Practice Areas | KOJIMA LAW OFFICES

International Commercial Transactions

We have extensive experience with various types of transactional contracts, including consignment agreements, distribution agreements, license agreements, joint venture agreements, loan agreements, and collateral agreements.

Artificial Intelligence

The rapid development of AI has surpassed industry expectations, transforming businesses across nearly all sectors. We are deeply engaged in the AI space, collaborating with research pioneers in Japan at the forefront of the technology, corporate innovators, evaluators, companies undergoing digital transformation, policymakers addressing AI's benefits and risks, and international regulatory bodies overseeing its use.

Intellectual Property

IP is fundamental to many of our clients’ corporate existence. We daily support those clients by negotiating and drafting complex manufacturing, creative, and software licensing agreements around the world; registering trademarks and designs; and intelligently defending our client’s IP interests in all their forms.

Dispute Resolution

We prevent damaging conflicts every day with discreet and experienced counsel. When conflicts are unavoidable, you’ll find that our advice has already minimized your risk of losses.
At the negotiating table and in court, your interests are greater than the case in front of you, and so, we not only aim to win, we aim for a landing point beyond the conflict.

Employment & Labor Law

Our firm has extensive experience assisting clients big and small with their labor and employment law needs. Our Labor & Employment Practice Group provides tailored, practical advice with a particular emphasis on helping foreign clients navigate Japan’s pro-labor legal system.

M&A, Joint Ventures, Corporate Tax, and Corporate Alliances

We regularly assist our clients in acquiring Japanese companies and selling Japanese operations. We can handle all types of M&A, including share acquisitions, mergers, business transfers, company splits, and share exchanges. We also offer experienced counsel on forming joint ventures and other forms of corporate alliances with Japanese companies.

Corporate Governance and Strategy

We assist businesses in setting up their operations in Japan, complying with all aspects of Japanese law, enhancing their corporate governance systems and, when necessary, managing crises and scandals. Our clientele ranges from large multinational corporations to small and medium-sized companies.

Special Business Laws and Regulatory Compliance

Companies face a myriad of laws and regulations when doing business in Japan. We provide our clients with advice on complying with laws that apply to specific types of businesses as well as various governmental regulations. We also assist our clients in obtaining licenses necessary to engage in certain businesses in Japan.

International Inheritance, Personal Tax, And Estate Planning

We are among a select group of Japanese law firms offering tailor-made solutions to high-net-worth, non-Japanese individuals in the areas of estate planning and inheritance matters. Our diverse clientele comes from all regions of the world, and includes family business owners, company founders and investors.

Tax Practice

In every single transaction, whether it is domestic or transnational, tax issues always loom in the background. Our tax practice group provides comprehensive tax services for solving those looming tax issues.