Practice Areas

Corporate

Corporate

  • General corporate (Consultation regarding procedures necessary for board of directors' meetings and shareholders meetings, and other necessary procedures required under the Companies Act; Drafting and reviewing of various agreements; Commercial registration; Insider trading regulations; Legal troubles; Conflict prevention, etc.)
  • M&A/ Corporate restructuring
  • Private Equity/ Venture Capital
  • Antitrust
  • Environmental law

Restructuring/ Bankruptcy law

Restructuring/ Bankruptcy law

  • General advice on restructuring through voluntary liquidation, including voluntary restructuring through Small & Medium Size Business Rehabilitation Support Co-operative, Turnaround ADR Restructuring, Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation of Japan, etc.
  • Pleading for civil rehabilitation and corporate reorganization procedures and assisting of such procedures
  • Pleading for bankruptcy/ special liquidation and assisting of such procedures, etc.
  • Advice on how to deal with business partners and assistance on collection of claim, etc. during voluntary liquidation/legal liquidation

Intellectual property rights

Intellectual property rights

  • Intellectual property transaction (including drafting and reviewing of license agreement)
  • Trademark application
  • Entertainment business related matters
  • Internet, media, IT, web related matters
  • Matters relating to Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations
  • Intellectual property rights related litigation (Demand of injunction, claim for damage, etc.)

Labor law

Labor law

  • Advice on human resources and labor issues
  • Advice on individual labor disputes (Litigation, labor tribunal, mediation by Dispute Coordinating Committees, negotiation between attorneys, etc.)
  • Advice on collective labor disputes (Collective bargaining, pleading for unfair labor practice, etc.)
  • Drafting and revising regulations such as rules of employment

International transactions

International transactions

  • International transactions in general
  • Various Agreements related matters
  • Legal support to companies expanding their operations overseas

Compliance/ Corporate Governance

Compliance/ Corporate Governance

  • Corporate Governance
  • Internal control/ Compliance
  • Handling of whistle-blowing
  • Personal information protection related advice
  • Corporate crisis management/scandal handling

Finance

Finance

  • Financial-related advice in general
  • Regulation by financial-related bills
  • Derivatives-related advice

Tax affairs

Tax affairs

  • Tax-related advice
  • Tax suits

Litigation/ Labor dispute

Litigation/ Labor dispute

  • Civil lawsuit, Administrative lawsuit
  • Civil preservation, Compulsory execution, etc.
  • Commercial disputes such as shareholders’ derivative lawsuits
  • International disputes

Civil cases

Civil cases

  • Marriage, Divorce, Custody cases
  • Inheritance
  • Real estate related issues such as land and building leases, neighboring relationships (boundaries, etc.)
  • Labor Law (Employee’s side)
  • Internet related matters (User’s side)
  • Traffic accidents
  • Consumer law
  • Adult guardianship
  • Product liability
  • Defamation