NEWS

Nakano Masayuki is awarded The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon

22 lawyers of our firm were recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2026.

Best Lawyers
■ Antitrust / Competition Law
TOJI Yoshihiro
IZUMI 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

■ Tax Law
MUTOU Yuuki


Best Lawyers - "Ones to Watch"
■ Antitrust / Competition Law
OKAMURA Yu
MATSUHASHI Sho

■ Arbitration and Mediation
NAKAMURA Saeko
MIURA Takashi

■ Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
OKAMURA Yu
SASAKI Tomoo
FUKATSU Haruno
FUKUCHI Takumi
KITAGAWA Hiroki
TOYOOKA Hiroto
MATSUHASHI Sho

■ Information Technology Law
ADACHI Makoto

■ Intellectual Property Law (Non-Patent)
ISHIKAWA Hiroaki

■ Labor and Employment Law
NAKAMURA Saeko
KITAGAWA Hiroki

■ Privacy and Data Security Law
HORITA Koji

• Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization/Rehabilitation
• Competition /Antitrust Law
• Corporate
• Crisis Management
• Dispute Resolution
• Employment Law
• Finance
• Information Technology
• Intellectual Property
• M&A
• Tax

We welcomed Otani Naoto, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan, as Specially Invited Advisor

We welcomed a new attorney, Naito Yuki

We welcomed 11 new attorneys

Uranaka Hirotaka, Matsuda Takao and Kudo Ryohei has been selected as one of Thomson Reuters' Stand-out Lawyers 2025

Every year, Thomson Reuters selects Stand-out Lawyers based on recommendations from more than 2,000 in-house lawyers around the world

We welcomed a new attorney, Imawari Naomi

High ratings in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025

Iwata Godo has been highly rated in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025, across the following fields:
Corporate and M&A (Tier 3)
Labour and employment (Tier 3)
TMT (Tier 4)

We have launched the "Global Practice" page to introduce our firm's global practice

Through cooperative relationships with leading law firms in various countries and the establishment of the ASEAN Desk, we respond to cross-border cases and overseas legal needs of domestic clients, as well as to a wide range of legal needs related to Japanese law for overseas clients.

• Global Practice

Effective January 1, our ASEAN Desk is open.

To respond actively to client needs, we newly opened this year an ASEAN Desk to provide more flexible and enriched legal services to our clients doing business in ASEAN countries.By having the case handled by the lawyer in charge, including lawyers seconded to each country, we will strengthen our system to be able to respond more flexibly to the legal needs of our clients in each ASEAN country.
ASEAN Desk Lawyers: Matsuda Akira, Beppu Fumiya

• Global Practice

Effective January 1, Tago Shinya becomes Representative Partner, Yoshihara Tomomichi and Sakamoto Tomoko become Managing Partners, and Toji Yoshihiro becomes Iwata Godo Group Chairperson

Sekiguchi Akimasa is appointed Partner

We welcomed a new attorney, Horita Ryohei