A Tokyo corporate practice for foreign-headquartered companies doing business in Japan. We act as the Japan legal function for your local entity — corporate and governance, commercial contracts, employment, real estate, transactions and disputes — with one senior, dual-qualified lawyer who knows your business, working in English by default.
Two decades of cross-border corporate practice — formerly partner and Head of Corporate at DLA Piper Tokyo, and at O’Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles and Tokyo. Admitted in Japan and California.
Corporate advisory and general corporate work for Japan KK and GK entities — governance and board matters, director and officer duties, shareholder and intra-group arrangements, and reorganizations.
More →Drafting and negotiation across the operating year — NDAs, vendor and customer MSAs, distribution and agency terms, and the day-to-day paper that a Japan operation generates.
More →Commercial litigation, employment disputes, and creditor and administrator work in Japanese insolvency proceedings.
More →Japan office and warehouse lease review and negotiation — the recurring real-estate work that comes with running a physical presence in Japan.
More →Terminations, restructurings and redundancy design, harassment investigations, Labor Standards Inspection response, work-rule drafting, and settlement negotiation, advising the employer.
More →Inbound transactions, joint ventures, and post-closing integration for foreign companies acquiring, partnering with, or restructuring a Japan presence.
More →Two decades of cross-border M&A, joint ventures, corporate governance, commercial and employment work, and disputes — from multinational transactions at O’Melveny & Myers and DLA Piper Tokyo to multi-year outside General Counsel engagements for foreign-owned Japan operations today.
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