Shingo Okubo

Career

• 2006
  Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Law
• 2008
  Graduated from Keio University, School of Law
• 2011-2014
  Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (Economic Affairs Bureau, G8/20 Summit Office)
• 2014-2016
  Visiting Associate Professor, University of Yangon, Myanmar
• 2016-2020
  Associate, VASCO DA GAMA OFFICES
• 2018
  Graduated from UC Berkeley Law School (LL.M.) (Full Academic Scholarship / Law & Technology Certificate)
• 2017-2019
  Senior Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley Law School (IP law, information law, data science and life science)
• 2019
  École de formation professionnelle des barreaux de la cour d'appel de Paris (EFB) (Le diplôme de droit français et européen pour les avocats francophones)
• 2019
  McDermott Will & Emery, Paris
• 2021
  Partner, VASCO DA GAMA OFFICES
• 2021-2022
  Member on “Research on Contract Guidelines to Promote Open Innovation,” Japan Patent Office
• 2024-
  Member of Japanese Law Translation Council, Ministry of Justice

Languages

• Japanese/English/French/Spanish

Practice Areas

Law Practice

• Technology Law (IP Transactions)
• Biotechnology / Life Science
• Information / Data / Privacy Law
• Childcare / Baby Tech
• Fashion Law
• Food, Agriculture / Culinary, Food Tech
• Aerospace / Space Law
• Science and Technology, Economic Security / Risk and Crisis Management
• Whistle-blower Protection
• Investigations (including third party committees, investigation committees)
• Immigration
• Cross Border Practice:
  • International Contract Negotiation
  • South-East Asia Practice: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, etc.
  • United States and Europe Practice: the U.S., France, Germany, UK, Spain, etc.
  • Africa Practice: francophone countries in Africa
  • Central and South America Practice: Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia, etc.
• General Corporate Law (Startup Support, Corporate Governance)
• Entertainment Law
• Sports Law
• Civil Law
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Others

• International Development/Cooperation: Startup and NPO/NGO support in developing countries.
• Social Entrepreneur support

Titles and Memberships

• Outside corporate auditor, Anaut Inc.
• Outside corporate auditor, Levii Inc.
• Founding Member / Corporate auditor, Hoshino Bespoke Shoes (2014-2022)

Other Qualifications

• Patent Attorney (admitted in Japan)
• Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
• Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E)
• Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)
• Registered Immigration Lawyer, based on the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
• Labor and Employment Attorney for Foreign Workers (Gairoushi)

Publications

• “International Venture Capital Terms: A Handbook” (Co-written. Published by Verlag C. H. BECK, April 2022)
• “Back to the Origin” (as an article of “One Stroke”, The liberty & justice, March 2016)
• “Behind the Scenes at the Frontier ~From a classroom of Yangon University~” (Supported by Haruaki Deguchi (Supervising editor), Mercer Japan Web Series, Vol. 1~12, October 2014 ~ February 2016)
• “The New Way of Working ~As One of Foreign Legal Professors at Yangon University~” (Nikkei Business, May 11, 2015)
• “Myanmar Law Reports” (Yangon University, Vol.1~5, April 2015 ~ September 2015)

Lectures

• “IP Motivator Development Training: Workshop on IP Negotiation and Contract for Universities and University Spin-offs” at INPIT (July 2024)
• “Key points of collaborations with large companies for startups, on the Model Agreements (New Materials) Ver. 2.0” at IP BASE (March 2022)
• “IP Strategy for Startups ~Yours are Mine? ~” at Okinawa Startup University (December 2021)
• “Contributions of Japanese Lawyers to ‘Human Security’” at Japan Federation of Bar Association Seminar (May 2013)