Masakazu Iwakura

Education

The University of Tokyo (Bachelor of Laws, 1985). Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan. Graduate study, Harvard Law School (Master of Laws, 1993).

Career

Worked at Nishimura & Partners (Tokyo) specializing in General and International Law Practice, including Corporations, Commercial Transactions, Securities, Banking, Taxation, Administrative, Antitrust, Intellectual Property, Entertainment, Real Estate and Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1987, Japan. 1994, New New York

Law Lecturer (International Taxation), Saint Paul"s (Rikkyo) University, 1992-1993 and 1996—.

Law Lecturer (International Taxation), Yokohama National University, School of International & Business Law.

Committee Member of Independent Software Vendor Capital Funding Environment Committee at the Information - Technology Promotion Agency, Japan, 1996—. Statutory Auditor, Sansui Electric Company, Limited., 1990-1991.

With Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, 1993-1994 and Arnold & Porter, Washington, District of Columbia, 1994-1995. Author: "Multimedia Law in Japan," The Multimedia Law Report, Volume 1, Number.

5, (United States.), 1995.

Company-Author: Chapter on Japan in The Morgan Grenfell Handbook of International Mergers and Acquisitions, (United Kingdom), 1998. Chapter on Japan in Computer Software Protection Law, BNA Book (United States.), 1990 and 1991. "Current Developments of Derivative Actions in Japan," International Bar Association Asia Pacific Forum Newsletter, 1993.

"Recent Liberalization of Telecommunications Business in Japan -- New Business Opportunities for Foreign Investors," International Bar Association Asia Pacific Forum Newsletter, Volume 3, Number.

1, 1995; "Termination of Franchise Agreements and Distribution Agreements in Japan," Franchising and Distribution Law, (United Kingdom), 1989 and contributions to other legal periodicals in Japan. Member: The International Bar Association (Member, Asia Pacific Forum Section, Business Law and Taxation Committee).

American Bar Association (Member, International Law Division). Editorial Advisory Board, The Multimedia Law Report.

Nishimura & Partners, located in central Tokyo, is one of the largest full service law firms in Japan.

The firm provides comprehensive legal services tailored to the needs of its domestic, foreign and multinational clients including corporations, financial institutions, insurance concerns, high technology, manufacturing, trading and service companies, airlines, news media, entertainment organizations, and Japanese and foreign governments and government related entities.

Achievements

• Masakazu Iwakura has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: "Multimedia Law in Japan," The Multimedia Law Report, Volume 1, No. 5, (United States.), 1995. Co-Author: Chapter on Japan in The Morgan Grenfell Handbook of International Mergers and Acquisitions, (United Kingdom), 1998.
    
    Chapter on Japan in Computer Software Protection Law, BNA Book (United States.), 1990 and 1991. "Current Developments of Derivative Actions in Japan," International Bar Association Asia Pacific Forum Newsletter, 1993. "Recent Liberalization of Telecommunications Business in Japan -- New Business Opportunities for Foreign Investors," International Bar Association Asia Pacific Forum Newsletter, Volume 3, No.
    
    1, 1995

  • "Termination of Franchise Agreements and Distribution Agreements in Japan," Franchising and Distribution Law, (United Kingdom), 1989 and contributions to other legal periodicals in Japan. Co-Author: Chapter on Japan in The Morgan Grenfell Handbook of International Mergers and Acquisitions, (United Kingdom), 1998. Chapter on Japan in Computer Software Protection Law, BNA Book (United States.), 1990 and 1991.
    
    "Current Developments of Derivative Actions in Japan," International Bar Association Asia Pacific Forum Newsletter, 1993. "Recent Liberalization of Telecommunications Business in Japan -- New Business Opportunities for Foreign Investors," International Bar Association Asia Pacific Forum Newsletter, Volume 3, No. 1, 1995

  • "Termination of Franchise Agreements and Distribution Agreements in Japan," Franchising and Distribution Law, (United Kingdom), 1989 and contributions to other legal periodicals in Japan.

Membership

Member: The International Bar Association (Member, Asia Pacific Forum Section, Business Law and Taxation Committee). American Bar Association (Member, International Law Division). Editorial Advisory Board, The Multimedia Law Report.