GVA Law Office Establishes "Deep Tech Team" to Specialize in Leading Deep Tech Startups in 17 Strategic Fields Designated by the Japanese Government

GVA Law Office (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Representative: Shuntaro Onagi https://gvalaw.jp/), which has extensive experience in startup and venture support and corporate legal affairs, has newly established a "Deep Tech Team" to strengthen legal support for deep tech startups, which are attracting attention as leading players in the 17 strategic fields designated by the Japanese government.

The deep tech field requires handling complex and advanced legal issues such as intellectual property strategy, R&D contracts, regulatory compliance, industry-academia collaboration, and fundraising.

Therefore, our firm has established a system where lawyers and patent attorneys with expertise in each industrial field collaborate to provide multifaceted support for commercialization and social implementation based on IP strategy. We will provide one-stop support to deep tech companies and related businesses from both legal and IP perspectives.

Details here ⇒ https://gvalaw.jp/team/deeptech/

About the Deep Tech Team

The Deep Tech Team provides multifaceted support for commercialization and social implementation by lawyers who have a deep understanding of deep tech companies and their services aiming to solve social problems and achieve global transformation.

Furthermore, since the deep tech field often involves cases that are difficult to handle with a single legal specialty, we have built a cross-sectional support system by collaborating with our firm's industry-specific teams.

In addition, we collaborate with patent attorneys who are well-versed in startup support and IP practice to provide one-stop support that includes not only legal aspects but also IP aspects.

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Main Support Contents

1. Intellectual Property (IP) Strategy Legal Affairs

Joint Research and Development (R&D) Contracts

Joint Application Agreements

License Agreement Drafting and Review

Patent Portfolio Management

Trademark and Patent Related Matters

Establishment of Regulations for Invented Works by Employees and Developed Works by Employees, etc.

2. Industry-Academia Collaboration and University-Origin Startup Support

PoC Contracts with Universities

Joint Research and Development Contracts

Legal Affairs Related to Technology Transfer (TLO)

Contracts for Demonstration Experiments, etc.

3. Various Regulatory Compliance (Regulatory)

Legal Opinions on Medical Device Classification

Legality Research in Web3 and Fintech Fields

Inquiries to Regulatory Authorities such as the Financial Services Agency

Data Privacy Legal Affairs

Generative AI Related Legal Affairs

Space Related Legal and Regulatory Compliance, etc.

4. Startup Corporate Finance

Fundraising Support

Preferred Stock and Class Shares

Stock Option Design

Restricted Stock, etc.

Collaboration with Patent Attorneys

In the deep tech field, IP-related matters, particularly patents, are often crucial.

To build a system capable of handling these IP challenges, our firm has partnered with Mr. Shigeki Iimura, a patent attorney at Doshi Intellectual Property Office, who is well-versed in startup support and IP practice.

Mr. Iimura has experience working at a law firm and handling patent litigation, and possesses extensive practical experience in a wide range of IP cases, including patent and trademark practice, as well as IP litigation and IP due diligence.

Our firm provides one-stop support that includes not only legal aspects but also IP aspects.

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Consultation and Inquiries

GVA Law Office is accepting consultations from deep tech companies and related businesses.

Our firm will continue to provide practical and multifaceted support for the complex and advanced legal challenges faced by deep tech companies as a partner supporting the social implementation of cutting-edge technologies.

If you wish to consult, please feel free to contact us through the inquiry form below.

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About GVA Law Office

"Supporting challenges through legal affairs and realizing an affluent society together with our clients."

GVA Professional Group was established in 2012 and has been providing legal services centered on supporting startup companies, ahead of other law firms. What we have valued throughout this process is our attitude of working together with our clients on their businesses. Since then, we have greatly expanded our support areas while maintaining that attitude, and have supported not only startups but also diverse corporate activities both domestically and internationally.

We believe that bold challenges by companies create new options in this world and realize a more affluent society. With the advancement of technology, corporate activities are becoming broader and freer, and the new ideas born from them continue to change the world significantly. In this context, we simultaneously believe in the value of law as social infrastructure and have defined ourselves as an entity that supports the development and success of corporate activities in the realm of legal affairs.

When our clients start something new, we think together about the future in which it will be realized. When our clients are exposed to risks during the process of challenge, we work together to solve them from a stakeholder's perspective.

We aim to create an environment where everyone can easily take on challenges through support by legal affairs. Through this support for challenges, our purpose is to provide diverse and rich choices to society together with our clients. Moving forward, we will continue to make unremitting efforts, centering on this purpose and pooling the strength of the entire GVA Professional Group.

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Representative Lawyer: Shuntaro Onagi

Bar Association: Daini Tokyo Bar Association

Location: 3F, EBS Building, 1-7-7 Nishi-Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0021

HP: https://gvalaw.jp/