Japan

Eversheds' Japan business group 

Our Japan business group has a network of members across our offices including Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. We are a brand name respected across the world with the strength of resources to tackle any project. In addition, we work closely with quality law firms in Japan to ensure you have people on the ground in Japan should you need them.

This means you can access a full spectrum of legal services, which can be delivered in the part of the world where you do business. You will be dealing with people who talk the local language, understand the local culture, and who have real experience of working and doing business with Japanese people and Japanese companies.

Supported by lawyers across Eversheds, we represent Japanese companies investing outside Japan and Western companies investing in or trading with Japanese organisations across a wide range of sectors, including manufacturing, chemicals, media, education, energy (including, oil and gas, renewable and nuclear), financial services and retail franchising.

Our experience of fully servicing Western clients based in Japan and Japanese clients makes us even better informed when providing advice to all our clients. We have worked on the ground and understand the issues and opportunities you may well face in your own enterprises.

Our areas of expertise include:

• anti-trust
• banking
• construction
• corporate finance
• dispute management
• employment
• energy
• environmental regulation
• establishment of foreign-invested entities and offshore and onshore structuring
• flotations
• intellectual property rights and technology transfer
• international trade
• mediation and arbitration
• mergers and acquisitions
• private equity
• project finance
• restructuring and liquidations
• structuring market entry strategies
• venture capital.