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  • AGREEMENTS

    also see trusts & estates, real estate, finance

    investigation, drafting,

    negotiation & dispute settlement

    • nuclear

    • construction

    • jet propulsion

    • selling, licensing, sharing know-how with East and South Asian partners in Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and China

    • tie-up between South African company & Japan partners

    • franchising

  • COMMERCIAL, CORPORATE, finance

    also see private clients, M&A, startups, insurance

    • corporate administration

    • investments

    • cross-border share transactions

    • stock issuance

    • IPO documentation

    • localisation

    • bankruptcy & dissolution

    • public relations

    • international & domestic expansion

    • liaising with foreign & domestic counsel

    • interpretation & translation

    • NPO transnational expansion, grants, regulations

  • STARTUPS

    partnerships

    strategy
    marketing
    financing
    products
    IPOs

  • INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

    transactional

    • enforcement of copyright & trademark holder’s rights against infringers

    • cataloguing intellectual property

    • strategy, contracts, and negotiation for launch of Japan presence

    Litigation

    • patent infringement discovery

    • international CAD and 3D modelling software infringement

  • real estate

    Europe, Americas & Asia
    domestic & foreign

    also see trusts & estates

    leases​

    purchases

    loans

    translation & interpretation

    logistics

    eminent domain​

  • LITIGATION

    M&A

    also see private clients

    • divestiture

    • acquisition

    • due diligence

    CIVIL

    also see torts, families, M&A, IP, insurance, criminal, trusts & estates

    • liaising with foreign & domestic counsel

    • eminent domain

    Criminal

    Europe, Americas & Asia

    foreign & domestic clients

    • drugs

    • petty theft

    • white collar

    • manslaughter

    INSURANCE

    • AXA Switzerland & AXA France: settlement of claims for defective machinery & personal injury

    • Wilson v. New York Life Ins. Co.: evaluated and adjudged fraud claims according to judicial instructions

    TRUSTS & ESTATES

    • complex, cross border, multi-jurisdictional

    • encumbered estate bequest​s

    TORTS

    • Lawrence O'Connor, et. al., vs. Boeing North American, Inc., et. al.: environmental discovery

    • death & dismemberment: Japanese  v. American in foreign jurisdiction

    • personal injury: foreign Japan resident plaintiff in administrative procedure

  • PRIVATE CLIENT

    Cayman Islands, Isle of Man & Hong Kong

    tax avoidance

    investments

    logistics

    transitioning between 1st and 2nd generation owners

    research, investigate, liaise & advise

  • FAMILIES

    Europe, Americas & Asia

    government officials & high net worth clients

    foreign & domestic

    litigation & negotiation

    also see trusts & estates, real estate

    DIVORCE

    CHILD CUSTODY

    INHERITANCE​

    COMPLEX, cross border, MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL

     

  • ETHICS

    Europe, Americas & Asia

    public officials & high net worth clients

    litigation & negotiation

    also see Civil Rights

    Not Exactly Practicing Law CLE

    what your Japan licensed legal practitioner did not tell you about your lack of representation

  • civil rights & public service

    Europe, Americas & Asia

    If you want something done, and you will bail me out, I'm in.

    animal welfare
    HIV outreach in the Deep South

    alternative transportation

    same gender sexual harassment