Corporate

Iwata Godo advises its clients in Japan and overseas with a wide range of legal services based on our extensive experience and achievements in the issues that companies face on a daily basis. We provide a wide range of advice on important corporate actions such as incorporations, changes in share capital, amendments to articles of incorporation, decisions on use of share capital, issuance of shares, warrants and bonds, share repurchases, reorganizations, sales of businesses, dissolutions and liquidations. In addition, with the increase in shareholder derivative litigation, we have been advising and providing opinions on violation of director's duty of care and other issues related to preventing and responding to such litigation. At the "Business Court", we represent clients in both litigation and non-litigious matters. Please visit Dispute Resolution page for details.Iwata Godo also advises on a wide range of governance matters, including articles of incorporation, internal rules, and administration of boards of directors and other decision-making bodies, from how to submit proposals to the preparation of minutes.

We advise regularly on the drafting, review and interpretation of both commonly used contracts (e.g., distribution, licensing, outsourcing, sales terms and conditions) and contracts for special transactions (e.g., capital tie-ups, business collaborations, joint ventures). We also advise on documentation and carry out procedures for employee stock ownership plans, commercial registrations and other corporate matters.

Iwata Godo's attorneys, based on our extensive experience and achievements in corporate legal affairs, have been writing commentaries on judicial precedents for Shoji Homu, a prestigious business law journal, since its foundation in 1955.