
Professionals
Partner
Mika Okada
- Admitted
- 1999, Japan
- Languages
- Japanese/English

Practices
- General Corporate
- Corporate Governance / Shareholders Meetings
- Emerging Companies Practice Law
- Structured Finance, Acquisition Finance and Securitization
- Fintech
- M&A
- Venture Capital / Private Equity
- Real Estate Transactions
- Unfair Competition, Designs, Trademarks and Copyrights
- License Agreement / Technology Transfer Agreement
- Cross-Border Transactions
- Foreign Direct Investment
- Antitrust and Competition
- Asia Practice
- Renewable Energy
- Life Sciences / Pharmaceuticals
- E-commerce
- Health Care
- TMT
- Crypto Assets/NFTs
- Entertainment / Sports
Professional Background / Education
Professional Background
- 1999-2001
- Nagashima, Ohno & Tsunematsu (formerly, Tsunematsu, Yanase & Sekine)
- 2001-2003
- Yuwa Partners
- 2003 to Present
- City-Yuwa Partners
Education
- 1993
- Meiji University (LL.B.)
- 1999
- Legal Training and Research Institute
Professional Activities / Accolades
Lecturer, MBA program of the Graduate School of Sagami Women's University (2020-)
Board Member of the Licensing Executives Society Japan / Leader of the Academia and Industry R & D Collaboration Management Working Group
Member of the Japanese Association of Laws for Pet Animals
Legal mentor of the Acceleration program of ZENTECHDOJO
Adjunct Lecturer, Kumamoto University School of Law on Corporate Law (2013-2018)
- Emerging Companies Practice LawTMT
- Legal support for platform-related businesses such as hometown tax payment, fan-community, and EC
- Legal support for the launch of SaaS businesses to streamline local government operations
- Comprehensive legal support for start-up companies engaged in online learning video services
- Comprehensive legal support for a joint venture start-up offering solutions to improve business efficiency in the publishing industry using AI and IC tagging
- Emerging Companies Practice LawLife Sciences / Pharmaceuticals
- Comprehensive legal support for a start-up company to commercialize new antibody drug
- Legal support for a university start-up that develops an ophthalmic device program using AI
- Emerging Companies Practice LawFintech
- Legal support for the launch of the Fintech business, which handles public funds for local governments
- Emerging Companies Practice LawLicense Agreement / Technology Transfer Agreement
- Legal support for establishment of RaaS, SaaS business in logistics warehousing
- Design of stock acquisition rights to be used as consideration for technology transfer from universities to university ventures
- Venture Capital / Private Equity
- Legal support for VCs and operating companies investing in start-up companies in the deep technology area
- Legal support for investment projects by business succession funds to owner companies
- Intellectual Property and Information TechnologyEntertainment / Sports
- Legal support for listed companies that develop marketing using IP contents such as characters and animations
- Health CarePersonal Data Protection
- Advice on the treatment of medical-related data for Japanese subsidiaries and university start-up companies of an overseas medical device manufacturer
- Entertainment / SportsM&A
- Legal support for the establishment of a joint venture for food entertainment that combines the character licensing business with restaurant business
- Emerging Companies Practice LawIntellectual Property and Information Technology
- Legal support for start-ups centered on platforms for introducing and developing AI visual inspections
- Comprehensive legal support for a university start-up company that research and develop new materials in the renewable energy field
- Emerging Companies Practice LawManufacturing
- Legal support for a start-up companies developing modular, automated production facilities for the production of functional chemicals
- Emerging Companies Practice LawEntertainment / Sports
- Comprehensive legal support for a start-up company providing drone shows
- M&AIntellectual Property and Information Technology
- Perform legal due diligence and prepare contracts for companies in the technology field, and provide support for negotiations (renewable energy, TMT, medical institutions, food and beverage industry, platform-based businesses, SaaS・RaaS, etc.) when making acquisitions, investing in ventures, and establishing joint ventures.
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Articles“Heightened Expectations for National Universities as the Source of Knowledge for Innovation”Mika OkadaJune 2019Practices : License Agreement / Technology Transfer Agreement TMT
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Articles“Non-Disclosure Agreement in M&A from the Viewpoint of the Seller”Mika Okada Hirosato Nabika Sotaro MatsuoDecember 2016Practices : M&A
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Articles“Methods to Monitor Compliance of Taiwanese Company Engaged in a Capital and Business Alliance with a Japanese Company”Mika OkadaNovember 2014Practices : Foreign Direct Investment Compliance and Internal Control
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Articles“Q&A on legal issues concerning real-estate after the Great East Japan Earthquake (Series 5): Condominium Unit Ownership”Keisuke Ide Mika Okada Katsuko Iizuka Koji Mizutani Shuichi Nagaoka ...August 2011Practices : Real Estate Transactions
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Articles“Current legal issues concerning pets and residences”Mika OkadaAugust 2011Practices : General Civil Practice
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Articles“Q&A on legal issues concerning real-estate after the Great East Japan Earthquake (Series 4): Contract Agreement”Keisuke Ide Mika Okada Katsuko Iizuka Taketomo Morita Go Kobayashi ...August 2011Practices : Real Estate Transactions Construction
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Articles“Q&A on legal issues concerning real-estate after the Great East Japan Earthquake (Series 3): Real-estate Purchase and Sale AgreementKeisuke Ide Mika Okada Aya Kinoshita Koji MizutaniJuly 2011Practices : Real Estate Transactions
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Articles“Q&A on legal issues concerning real-estate after the Great East Japan Earthquake (Series 2): Lease Agreement (2)”Keisuke Ide Mika Okada Taketomo MoritaJuly 2011Practices : Real Estate Transactions
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Articles“Q&A on legal issues concerning real-estate after the Great East Japan Earthquake (Series 1): Lease Agreement (1)”Keisuke Ide Mika Okada Hitomi ImadaJune 2011Practices : Real Estate Transactions
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Books“Visual Guide for Anti-Monopolization Act third edition”Katsuko Iizuka Mika Okada Kiyoshi Asada Tomohiro Tanamura Yumiko Aoi ...March 2010Practices : Antitrust and Competition
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Articles“Scope of application of new ‘Guideline for Intellectual Property’ (Compass for Anti-Monopolization Act)”Mika Okada Tomohiro TanamuraJanuary 2008
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Articles“Utilization of business trust as a method for joint-venture”Mika OkadaJanuary 2007Practices : M&A
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Books“Important Cases under Intellectual Property Law”Mika Okada Gen TakizawaJanuary 2005Practices : Unfair Competition, Designs, Trademarks and Copyrights TMT
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Books“Beyond Boundaries: International Employee Equity Plans”Yasuyuki Kuribayashi Mika OkadaJanuary 2003Practices : General Consultations on Personnel and Labor Matters Foreign Direct Investment
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Seminars2nd Generative AI x Legal JaDHA Open SeminarMika Okada Yudai Oka Kaoru Vaheisvaran Rie Hosaka Yota Iemura ...May 12, 2025 14:00 - 16:00Practices : Personal Data Protection Unfair Competition, Designs, Trademarks and Copyrights China Practice Korea Practice Life Sciences / Pharmaceuticals ...
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SeminarsIndustry-Government-Academia Collaboration WG and Healthcare WG 2022, Annual MeetingUnraveling the stories of academia and industry and exploring new co-creation possibilities – focus on the healthcare fieldMika OkadaJuly 9, 2022Practices : Emerging Companies Practice Law License Agreement / Technology Transfer Agreement
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SeminarsLESI 2019 Annual ConferenceTech transfer from UniversityMika OkadaMay 27, 2019Practices : License Agreement / Technology Transfer Agreement
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SeminarsContract Practice and Company Law that Startups Exectives Should KnowMika OkadaNovember 8, 2018Practices : Emerging Companies Practice Law
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Seminars“M&A and Hostile Takeover Defense under New Corporate Law and Personal Information Protection Law”Mikio Tanaka Mika OkadaApril 27, 2005Practices : General Corporate Personal Data Protection