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The Legal 500 is delighted to formally announce its fourth annual GC Summit Japan event, taking place on 3rd October 2024 in Tokyo.
The Legal 500’s GC Summit Japan 2024 invites the most esteemed in-house counsel from the country’s most prolific companies, and leading practitioners to discuss their changing roles as in-house leaders and the challenges, issues and opportunities they are set to face in 2024 and beyond.
This includes understanding and overcoming data privacy challenges, managing international disputes, competition & brand protection, adapting to a changing M&A landscape, the rise of legal tech, the growing importance of ESG and overcoming labour and employment issues.
Between comprehensive panel discussions, presentations and the opportunity to meet and engage with fellow in-house counsel, GC Summit Japan promises to be a practical, forward-looking event bringing together the region’s top legal minds.
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With respect to labour and employment law practice, City-Yuwa lawyers have extensive experience advising companies with practical and professional advice on labour issues and employment matters and always aim to deeply consider each companies’ characteristics and corporate culture and structure. Also worthy of note is that among the leading law firms in Japan, City-Yuwa is unique in having a strong and large team for resolving various types of disputes. In particular, City-Yuwa’s labour and employment team provides its international clients with practical and strategic measures to resolve delicate and complex labour disputes under the often employee-friendly laws in Japan.
GI&T Law Office is a boutique compliance, investigations, dispute resolution and employment law firm committed to being your trusted legal advisor in establishing comprehensive programs to address your anti-bribery and other compliance needs, conducting internal investigations, and representing you in complex commercial arbitration and litigation matters in Tokyo and Asia. With a network across Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, and China, we are equipped to support your local and regional legal needs.
GI&T will provide commercial and practical legal solutions to help you comply with FCPA, UKBA, and other anti-bribery laws. We also support preparing international license agreements, promotion agreements, and development agreements. GI&T will provide legal advice and representation in dispute resolution matters including domestic and cross-border litigation, arbitration and mediation.
IKEDA & SOMEYA, as a law firm of a new era, can offer unparalleled skills and experience in the fields of antitrust/competition and consumer law. The firm’s attorneys have a wealth of experience, coming from diverse backgrounds which include ex-officials at enforcement agencies and former in-house counsel. In addition to general legal counselling and case work, the firm offer various packaged services to help companies implement practical solutions for real and complex problems.
With an integrated team of more than 166 Japan-qualified lawyers, foreign attorneys, judicial scriveners and immigration law specialists, and an equal number of staff, City-Yuwa is one of the leading law firms in Japan. Many lawyers City-Yuwa lawyers have joined the firm with years of experience working in other professions before joining, including former prosecutors, high-ranking governmental officials, in-house counsels for financial institutions, trading companies and other businesses. City-Yuwa’s practice areas include corporate and commercial, M&A, distribution, finance and banking, securities, insurance, real estate, insolvency and restructuring, litigation and arbitration, IP/IT, labour and employment, anti-trust and competition, energy, data protection, compliance and white-collar criminal defense. In addition to a large team of lawyers dealing with English-language transactions, City-Yuwa has a dedicated bilingual team for German and Korean Practices.