Profile and Expertise

Koji Umai spent more than 7 years working at a law firm in Japan where he was involved in various corporate affairs. He also had previous experiences handling international matters in civil affairs, real-estate, insolvency, and criminal cases.

In 2018, he continued his study at the Singapore Management University, where he obtained his Master’s Degree in Law (LL.M) with specialization in Cross-Border Business and Finance Law in Asia. After finishing the study, he spent sometime at a major law firm in Singapore and finally join OneAsia Lawyers.

He is currently involved in advising a company expansion strategy based on the latest revisions of regulations and laws, legal follow-up, contracting, labor, legal affairs, various compliances and responding to conflicts after entry into South East Asian jurisdictions especially Indonesian market.

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• 【Litigation】
  ・Represented a decorating company to manage a lawsuit for claiming S$200,000 on a fictitious contractual price between original contractor and subcontractor
  ・Represented a domestic company claiming for criminal of embezzlement and filed both civil and criminal charges against other party at fault
  ・Represented a employee claiming accrued wage against a domestic company
  ・Other matters including real estate related lawsuits, traffic accident lawsuits, bankruptcy proceedings, criminal trials, and inheritance related lawsuits, etc.
  
  【M&A】
  ・ Facilitating the acquisition of Singaporean educational institution by a Japanese company in Singapore
  ・ Provided an European restaurant with legal consultation on its a business transfer agreement and outsourcing agreement over the contract
  
  【Other corporate cases】
  ・Examined the scheme of selling the equipment manufactured in China by Singaporean company in Japan and investigated and reported the regulations in Japan
  ・Researched and reported on the application procedures necessary for the Japanese company to have its employees receive training program at the Singapore branch.
  ・Examined and translated the legal opinion on the attribution of the beneficial and ultimate ownership of a bank account in the name of corporate representative in Singapore
  
  【Insolvency】
  ・ Filed for personal bankruptcy and contacted an investing company which deals with bitcoin in Belize, a country in Central America and assured that the client cancels his contract and withdrew a set amount of his investment, and reported to the Court
  
  【International Family Law】
  ・ Provided legal advices on making a will for client who has assets in both Japan and England
  ・ Drafted a Will by Notarized Document in English
  ・ Conducted a research on the procedure of the Letter of Administration and the Grant of Probate in Singapore and reported how Japanese heirs inherit the property of the decedent who lived in Singapore
  ・ Carried out a survey and reported on an international jurisdiction when a couple between foreigners in Singapore divorces
  

• 2024/03/13Venture Capital Firms (PMV) in Indonesia: Amendment of FSA Regulations (FSA Regulations 25/2023)

  2024/03/13SEMA 3/2023: Interpretation on the Validity of a Contract Executed Without an Indonesian Language Version

  2024/01/17Government Regulation No. 36/2021 on Wages (Minimum Wages) / Amended by Government Regulation No. 51/2023

  2023/10/13Indonesia’s Personal Data Protection Law: Prepare for the coming Implementation Regulation (1)

  2023/08/17Stamp Duty on Electronic Contracts in Indonesia

  2023/07/18The Constitutional Court ruled that the Authority over the Tax Court shall be transferred from the Ministry of Finance to the Supreme Court

  2023/06/12New Merger Filing Rule in Indonesia

  2023/03/14Perppu 2/2022, A Few More Steps to Become the Law/Undang-Undang

  2023/02/17The New Criminal Code/Kitab Undang-undang Hukum Pidana (“KUHP”) Passed