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URANAKA Hirotaka

URANAKA Hirotaka

Title
Partner
Languages
Japanese (native)/English
E-mail address
huranaka@iwatagodo.com

Career Summary

May 1970
Born in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
March 1989
Graduated from Hyogo Senior High School
March 1995
Received his LL.B. from Kyoto University
March 1997
Received his Diploma from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (49th)
April 1997
Registered as a Japanese attorney and joined Yodoyabashi Godo LPC
May 2002
Received his LL.M. from New York University School of Law
2002-2003
Seconded to Coudert Brothers LLP in New York
May 2003
Joined Iwata Godo
2003
Admitted to the New York State Bar Association
2016-2019
Part-time lecturer at Seikei University Law School

Practice Areas

Corporate
M&A
Finance
IPO/Startup Support
Dispute Resolution
Crisis Management
Competition/Antitrust Law
Intellectual Property
Information Technology
Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization/Rehabilitation
Employment Law
Real Estate
Pharma and Healthcare
Consumer Law
Non-Profit and Public Corporations
International

Engaged Cases

He broadly offers a full range of general corporate legal services and handles cases relating to corporate issues, M&A, and dispute resolution. He provides legal advice on a daily basis mainly to corporations in the industries of banks, insurance companies and other financial services(leasing), construction, transportation (land, sea and sky), warehousing, glass, cement, machinery, electric equipment, telecommunication, printing, textiles, foods, wholesale, retail, paper and pulp, mining, advertisement and real estate, etc.
Representing financial institutions, he has broadly involved in various lawsuits (i.e. debt collection, damage compensation, warranty disclaim, etc.), preservation, execution proceedings and bankruptcy proceedings. Particularly in the area of insolvency laws (i.e. the Bankruptcy Act, the Civil Rehabilitation Act, the Corporate Reorganization Act, and special liquidation proceedings), he has experience in handling filing for debtor’s bankruptcy, filing of various objections, and right of avoidance, and experience in cooperation over bankruptcy proceedings overseas.
For business corporations, he handles the following cases.
- matters related to the Companies Act such as regulation and compliance, crisis management within corporation (including responses to criminal complaint, etc.), M&A and corporate restructuring, responsibilities of board members, advice on shareholders’ meetings and countermeasures against a hostile takeover, etc.
- various commercial transactions
- support for business partnership associated with overseas expansion
- responses to problems on the Internet.
He also has experience in handling various types of disputes including compensation for damages, product liability, problems in system development (representing both corporations and users involved), death from overwork and harassment (representing corporations), name-calling on the Internet, corporate information leakage, etc. along with disputes between corporations and among multiple parties (class actions by consumers). His proven record includes support for Japanese corporations in case of lawsuit overseas (i.e. response to international double suits, etc.).
In the area of the Intellectual Property Law, he has experience in providing advice on and responding to lawsuits related to infringement of patent/trademark/copyright and licensing. For the area of the Antimonopoly Act, he has dealt with many cases including negotiation with the Japan Fair Trade Commission about abuse of superior bargaining position and dumping.
In August 1998, he acted as a legal counsel for filing a corporate rehabilitation for Mita Kogyo and five other corporations.
In October 1998, he acted as an assistant provisional administrator and assistant trustee for corporate rehabilitation for Nippon Lease and Nippon Lease Auto.
Other cases he was involved in:
- Takamatsu High Court decision on April 23, 2009 denying liability for damages by a defendant company while admitting on-the-job accident and injury compensation benefits (page 52 of Hanrei Jiho No. 2067)
- Tokyo District Court decision on November 10, 2009 which was set as a leading case on “with the intent to set off any debt to be assumed under the contract exclusively against rehabilitation claims” and “Suspension of payments” under Article 93, Item 1 of the Civil Rehabilitation Act (page 275 of Hanrei Times No. 1320).

Professional Memberships

Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association

List of Main Publications

≪Japanese≫
- 6,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc., 2022) (co-author)
- 5,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc., 2018) (co-author)
-Commercial Judicial Precedent which Adds Color to the Period (co-author, Shoji Houmu, 2015)
- The status of discussion on rights plan (trust-type and prewarning-type) (No.602 of Minji Kenshu, 2007)
- How to prepare for documents for proceedings: Documentary form for civil rehabilitation proceedings　(Minjiho Kenkyukai, 2000) (co-author)
- Legal issues posed by electronic commerce – Current situations and challenges (No.1565, 1566, 1570 of Kinyu Homu Jijo, 1999, 2000)
- Q&A for civil rehabilitation proceedings (Economic Legal Research Institute, 2000) (co-author)
- Transfer of operations and special liquidation (Shoji Homu No.1534, 1999) (co-author)
- Practical procedures in series: Lending management and debt collection: Provisional seizure, provisional disposition, and provisional registration (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc., 1997) (co-author )

Publications

News

  • 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

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