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Retainer Engagements

Choose the engagement that fits

Ongoing outside counsel for your Japan entity, in three engagements sized to your operational footprint. Each includes direct attention from the firm’s principal, English and Japanese delivery, and a written engagement letter.

Japan Counsel

For smaller operations with a modest legal footprint.

Included scope
  • Annual statutory housekeeping — minutes, resolutions, filings
  • Light contract review — NDAs, vendor MSAs
  • Quarterly leadership check-in

Japan Counsel Plus

For mid-size Japan operations with active commercial and HR flow.

Included scope
  • Everything in Japan Counsel
  • Ongoing employment counseling
  • Commercial contract drafting and negotiation
  • Office and warehouse lease review
  • Quarterly governance check-in and priority handling

Japan GC Premier

Outside General Counsel for larger operations, without a full-time hire.

Included scope
  • Everything in Japan Counsel Plus
  • External Japan GC function
  • M&A and litigation within engagement letter thresholds
  • Annual planning workshop and legal-risk register
At a glance

What is included where

Service Japan Counsel Japan Counsel Plus Japan GC Premier
Statutory housekeeping IncludedIncludedIncluded
Light contract review IncludedIncludedIncluded
Employment counseling —IncludedIncluded
Contract drafting & negotiation On requestIncludedIncluded
Lease review On requestIncludedIncluded
M&A (to thresholds) ——Included
Disputes & litigation (to thresholds) On requestOn request / thresholdIncluded
Monthly leadership integration ——Included
Annual planning workshop ——Included

“Included” means within the engagement’s agreed scope. Matters beyond that scope are engaged separately.

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A 15-minute introductory conversation to find the engagement that fits. No commitment.

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