Practice Areas

WILG and its Japanese affiliates have a proven track record of successfully representing American and other non-Japanese clients with a wide range of business-related legal matters in Japan, including:

  • Establishment and operations of Japanese subsidiaries, branches and representative offices
  • Joint ventures
  • Commercial transactions and related agreements in the areas of:
      • Distribution
      • Licensing
      • Service
      • Sales
      • Marketing
      • Manufacturing
      • Logistics
      • Supply
      • Partnership
      • Investment
      • Non-compete, Non-disclosure
  • Intellectual property protection.
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Corporate reorganizations
  • Financings
  • Real estate
  • International trade
  • Employment and labor relationship
  • Transferring of U.S. employees
  • Tax
  • Regulatory compliance under Japanese rules and regulations
  • General corporate counseling on the legal requirements of entering into transactions in Japan
  • Litigation, negotiation and arbitration of business claims and disputes
  • Enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards