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WAKABAYASHI Shigeo

WAKABAYASHI Shigeo

Title
Partner
Languages
Japanese (native)/English

Career Summary

August 1954
Born in Tokyo, Japan
March 1973
Graduated from Komaba Toho High School
March 1977
Received his LL.B. from Hitotsubashi University
1977-1978
Worked for Marubeni Corporation
March 1982
Received his Diploma from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court (34th)
April 1982
Registered as a Japanese attorney
January 1989
Joined Iwata Godo
June 1993
Received his LL.M. from the University of Washington Law School
1993-1994
Seconded to Willkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York
February 1996
Admitted to the New York State Bar Association
1999-2009
Appointed as a Director of the SMBC Debt-collection Company (A service-provider company of the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)
2002-2004
Appointed as a Lecturer in the area of civil affairs at the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court
June 2003-May 2017
Appointed as an Auditor at Shinsei Pulp & Paper Company Limited
2004-2009
Appointed as an Auditor at Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ltd.
2005-2007
Examiner of the National Bar Examination at the Ministry of Justice of Japan (in charge of Civil Code)
2007-2009
Appointed as an Adjunct Professor at Surugadai University, the Faculty of Law and Law Research Department
2010
Appointed as a Vice-President of the Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association
April 2011
Appointed as a Professor at Hitotsubashi University, Law School
2015-2018
Appointed as a Director of Keihin Corporation
2016-2018
Appointed as an Auditor of Oi Electric Co., Ltd.
April 2018-March 2019
Appointed as the President of the Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association
Appointed as a Vice President of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations
October 2019-March 2020
Appointed as the President of the Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association
Appointed as a Special Advisor for the President of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations

Engaged Cases

-December 1996 Litigation of Mizushima air pollution (representing the company)
-July 1998 Litigation between the Sumitomo Bank, Limited and the Juutaku Loan Servicer (representing the bank)
-November 2000 Litigation of air pollution in the south region of Nagoya (representing the company)
-December 2002 Revocation suit of not permitting effluent disposition between Abekawa Paper Co., Ltd. and administrators in the water-supply business, etc. of Shizuoka-shi (representing the Company)
-April 2006 Injunctive action seeking to suspend operations of the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station (representing the company)
-July 2008 Decision cancellation case for fixed assets evaluation (representing the taxpayer)
-July 2012 Injunctive action seeking to suspend operations of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station (representing the company)

Message

I retired from a position of representative partner of Iwata Godo as of December 31, 2019 and has been one of its partners since January 1, 2020. In addition, as of March 31, 2020, I retired from the position of the President of the Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association and Special Advisor for the President of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, and now, I have fully come back to the duties as a practicing attorney from the duties in Bar Association.
Since spring of 2020, problems surrounding the outbreak of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) has affected the world significantly. In Japan, too, we are in the process of transitioning to a new standard of living in which people's public and private lives change, such as by promoting DX and introduction of telework. In addition to the advancement of automation and remoteness of various things, I think that consideration for others and the weight of their minds will become even greater. With this in mind, I will continue to make my best efforts to derive optimal solutions in responding to legal issues that arise on a daily basis. .

List of Main Publications

“6,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions” (co-author, Kinzai Institute For Financial Affairs, 2022)
“5,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions” (co-author, Kinzai Institute For Financial Affairs, 2018)
“Preparation for Amendment to Civil Code: Points for Drafting Contracts” (co-author, Shoji Houmu, 2018)
“New Story of Shareholders' Meeting” (co-author, Shoji Houmu, 2017)
“Commercial Judicial Precedent which Adds Color to the Period” (co-author, Shoji Houmu, 2015)
“Special Edition: Influence on Practical Loan in accordance with Draft Interim Proposal for Amending the Civil Code,” (Supervisor, Ginko Jitsumu Vol. 43 June issue, 2013)

Publications

News

  • 2022.04

    11 lawyers of our firm were recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2023.

    11 lawyers of our firm were recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2023.

    Best Lawyers
    ■ Litigation
    TOJI Yoshihiro
    WAKABAYASHI Shigeo
    MOTOMURA Takeshi
    URANAKA Hirotaka

    ■ Product Liability Litigation
    TOJI Yoshihiro

    ■ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
    TAGO Shinya
    URANAKA Hirotaka

    ■ Labor and Employment Law
    TAGO Shinya

    ■ Arbitration and Mediation
    UEDA Atsushi

    ■ Banking and Finance Law
    SAKAMOTO Tomoko

    Best Lawyers - "Ones to Watch"
    ■ Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
    KARASAWA Akira
    FUKUCHI Takumi

    ■ Arbitration and Mediation
    SAITO Hiroki

    ■ Privacy and Data Security Law
    HORITA Koji

  • 2014.04

    Wakabayashi Shigeo, Ueda Atsushi represented a bank in a case at the Tokyo High Court and its commentary article on the judicial decision made on March 12, 2014 (the decision to maintain the decision made by the Tokyo District Court on April 24, 2013 that rejected an assertion of the invalidity of declaration of intention on the ground of miscomprehension made by Japan Federation of Credit Guarantee Corporations, who provided the bank with credit guarantee, for the case that the main debtor was antisocial forces) appeared in Kinyu Homu Jijo, Vol. 1991 and the Financial and Business Law Precedents Vol. 1439.

  • 2013.06

    Wakabayashi Shigeo held a "Lunch Seminar on the Revision of Civil Code (in the Area of Claims)" at our seminar room.

  • 2013.01

    Wakabayashi Shigeo was appointed as another Representative Partner as of January 2013, besides Takeuchi Yo.