Toranomon Chuo Law Firm

Our Team

Attorney at LawMasanori SHIBATA

Professional and Academic Associations:Tokyo Bar Association

Masanori Shibata gives appropriate advice for corporate affairs, such as a general meeting of stockholders, board of directors, and labor management. And he practices mergers and acquisitions and legal due diligence. Also he does much litigation to collect a debt and so on.

March 1995The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
April 1997Admitted to the bar and joined TRC

Industry Sectors of Main Clients

Banks, Life insurance companies, Payment and settlement of funds servicers, Claim collection servicers, Shipping companies, Trading companies, Real estate companies, Manufacturing companies, Incorporated educational institutions, Computer and video game software development companies・Amusement and commercial facility management companies, Food product companies

Main Practice Areas

  • Litigation / Dispute resolution(Civil litigation, Commercial litigation, Commercial non-contentious case procedures, Arbitration and other Alternative dispute resolution procedures)/Corporate matters(M&A, Restructuring of organization, Corporate governance, Shareholders’ meeting)/Compliance(Compliance with regulatory laws, Support for establishing internal control systems)/Risk / Crisis Management(Investigations of unlawful acts, Support for public relations, Handling whistle-blowing)/Intellectual Property Rights・Information(Copyrights, Trademark rights, License transactions, Patent disputes and other IP disputes, Protection of personal information)/Labor and Employment(General labor law, Labor Tribunal Committee relations, Layoff / Workforce reduction)/Financial service / Payment and settlement of funds(Banking Law, Money Lending Business Law, Funds Settlement Law, Financial Instruments and Exchange Act)/Credit management / Debt collection(Credit management, Civil provisional remedies, Civil litigation, Civil execution, Financial alternative dispute resolution)/Business revitalization・Bankruptcy(Civil rehabilitation law, Corporate reorganization law, Bankruptcy law, Private liquidation)/Financing arrangements(Initial Public Offering)/Real Estate(Real estate management, Sales and Purchase / Leasing of real estate, Subleasing, Real estate financing, Construction-related disputes)/Competition law(Antitrust law, Unfair competition prevention act, Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, Subcontract law)/Criminal case

Principal Activities

November 2018 -Director, Seishin-utsumijuku PIIF
December 2015 -Independent Outside Director, HORAI Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market)
April 2007 – March 2008Ordinary counselor of Tokyo Bar Association
March 2007 – February 2008Representative of Japan Federation of Bar Association