)
≪Japanese≫
・“The Latest Shareholder Meeting Stories" (co-author, Shoji Homu, 2022)
・“6,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions" (co-author, Kinzai, 2022)
・“Lecture: Practice of Civil Litigation" (Kinzai, 2020)
・"Q&A: Family affairs cases and banking services" Second edition (supervisor, Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd. 2020)
・“5,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions" (co-author, Kinzai, 2018)
・“Theories and Business Practices of Prescription and Limitation of Period" (co-author and co-editor, Nihon Kajo Publishing, 2018)
・“Proper and Smooth Operation of General Shareholders Meetings"(Shoji Homu No. 2128, 2017)
・“New Story of Shareholders' Meeting" (co-author, Shoji Houmu, 2017)
・“A Lawsuit against a Foreign Nation" (Jurist No.1491, 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)
・"Manual for legal staff when facing a civil action (second edition)" (co-author, Shoji Homu, 2014)
・"Q&A: Family affairs cases and banking services" (supervisor, Nihon Kajo Publisher 2013)
・"Getting the Deal Through - Enforcement of Foreign Judgments 2015 - Japan" (co-author, Law Business Research, 2014,2015)
・"A story of shareholders’ meeting"(co-author, Shoji Houmu, November 2012)
・"Financial transaction ‘Analysis on precedents’ (17) -Financial instruments, etc. (Responsibility of Banks) ?" (Hanrei Times, Extra Edition, No. 1178, 2005)
・"Battle over proxy in the U.S.A and Japan" (co-author, M&A Review, March 2002, Vol. 16, No.2)
・"Defensive measures for hostile takeover" (co-author, M&A Review, November 2001, Vol. 15, No.6)
・"Shoji Homu, Recent Commercial Judicial Precedent Bulletins" (in serial, co-author)
Publications
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202501
Tago Shinya, Eiguchi Manabu and Landry Guesdon author "Competition Issues for Distribution and Supply Agreements in Japan" for Thomson Reuters Practical Law
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- TAGO Shinya EIGUCHI Manabu Landry GUESDON
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202409
Tago Shinya, Uenishi Takuya and Landry Guesdon author the Japan chapter of International Arbitration 2024 (Global Legal Group)
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- TAGO Shinya UENISHI Takuya Landry GUESDON
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202408
Business & Law carries an interview with IG lawyers in its article "Data Risk Management in Business Activities"
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202408
Tago Shinya, Uenishi Takuya and Landry Guesdon author the Japan chapter of Global Legal Group's Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2024
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- TAGO Shinya UENISHI Takuya Landry GUESDON
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202408
Tago Shinya, Ikeda Minako and Landry Guesdon author the Japan chapter of Pharmaceutical Advertising 2024 (Global Legal Group's International Comparative Legal Guides)
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya IKEDA Minako Landry GUESDON
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202407
Tago Shinya, Eiguchi Manabu and Landry Guesdon author the Japan chapter of Vertical Agreements and Dominant Firms 2024 (Global Legal Group's International Comparative Legal Guides)
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- TAGO Shinya EIGUCHI Manabu Landry GUESDON
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202406
Shinya Tago, Landry Guesdon, and Anzai Kazuto author "Product Liability Laws and Regulations Japan 2024" in International Comparative Legal Guide (Global Legal Group)
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- TAGO Shinya Landry GUESDON ANZAI Kazuto
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202401
Tago Shinya, Landry Guesdon and Ikeda Minako co-author the Japan chapter of The Legal 500: Pharmaceutical Advertising Country Comparative Guide
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202312
International Employment Lawyer carries comments by Tago Shinya, Fujiwara Hiroki, Landry Guesdon and Kitagawa Hiroki in its article "Restructuring a Cross-Border Workforce"
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202309
Tago Shinya, Uenishi Takuya and Landry Guesdon co-author the Japan chapter of Global Legal Group's International Arbitration 2023
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202308
Tago Shinya, Uenishi Takuya and Landry Guesdon co-author the Japan chapter of Global Legal Group's Global Legal Insights to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2023
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202308
The lawyers of our firm co-authored "Points of measures against the price-pass-through based on JFTC/Small and Medium Enterprise Agency trends(Practice Series No. 268)" (SMBC Consulting Co., Ltd.)
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202307
Tago Shinya, Eiguchi Manabu and Landry Guesdon co-author "Vertical Agreements and Dominant Firms 2023: Japan" in Global Legal Group's International Comparative Legal Guide
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya EIGUCHI Manabu Landry GUESDON
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202307
Tago Shinya, Ikeda Minako and Landry Guesdon co-author "Pharmaceutical Advertising 2023: Japan" in Global Legal Group's International Comparative Legal Guide
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202212
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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202212
Tago Shinya, Landry Guesdon and Ikeda Minako co-author the Japan chapter of "The Legal 500: Pharmaceutical Advertising Country Comparative Guide"
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya Landry GUESDON IKEDA Minako
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202211
The lawyers of our firm co-author "Employment and Employee Benefits in Japan: Overview" (Thomson Reuters Practical Law)
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202208
Tago Shinya, Uenishi Takuya, and Landry Guesdon co-authored the Japan chapter of Global Legal Insights to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2022(Global Legal Group)
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya UENISHI Takuya Landry GUESDON
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202208
Tago Shinya, Eiguchi Manabu and Landry Guesdon co-authored "Vertical Agreements and Dominant Firms 2022" in International Comparative Legal Guide.
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya EIGUCHI Manabu Landry GUESDON
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202207
Tago Shinya, Ikeda Minako and Landry Guesdon co-authored "Pharmaceutical Advertising 2022: Japan" in The International Comparative Legal Guide (Thomson Reuters).
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202206
The lawyers of our firm co-authored "Labor Management and Information Security Measures for Telework (Practice Series No. 255)" (SMBC Consulting).
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202206
Tago Shinya, Suzuki Tomohiro and Landry Guesdon co-authored "Product Liability 2022: Japan" in The International Comparative Legal Guide (Thomson Reuters).
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202204
Tago Shinya and Landry Guesdon co-authored "Business Crime and Investigations in Japan: Overview" in Practical Law of Thomson Reuters.
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202203
Tago Shinya, Uenishi Takuya, and Landry Guesdon co-authored "Dispute Resolution Law Guide 2022" in Jurisdictional Q&As of LexisNexis.
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya UENISHI Takuya Landry GUESDON
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202203
Tago Shinya, Fujiwara Hiroki, Landry Guesdon, and Kitagawa Hiroki co-authored "Employment and Immigration Law Guide 2022" in Jurisdictional Q&As of LexisNexis (in English and Chinese).
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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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202112
Tago Shinya, Eiguchi Manabu, and Landry Guesdon co-authored "Restraints of Trade and Dominance in Japan: Overview" and "Cartel Leniency in Japan: Overview" in Practical Law of Thomson Reuters.
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya EIGUCHI Manabu Landry GUESDON
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202108
Tago Shinya, Uenishi Takuya, and Landry Guesdon co-authored "Global Legal Insights to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2021" which is published by Global Legal Group.
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202108
Tago Shinya, Ikeda Minako, and Landry Guesdon co-authored "Pharmaceutical Advertising 2021: Japan" which appears in The International Comparative Legal Guide.
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya IKEDA Minako Landry GUESDON
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202106
Tago Shinya, Yamada Kohei and Landry Guesdon co-authored an article titled "Product Liability 2021: Japan" which appears in The International Comparative Legal Guide.
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya YAMADA Kohei Landry GUESDON
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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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202012
Tago Shinya, Ikeda Minako, and Landry Guesdon co-authored the Japan Chapter of the Pharmaceutical Advertising Country Comparative Guide published by Legal 500
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202009
Tago Shinya, Uenishi Takuya, and Landry Guesdon co-authored Global Legal Insights to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2020 which is published by Global Legal Group.
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya UENISHI Takuya Landry GUESDON
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202007
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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202006
Tago Shinya, Yamada Kohei and Landry Guesdon co-authored "Product Liability 2020: Japan" which is available on The International Comparative Legal Guide.
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202006
Our lawyers participated in authoring of the publication titled Q&A: Family Affairs Cases and Banking Services Second edition, which is published by Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Author:
- UEDA Atsushi SAKAMOTO Tomoko EIGUCHI Manabu AOKI Shinji TOKUMARU Daisuke MUTOU Yuuki TOMITA Yusuke UENISHI Takuya TANAKA Takashi IIDA Hiroshi
- Supervising editor:
- TAGO Shinya
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202001
Tago Shinya, Eiguchi Manabu and Landry Guesdon co-authored an article titled "Cartel leniency in Japan: overview" which appears in Thomson Reuters' Practical Law.
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya EIGUCHI Manabu Landry GUESDON
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202001
David Walsh, Consultant of Iwata Godo, authored a book entitled International Transactional Law 'Best Practices' (Supervised by Tago Shinya and Beppu Fumiya) is published by Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya BEPPU Fumiya David J WALSH
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201909
Tago Shinya, Uenishi Takuya and Landry Guesdon contributed to the publication entitled Global Legal Insights to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2019 which is published by Global Legal Group.
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya UENISHI Takuya Landry GUESDON
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201905
Tago Shinya and Landry Guesdon co-authored "Product Liability 2019: Japan" which is available on "International Comparative Legal Guides".
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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
Tago Shinya, Landry Guesdon and Fujiwara Hiroki co-authored an article entitled "Employment and employee benefits in Japan: overview" which appears in Thomson Reuters' Practical Law.
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201808
Tago Shinya, Uenishi Takuya and Landry Guesdon contributed to the publication entitled Global Legal Insights to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2018 which is published by Global Legal Group.
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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
Tago Shinya, Eiguchi Manabu and Landry Guesdon co-authored an article entitled "Cartel leniency in Japan: overview" which appears in Thomson Reuters' Practical Law.
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya EIGUCHI Manabu Landry GUESDON
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201806
Tago Shinya, Landry Guesdon and Karasawa Akira co-authored "Product Liability 2018: Japan" which is available on "International Comparative Legal Guides".
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya Landry GUESDON KARASAWA Akira
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201806
Tago Shinya and Karasawa Akira co-authored an article entitled "Regarding ITC Investigations under Section 337 of the U.S. Tariff Act - As an Alternative to Lawsuit for Protection of Intellectual Property Rights -" which appears in NBL Vol.1123.
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya KARASAWA Akira
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201803
Tago Shinya, Ueda Atsushi, Kudo Ryohei and Landry Guesdon authored an English commentary explaining the outline of the Act on Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, etc. as well as the laws and regulations and the industry self-regulations on distribution of pharmaceuticals in Japan, entitled Distribution and Marketing of Drugs in Japan which is available on the Practical Law website of Thomson Reuters, UK.
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201802
Tago Shinya, Landry Guesdon and Beppu Fumiya co-authored articles entitled "Product liability country questions: Japan" and "Product regulation, safety and recall country questions: Japan" which appear in Thomson Reuters' Practical Law.
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya Landry GUESDON BEPPU Fumiya
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201802
Tago Shinya, Landry Guesdon, Kakuno Shu and Karasawa Akira co-authored an article entitled "Distribution country questions: Japan" which appears in Thomson Reuters' Practical Law.
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201802
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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201712
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.
- Author:
- 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
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201708
Tago Shinya, Uenishi Takuya and Landry Guesdon contributed to the publication entitled Global Legal Insights to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2017 which is published by Global Legal Group.
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201705
Tago Shinya and Landry Guesdon co-authored "Product Liability 2017: Japan" which is available on "International Comparative Legal Guides".
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya Landry GUESDON
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201703
Tago Shinya authored "Proper and Smooth Operation of General Shareholders Meetings," which appears in Shoji Homu No. 2128.
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya
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201701
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.
- Author:
- 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
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201610
Tago Shinya, Landry Guesdon and Beppu Fumiya authored articles entitled "Distribution country questions: Japan" “Product liability country questions: Japanand and Product regulation, safety and recall country questions: Japan” which appear in Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law.
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya BEPPU Fumiya Landry GUESDON
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201603
Tago Shinya authored an article entitled "A Lawsuit against a Foreign Nation" which appears in Jurist No.1491.
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya
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201511
In an article to introduce Iwata Godo, Tago Shinya, Yoshihara Tomomichi, and Aoki Shinji discussed Iwata Godo’s legal approach and expertise in the insurance area, which appears in the December 7, 2015 issue of Financial Regulation.
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201511
Tago Shinya, Landry Guesdon and Beppu Fumiya ;participated in writing answers to questions in English regarding three themes, namely Distribution, Product liability and Product regulation (safety and recall), which are available in Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law at http://global.practicallaw.com/resources/international-transaction-guides/international-sales-marketing#tab2_tabsdefault
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201511
Tago Shinya and Izumi Atsushi authored an article entitled "Getting the Deal Through - Enforcement of Foreign Judgments 2016 - Japan," which appears in Law Business Research.
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya IZUMI Atsushi
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201511
A book by our office entitled Commercial Judicial Precedent which Adds Color to the Period (supervised by Kanda Hideki, Professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, and recommended by Tsuda Hiroki , Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Japan Exchange Group, Inc.) is published by Shoji Homu Co., Ltd.
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201503
A book by our office entitled Q&A: Handbook for Outside Directors/ Outside Company Auditors (written and edited by Shinya Tago) is published by Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd..
- Editor:
- TAGO Shinya
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201410
Tago Shinya, Kudo Ryohei and Beppu Fumiya co-authored an article entitled "Getting the Deal Through - Enforcement of Foreign Judgments 2015 - Japan" which appears in Law Business Research.
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya KUDO Ryohei BEPPU Fumiya
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201403
Tago Shinya and Kudo Ryohei authored an article entitled "The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution (2014 edition)," which appears in International Comparative Legal Guides by Global Legal Group.
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya KUDO Ryohei
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201309
11 lawyers at our office including Ueda Atsushi and Sakamoto Tomoko contributed to the publication entitled Q&A: Family affairs cases and banking services published by Nihon Kajo Publisher under the supervision of Shinya Tago.
- Author:
- TAGO Shinya UEDA Atsushi SAKAMOTO Tomoko
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Seminars
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202402
IG hosts a webinar "Singapore Convention on Mediation: Update on Procedures and Contracts"
Speaker: TAGO Shinya MATSUDA Akira YAMADA Kohei OKAMURA Yu
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202310
IG holds a webinar "Competition Law in the US, EU and China: Updates for 2023"
Speaker: TAGO Shinya KARASAWA Akira OKAMURA Yu YU Zhiming
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201512
Tago Shinya, Yoshihara Tomomichi, and Aoki Shinji offered a seminar entitled, "Recent Insurance Claim Cases with Difficulty in Making Judgement about Responsibility ? In View of Judicial Precedents with Regard to Interpretation of an Insurance Contract” at Insurance Forum 2015 (held by Seminar-info Co.,Ltd.) on November 26, 2015.
Speaker: TAGO Shinya YOSHIHARA Tomomichi AOKI Shinji
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News
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202501
Effective January 1, Tago Shinya becomes Representative Partner, Yoshihara Tomomichi and Sakamoto Tomoko become Managing Partners, and Toji Yoshihiro becomes Iwata Godo Group Chairperson
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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 -
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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