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March 2023

[Westlaw Japan K.K.]
International English Contracts for Beginners
Learn to draft English contracts in one day!

Westlaw Japan K.K. (Minato Ward, President and Representative Director: Young Sun Bang) will hold a premium seminar with The Japanese Institute of International Business Law, Inc. on Thursday, March 16, 2023, titled “International English Contracts for Beginners—Learn to draft English contracts in one day!”

This seminar aims to further hone the skills of the Introductory Course participants. This is the first time for The Japanese Institute of International Business Law and Westlaw Japan to hold an exercise-only seminar, where we will ask the participants to draft contracts in English based on some tips that will be shared during the seminar.
Our lecturer is Attorney Toshiaki Hasegawa, an expert of international matters, working at the forefront and well-known for his careful and thorough coaching. Mr. Hasegawa graduated from the University of Washington (Seattle) and worked at prestigious law firms in New York and London. As legal affairs globalize, we encourage you to utilize this seminar as an opportunity to train your members engaged in international legal matters.

Note: Please note that this seminar is only open to the participants of the February 14 Introductory Course, including those who watched the seminar on demand.
For details, please contact seminar@westlawjapan.com .

Event Outline
Date and Time 10 am to 5 pm, Thursday, March 16, 2023
Venue Onsite Location: Westlaw Japan Tokyo Office Conference Room, Atago East Bldg. 4F, 3-16-11 Nishishimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
To prevent infection, we will limit the number of onsite participants to 12 people in order of registration.
Even after the registration for onsite participation is closed, you can still join the seminar online. Thank you for your understanding in advance.

Online: Zoom
Please enter “online” in the remarks column of the registration form.
Registration Please submit the registration form from the link below.
Members of The Japanese Institute of International Business Law: https://coubic.com/seminar-westlawjapan/440124
Nonmembers: https://coubic.com/seminar-westlawjapan/495243
Fee Members 37,500 JPY (incl. tax), Nonmembers 60,000 JPY (incl. tax)
Registration deadline 12 pm on Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Please find details here:
https://www.westlawjapan.com/event/premium/230316.html

Program
Ⅰ. Drafting legal documents in English in the course of negotiation 1. Tips for drafting meeting minutes
2. Tips for drafting preliminary agreements (LOI and MOU)
3. Closing confidentiality agreements (SA/NDA) and the relation with master agreements
4. Legal communication through demand letters and contract termination letters
5. Tips on legal documents in English for legal communication
6. Sustainable English contracts and necessary clauses
II. 英文契約書の作成実務(演習） 1. Drafting Sales Agreements by exchanging simple letters
2. An example of a Confidentiality Agreement (SA/NDA) signed when commencing negotiations for closing a contract to strengthen the global supply chain
3. International License Agreements for global supply chains
  • (1) First step—choosing the contract type and basic framework
  • (2) Second step—drafting each clause
  • ・ Clause for sustainable procurement of raw materials, anticipatory breach
  • ・ Drafting clauses on human rights due diligence
  • ・ General Provisions
    • a. Force majeure
    • b. Termination
    • c. Confidentiality
    • d. Jurisdiction
    • e. Arbitration
    • f. Entire Agreement
    • g. Assignment
    • h. Notice
    • i. Governing Law, etc.
4. A “tug of war” with each party insisting on their own governing laws and the amendment to the Civil Code
  • (1) The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) to end the “tug of war”
  • (2) Amendment to the Civil Code (Law of Obligations), the articles of the Vienna Convention, and the globalization of Private Law rules
〔Q&A〕 Questions will be answered accordingly in each session and during the 10-15 minute Q&A session at the end of the seminar.
Lunch break will be from 12 pm to 1 pm with 10 min breaks in between sessions.


Lecturers

T. Hasegawa & Co., Law Offices
Attorney Toshiaki Hasegawa
Graduated from the Waseda University Faculty of Law in 1973. Obtained Master of Laws from the University of Washington (Seattle), in 1978. Practiced law at law firms in New York and London. A leading lawyer in international matters.
Main works and papers
America’s Litigious Society (Chuko Shinsho), Japan-US Legal Affairs Wars (Chuokoron-Shinsha), Personal Information Protection and Management Basics and Templates (Version 2), Data Transaction Contracts Basics and Templates (Chuokeizai-sha Holdings), Basic Principles of General Provisions in English Contracts (Chuokeizai-sha Holdings), LAWDAS 21 English -Japanese Law Dictionary (Tokyodo Shuppan), Risk Management and Auditing of Overseas Subsidiaries (Version 2) (Chuokeizai-sha Holdings), Introduction to Business and Legal English (Nikkei Bunko) Revised Edition The Method of Reading and Comprehending English Contracts (Dai-ichi Hoki), Revised Edition Legal English and Dispute Resolution (Dai-ichi Hoki), English Contracts 700 Q&A (Popular series in the Journal of the Japanese Institute of International Business Law)

About Westlaw Japan K.K.
Westlaw Japan K.K. is a joint venture equally owned by Thomson Reuters and Shinnippon-Hoki Publishing Co., Ltd. (headquartered in Nagoya). The company was established on March 31, 2006, in order to meet the needs of the times by providing comprehensive online legal information services in Japan. For more information, please go to https://www.westlawjapan.com/.

About Thomson Reuters
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About Shinnippon-Hoki Publishing Co., Ltd.
Shinnippon-Hoki Publishing Co., Ltd. has more than 70 years of history and it is one of the leading publishers in Japan within the fields of legislation, tax, and accounting. The company provides information and solution services to experts (such as lawyers, judicial scriveners, certified public accountants, tax accountants, architects, social insurance labor consultants, and public notaries), central governments, local governments, and corporate practitioners by offering them over 600 titles of loose-leaf law books, other publications, and online services. For more information, please go to https://www.sn-hoki.co.jp/.

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