Representative Experience

1. We represented a Japanese company in its international dispute with its U.K. sales distributor, which centered on the validity of the agency agreement, initiated a JCAA arbitration, and obtained an arbitral decision in favor of the Japanese company, preventing a potential liability exceeding 100 billion yen.
2. We represented four defendant companies in a case in which a local government was alleging defects in a garbage incinerator and claiming damages, eventually leading to a highly favorable settlement.
3. We represented the defendant auto manufacturer in an air pollution lawsuit, in which an asthma patient claimed for damages against the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the auto manufacturer, alleging physical harm from the exhaust gas of vehicles.
4. We represented a listed company in a case in which an activist fund was demanding the company to purchase back its own shares, and we successfully defeated the demand by formulating a strategy for negotiating with the activist fund.
5. We represented the winning bidder of a government contract in a case in which a third party had filed a complaint for re-examination of the bid process, and we assisted the winning bidder in reaching a favorable result. In addition, we have experience in devising strategies for negotiating with local governments in connection with contract bidding processes.
6. We represented the defendant financial advisor company and achieved victory in a case in which subscribers of the shares underwritten by the company brought a claim for damages from the delisting, due to misrepresentations in the securities reports, of those shares, alleging the company’s breach of fiduciary duty.
7. We represented the founding family of a listed company in its management rights dispute against the incumbent management and assisted in formulating and executing an opposition strategy.
8. We represented the defendant non-listed company in a case of dispute for management rights among the founding family, in which a director who was dismissed by shareholder resolution brought a petition seeking to annul the resolution, and we achieved victory at the trial. In addition, after the trial, we supervised the operation of subsequent shareholder meetings to avoid the risk of a similar litigation.
9. We represented the defendant company and achieved victory in a case involving corporate control dispute among founding family members, in which the plaintiff anti-president family member shareholders sought an injunction on the issuance of new shares.
10. We represented the defendant in the High Court and the Supreme Court on a case that sought reduction of an heir’s distributive share, which involved examining the constitutionality of the Civil Code provision that established the inheritance share of an illegitimate child as half of a legitimate child.
    
    Other than the above, we also have diverse litigation and dispute resolution experience, both domestic and abroad, in multiple areas, including disputes arising out of the matters indicated in.