NEWS

Fukasawa Atsushi has returned to Iwata Godo upon completion of his service at the Payment and Settlement Systems Department of the Bank of Japan.

Maruyama Shinji resumed his work at Iwata Godo upon completion of his service at a law firm in Thailand.

Kudo Ryohei became the Amicus Brief Standing Committee Member of International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).

• Intellectual Property

Matsuda Akira's comment was introduced in the article of the Nikkei.

Matsuda Akira's comment was introduced in the article titled "Anti-cartel Rules Target Japanese Corporations" on Page 11 of the morning edition of the Nikkei dated August 12, 2019.

• Intellectual Property
• International

Karasawa Akira has been abroad to study at the University of Chicago Law School from July.

Fujiwara Hiroki's comment was introduced in the article of the Nikkei.

Fujiwara Hiroki commented as a lawyer specialized in labor laws on an article titled "Practical Rules for Doing Side Business Need to be Established" which appeared in the morning edition of Nikkei newspaper dated May 20, 2019.

• Employment Law

We welcomed a new attorney, Sekiguchi Akimasa.

Okushi Kenichi is appointed as a Secretary of Real Estate Tech Association for Japan.

• Finance
• Intellectual Property
• Real Estate

Beppu Fumiya has been seconded to the Services Trade Division of the International Trade Division of the Economic Affairs Bureau, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a fixed-term public official as of April 1.

Kudo Ryohei was appointed as a member of the Committee to Consider Agenda for 2019 Annual Meeting in London for the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property of Japan (AIPPI・JAPAN).

We welcomed a new attorney, Adachi Makoto.

We welcomed a new special counsel, Toyama Haruyuki, the former General Manager of International Department of the Bank of Japan.

Fujiwara Hiroki, Matsuda Akira, Tokumaru Daisuke and Tomita Yusuke were appointed as partners of our office.