Chuo Sogo LPC

The firm: Chuo Sogo LPC (ex-Chuo Sogo Law Office, P.C.) is a Japanese general practice law firm founded in 1968 by then solo practitioner Mr Tsugujiro Nakatsukasa. It has offices in Osaka, where it was founded, as well as in Tokyo and Kyoto. With around 70 lawyers, Chuo Sogo delivers a comprehensive range of litigation and corporate services to both international and domestic clients, leveraging integrated expertise and many years of experience in an efficient and tailored manner. The firm’s lawyers are leaders in their respective fields of practice, frequently lecturing in professional seminars, and publishing numerous books and articles on complex and leading-edge legal issues.

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Areas of practice: Chuo Sogo's practice evenly spans transactional work and litigation/dispute resolution, with its litigators appearing almost daily in courts throughout  Japan. The substantive legal areas of the firm's expertise encompass corporate and commercial law (antitrust, compliance and risk management, corporate governance and matters concerning shareholders meetings, employment law, incorporation and commercial registration, international trade and international transactions, real estate, unfair competition prevention law, data privacy law, anti-bribery and anti-corruption), Mergers and Acquisitions, banking and finance (bank transactions, security transactions, cross-border financial transactions, derivatives transactions, debt collections and execution, litigation arising from financial transactions, FinTech), insurance and reinsurance law, intellectual property law (patent rights, model utility rights, design rights, trade mark rights, copyrights, protection of know-how and trade secrets, IT-related contracts, IP litigation), and insolvency and restructuring (bankruptcy, civil rehabilitation, corporate reorganisation, special conciliation, special liquidation, corporate arrangement, establishment of reorganisation plans, negotiations with financers and sponsors).

International work: Chuo Sogo’s practice is well-balanced between domestic and international clients. About half of what it does is working for overseas entities and individuals or working on international transactions. By way of example, it regularly facilitates entry to Japan for multiple businesses, establishing their presence in Japan, obtaining regulatory authorisations and servicing their ongoing operations. As an active member of the major global networks of legal professionals such as Globalaw and TAGLaw, it is engaged on matters involving their respective other member firms’ clients virtually on a daily basis.

Financial Services Agency (FSA) experience: beginning in 2005 and continuing on a yearly basis, Chuo Sogo has been loaning its attorneys to work at the FSA. This unique experience has given the firm insights into and better understanding of the workings of this complex governmental agency.

Representative industries: Chuo Sogo serves domestic and overseas clients in numerous industries, such as financial and securities markets, insurance and reinsurance, banking, leasing, real estate, manufacturing, healthcare, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, life sciences, film and television, casino and gaming industry, transportation, logistics, education, energy, chemical, hotel, technology, ICT, software and automotive industries.