1)
Consultation on corporate management (compliance, risk management, operation
of General Meetings of Shareholders)
If a company violates the rules of society, such company may be socially
punished and incur unexpected losses. On the other hand, if a company is too
nervous
about
complying with rules, a decline in the morale of its employees as well as
increased costs may result. To balance these two aspects is a central challenge
in compliance
and risk management.
To deal with these problems, it is necessary to understand the situation
of individual companies and develop responses on a case-by-case basis.
Hijikata Law & Accounting Office provides appropriate
consultation for compliance and risk management issues utilizing our decades
of experience in corporate legal affairs.
We also offer consultation regarding General Meetings of Shareholders.
2) Consultation on corporate restructuring
Due to recent economic conditions, many companies are obliged to undergo
restructuring. In Japan, there are various restrictions for companies regarding
dismissal of employees. Implementation of restructuring measures that
deviate from rules established under the
Labor Law will needlessly cause labor disputes and incur unnecessary losses
to companies.
Hijikata Law & Accounting Office offers consultation
on efficient and legal restructuring measures.
3) Outsourcing of corporate legal functions
Nurturing legal staff within a company is both costly and time consuming, and
possibly inefficient. Furthermore, internal legal staff
are often influenced by values held by the company and may not
provide as an objective
judgment as
an independent third party. For this reason, some companies are outsourcing
legal functions to an external law firm. It may be wise to outsource quality
legal services to a law firm that can provide an independent opinion at the
time when such services are required.
Hijikata Law & Accounting Office actively engages
in such outsourcing of corporate legal functions.
4) Consultation on corporate reorganization
Due to growing demands for improving efficiency and speed in corporate
management and operations, companies have recently increased their usage of
corporate reorganization procedures such as spin-offs, mergers and business
transfers. However, many companies are not experienced in reorganization and
find it difficult to handle the necessary procedures therefore.
Hijikata Law & Accounting Office closely works with
companies and offers consultation on detailed points of corporate reorganization
procedures.
5) Corporate rehabilitation / bankruptcy proceedings
When a company starts experiencing cash flow problems, it should first
develop a voluntary rehabilitation plan that includes cost reduction, changes
to debt repayment conditions, restructuring, and the discontinuation of loss-making
businesses.
Hijikata Law & Accounting Office offers consultation
on rehabilitation plans from both legal and accounting / financial aspects.
If a rehabilitation plan fails to achieve the expected results, the next stage
will be legal rehabilitation proceedings (application for civil rehabilitation
proceedings)
and legal liquidation proceedings (dissolution and liquidation proceedings or
bankruptcy proceedings).
We offer consultation on corporate rehabilitation while it is not too
late for companies to revitalize their operations with a view to eventual legal
proceedings.
6) Establishment of Japanese subsidiaries on behalf of foreign companies;
implementation of procedures for obtaining resident status for employees of
foreign companies who are transferred to Japan
With economic globalization, foreign companies have started
establishing subsidiaries or branches in Japan. Numerous cases also occur
where foreign companies invest in and manage Japanese companies and are required
to undertake procedures for obtaining resident status for their employees who
are transferred to such Japanese companies.
To establish Japanese subsidiaries or branches, foreign companies must go through
cumbersome procedures requiring a high level of communication skills.
It is also necessary to submit a number of documents to the immigration office
in order to obtain resident status for employees who are transferred to a Japanese
office of foreign companies or to a Japanese company that their employer is
managing and investing in.
Hijikata Law & Accounting Office provides consultation
for foreign companies on these issues and implements all necessary procedures
on their behalf.
7) General legal consultation
Hijikata Law & Accounting Office offers a wide range
of general and daily legal consultation on issues as diverse as claims collection,
inheritance disputes, and real estate disposition.
We offer prompt and appropriate solutions to such legal issues of individual
clients based on our decades of experience.
8) Taxation and accounting
Hijikata Law & Accounting Office provides our corporate
clients with consultation on tax-reduction measures and accounting treatment.
We also prepare tax returns related to income tax, corporate income tax,
consumption tax
as well as inheritance tax.
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