Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo

Labour and Employment

Our experience includes advising:

• various multinational companies on large scale redundancies;
• on employment related matters in connection with a joint venture between a multinational investment bank and a Japanese financial institution;
• a major Japanese bank on various employment related issues and litigations including sexual harassment and reinstatement claims by former officers and employees;
• a major UK retail company on various employment issues including advising on their plans for restructuring;
• a major US financial information services firm on various employment issues including termination of poor performers, plans for restructuring and representing the firm in various employment related litigations;
• a major US manufacturing firm on its disputes with a trade union relating to the closure of its plant in Japan;
• a global technology company in court to win a dismissal case; and
• a major global financial institution on various litigations, including successful litigations relating to overtime work and various reinstatement claims by former employees.

Dispute Resolution and Investigations

Our experience includes:

• representing a major investment fund on an epoch making litigation in Japan, successfully obtaining an injunction to prevent the issue of moving strike warrants for the purpose of diluting shareholding;
• conducting internal investigations and successfully representing a major multinational firm in large commercial litigations relating to a series of fraudulent transactions;
• representing a global investment bank in litigations concerning disputes over large derivatives transactions;
• representing a global news agency in various litigations involving issues such as the freedom of the press, privacy, defamation and the right to be forgotten;
• representing a foreign government in various litigations concerning various rights held by the government over real estate in Japan;
• representing an international investment management firm in court to successfully recover investment management fees;
• representing a global firm in a high profile litigation relating to the Fukushima nuclear accident;
• conducting internal investigations and dealing with the Japanese regulators in relation to a large scale expense abuse matter;
• conducting internal investigations and advising on strategies for a global investment bank which was the victim of a series of fraudulent transactions;
• conducting internal investigations and advising on strategies for various multinational companies in relation to executive and employee misconduct; and
• conducting internal investigations and dealing with the financial regulators on behalf of various international financial institutions.

Corporate

Our experience includes advising:

• On merger between listed corporations
• A Japanese listed company in relation to its acquisition of a foreign listed company
• Private equity funds with respect to investment in public and private Japanese companies
• Foreign funds to acquire shares of Japanese listed companies
• US insurance companies to sell all shares of its Japanese life insurance subsidiary
• Japanese venture companies to issue preferred shares to various investors
• On business sales between global medical devices manufacturers
• Japanese listed companies with respect to strengthen their governance and compliance system
• Other overall Corporate Law and Commercial Code issues.