Notices

We have now confirmed that we have been consulted about fraudulent cases in which the name of our firm or our lawyers have been used to deceive.
Please note that our firm is not involved in any such cases at all.

Please note that the following specific cases have occurred.
・The person has fraudulently claimed to be a lawyer or a staff member of our firm and has explained that he/she will refund a part of the damages related to the fraud case, and has asked for a deposit, registration on an app such as Viber, or the sending of personal information such as a driver’s license.
・The person is falsely claiming the names of our firm’s lawyers and a staff and inviting them to come to Singapore or other foreign countries for a visit. And for this purpose, ask them to register for an app, disclose their bank account/transaction history and other personal information.

If you receive any of the above communications, please do not immediately comply and thoroughly check the other party’s identity.
In addition, please consult with your local police or other authorities and inform us at the contact details below.

Bengoshi Houjin One Asia (One Asia Lawyers) Tokyo office
TEL:+81-3-6550-9000

The lawyers in One Asia Lawyers (Tetsuo Kurita, Tomoyoshi Ina, Kazutaka Mori, Hiroyuki Masuda, Yohei Shigihara, Yuki Hashimoto, Koji Umai, Yasuaki Nanba, Kazuki Sano, Masami Oba, Yuto Yabumoto, Kimiyoshi Shimura, Shigeki Yoshida, Ryo Matsutani and Masaki Fujiwara) are selected as a lecturer at the Kobe University of Top Lawyers Program(TLP), “Legal Affairs in Emerging Countries – Comparison of  Legal Affairs in Asia.”

Our lawyers will provide the lecture with our local lawyers in the area of dispute resolution/international arbitration, M&A, PDPA, compliance/anti-bribery, FinTech across the Asian region.

This program is the Ph.D. program for young and mid-career lawyers and is provided by Japan’s leading lawyers and professors in Kobe University Graduate School of Law. This is aimed at systematically training legal professionals for advanced legal practice and for achieving global influence for Japanese law.

Mr. Kurita will be a lecturer at the Kobe University School of Law’s winter program, “International Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Systems around the World”.

This lecture is open and public and anyone can join without charge.
If you are interested, please send email to the following email address and we will send you the Zoom link to join on the day.
seminar@oneasia.legal

Detailed information : https://oneasia.legal/en/wp-content/themes/standard_black_cmspro/img/2d2535005d3be8db91e3005a969370f0.pdf

2021 Autumn Program Kobe University Law School
Dispute Resolution in all over the world
20^th – 21^st November 2021

20^th Saturday November from 14:00-15:30 Japan Time
1 Dispute Resolution System and Arbitration System in Asia and Oceania
Lecturer and Coordinator: One Asia Lawyers Managing Partner: Tetsuo Kurita
Theme (1) Latest update of international arbitration in Asia from ICC International Court of Arbitration
　　　　Mr. Akhil C. Unnam
　　　　Deputy Counsel, ICC International Court of Arbitration
Theme (2) Dispute and arbitration in Australia
　　　　　Mr. Cameron Graf
　　　　　Legal Vision
                https://legalvision.com.au/meet-our-team/cameron-graf/                

20^th Saturday November from 15:40-17:10
2 Dispute Resolution System and Arbitration System in Africa
Lecturer and Coordinator: Survey Consultant for JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Information Collection Survey for Improving the Access to Justice and Establishing Networks in African Countries, Advocate Ms Yuko Haraguchi
Theme (1) Dispute resolution and ICT application in South Africa
                  Mrs. Nicolene Schoeman-Louw
　　　　　Managing Director | M.Inst.D | LPP
　　　　　Attorney, Conveyancer, Notary Public and Mediator
　　　　　Schoeman-Louw Inc.
https://www.schoemanlaw.co.za/about-us/ Ms. Nicolene Schoeman-Louw,
Theme (2) Dispute resolution and ADR in Malawi
                  Mr. Dumisani G. Mlauzi
　　　　　LLM (Merc. Law); LLB (Hons) Mw
　　　　　Managing Consultant, Mlauzi Legal Solutions

21^st  Saturday November from 14:00-15:30
3 Dispute Resolution System and Arbitration System in South America
Lecturer and Coordinator: One Asia Lawyers Managing Partner: Tetsuo Kurita
Theme Dispute and arbitration system in Brazil
            Mr. Felipe Bastos
            Veirano Advogados
https://www.veirano.com.br/profissional/felipe-bastos

21^st  Saturday November from 15:40-17:10
4 Dispute Resolution System and Arbitration System in Middle East
Lecturer and Coordinator: Afridi & Angell Head of Japan Desk (seconded from Nishimura & Asahi), Masao Morishita
Theme (1) Dispute resolution in Turkey
                  Partner Mr. Oktay Sener   
                  Aksan Law Firm
Theme (2) Dispute resolution in Israel
                  Partner Mr. Eylam Weiss
     　　　　Weiss, Porat & Co Law Offices

In May 2021, One Asia Lawyers (Bengoshi Houjin One Asia) established its Fukuoka office with Tomonari Koshiji as its representative attorney.

One Asia’s Fukuoka office (affiliated with the Fukuoka Bar Association) is established for the purpose of handling business legal matters related to the economic activities, both domestic and international, of companies based in Kyushu and other areas of western Japan. In other words, as part of the further strengthening of the international practice areas handled by the firm, the Fukuoka office of One Asia will not only handle cross-border cases in cooperation with each of the Asian offices, but will also collaborate with the Tokyo and Osaka offices to provide high quality “one-stop services” in all areas of business law, both domestic and international. In addition to handling cross-border matters, we will also collaborate with our Tokyo and Osaka offices to provide high-quality “one-stop services” in all areas of domestic and international business law in Kyushu.

The Fukuoka office works closely with our overseas offices, the Tokyo office, and the Osaka office to provide cross-border services, including domestic cases, overseas expansion cases including acquisitions of overseas companies, corporate misconduct cases involving overseas subsidiaries, and overseas dispute cases. Our attorneys have a wealth of experience and a proven track record in providing legal services in a wide range of fields, including dispute resolution, litigation, M&A, corporate, real estate, expansion into Asia, finance, intellectual property, labor law, and IT.

In addition to these outbound projects, we will also respond to inbound projects from Asia, which are expected to increase in the future, to invest in Kyushu and other parts of western Japan.
In addition, the representative partner of the Fukuoka office, Mr. Tomonari Koshiji, has extensive experience and achievements in various fields such as financial transactions, real estate, competition law, intellectual property/IT law, labor law, crisis management, business succession/inheritance, and business start-up support.
In this way, the Fukuoka office is committed to providing the highest level of comprehensive legal services in Japan from Fukuoka, the gateway to Asia, in order to support the further development of companies based in Kyushu and other regions of western Japan.

One Asia Lawyers (Bengoshi Houjin One Asia) Fukuoka Office

Representative Attorney : Tomonari Koshiji Address : Sun Life No.3 Building 6F, 2-5-19, Hakataeki Higashi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City Tel : 092-600-0194 Mail : tomonari.koshiji@oneasia.legal 

＜Notice of Expansion in China/Great Bay Area＞

One Asia Lawyers is pleased to announce the opening of a representative office of OAL International Pte. Ltd. in Shenzhen, China, and the formation of a practice team in the Greater Bay Area. China, with a population of over 1.4 billion, is the world’s most populous country and has become the “world’s largest market” rather than the “world’s factory” as it used to be. It is the only country that has become the “sole winner” in the Corona disaster and is the only country that continues to grow its economy. As a result, the number of investment projects such as M&A and export-related projects to China has been increasing in recent years.

The Greater Bay Area, which includes Hong Kong, Macau, and nine cities in Guangdong Province (Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Dongguan, Huizhou, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Zhuhai, and Zhaoqing), is being developed with the signing of the “Framework Agreement on the Promotion of Greater Bay Area Construction through Deepening Cooperation among Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau, and Guangdong Province” in 2017 by the Chinese government, Hong Kong, Macau, and Guangdong Province. The Greater Bay Area initiative is making progress with the signing of the “Framework Agreement on the Promotion of Greater Bay Area Construction through Deepening Cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau” by the Chinese government, Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong Province in 2017, which will provide deregulation and investment benefits. In addition, as the Greater Bay Area is an extremely important starting point for the One Belt, One Road project, we will use the above representative office as a base to acquire and share the latest regulatory and legal information on the Greater Bay Area and the One Belt, One Road project. In addition, due to the recent problems in Hong Kong, there is a move to consolidate the functions of controlling investment and exports to Greater China in the Greater China Region, and there has been an increase in consultation on investment in Hainan Province, the southernmost province of China, and the Hainan Free Trade Zone. We will continue to gather information on the entire Greater China region, with a focus on the South China area, in cooperation with experts in each jurisdiction.

OAL International Pte. Ltd. has established a representative office in Shenzhen, China and formed a practice team in the Greater China region. Mr. Ina, who has lived in China for a long time and is fluent in Chinese, has been appointed as the practice leader, and will provide information on investment and export to Greater China, including legal perspectives, in cooperation with experts in each jurisdiction.

The book “The Latest Labor Law in Southeast Asia and India” authored by our lawyers has been published on April 22, 2021.

It is designed to give legal, human resources, compliance and other personnel at the headquarters of Japanese companies doing business in Southeast Asia (excluding Brunei) and India access to the labor laws of each country in a comprehensive manner, and includes not only legal theories but also many practical perspectives on what business practices exist in the field and what labor practices need to be addressed.

Detailed information：https://www.biz-book.jp/isbn/978-4-502-37821-8