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About
Provided by Hitomi Iwase
Practice Areas
IP Transactions, IP Litigation, Trademark/Design Prosecution, Anti-Counterfeiting/Brand Management, Trade Secrets/Unfair Competition, Personal Data & Privacy/Big Data Businesses, IT/Cloud, Telecommunication & Media, Broadcasting, Internet/Cyber Law, Entertainment, Medical Field/Healthcare, Healthcare IT/Medical Cloud.
Career
Partner, Nishimura & Asahi; SAH & Co., Tokyo (1997-2000); Lecturer, Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Law, Business Law Department (2018).
Professional Memberships
Admitted: Japan, 1997; New York, 2004.
Publications
Japan: Overview of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (European Data Protection Law Review Volume 5, 2019).
Personal
Graduate of Waseda University (LL.B., 1994) and Stanford Law School (LLM, 2003).
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Hitomi Iwase advises on a wide range of TMT-related transactions including data protection and data privacy mandates.
Hitomi Iwase heads the trade mark division at Nishimura & Asahi and also handles the full range of IP matters, including trade marks, copyright and patents. Her practice covers both contentious and transactional IP matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She responds quickly and flexibly to her clients' requests."
"She has a clear awareness of her clients' needs and gives pragmatic advice."
"She always works very, very well and has very high professionalism."
"She responds quickly and flexibly to her clients' requests."
"She has a clear awareness of her clients' needs and gives pragmatic advice."
"She always works very, very well and has very high professionalism."
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