Tatsuhiko Kinoshita wrote an article titled “Establishing a Harassment Counseling Desk and Carrying Out Hearings with Harassment Victims” which appeared in the “Business Guide, October 2021” magazine published by Nihon Horei.
Furthermore, Tatsuhiko Kinoshita will hold an online seminar titled “Procedure for Establishing a Harassment Counseling Desk and Points for Managers on How to Respond in view of Specific Cases” on October 6, 2021. If you are interested in this seminar, please apply through Nihon Horei’s website below.
https://www.horei.co.jp/iec/seminars/view/522.html

Kanade Ishii (Attorney-at-law) joined our firm.

Our firm is selected as an advisory partner by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism under the PPP collaboration agreement 2021. (* PPP stands for Public- Private-Partnership.)
The press release by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism: https://www.mlit.go.jp/report/press/sogo21_hh_000155.html

Please contact Ryoji Sakashita or Yasuyuki Suzuki for any legal matters about PPP / PFI project.

Tatsuhiko Kinoshita wrote an article titled “To what extent are confidentiality clauses in labor dispute settlement agreements binding? ” which appeared in the magazine “Business Guide, April 2021” published by Nihon Horei.

Kirin Iwata (Attorney-at-law) joined our firm.

On November, 2020, Koki Tada was appointed as a committee member of the third-party committee for the public tender offer of Airex Co., Ltd.
Koki Tada: https://www.halaw.jp/koki-tada/

On November 20th, 2020, we become a member firm of the International Commercial Law Alliance.

December 14th, 2020
On December 14th, 2020, Yasuyuki Suzuki took a role as a lecturer in the workshop about trust at the Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants, in collaboration with a certified public accountant.
In the workshop, the lectures explained legal and tax system of trust at first, introduced schemes of trust which are useful as tactics for business succession and explained points to note when actually adopting them in practice.
Yasuyuki Suzuki: https://www.halaw.jp/yasuyuki-suzuki/

November 10th, 2020
Koki Tada acted a speaker with foreign attorneys at the online-seminar titled “To act or not to act, that is the question: should states ever protect insolvent companies or intervene in insolvency proceedings?“ which was organized by AIJA（International Association of Young Lawyers）.
Koki Tada: https://www.halaw.jp/koki-tada/

On October 5th, 2020, comments by Yasuyuki Suzuki and Zhou Jiaping were quoted in the article of Nikkei newspaper which is titled “Points to note in retreat from China business“. This article explains methods and points to note for a Japanese company which thinks of retreating from its businesses in China.
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO64472440R01C20A0000000/