Legal Fees
Hourly Rate
Our fees for legal services are based on the applicable hourly rates for the attorneys.
Retainer Agreement Fee Schedules
| Category | Monthly Retainer Fee | Standard Working Hours per month | Additional costs per hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Plan | JPY 330,000 （tax excluded JPY 300,000） |
21 hours | JPY 25,300 （tax excluded JPY 23,000） |
| Standard Plan | JPY 110,000 （tax excluded JPY 100,000） |
7 hours | JPY 27,500 （tax excluded JPY 25,000） |
| Simple Plan | JPY 55,000 （tax excluded JPY 50,000） |
3 hours | JPY 31,900 （tax excluded JPY 29,000） |
1.Our Retainer Agreement
Retainer agreement is for the clients who seek our attorney to consult their legal matters as we are retained to them to prevent legal issues in advance and give professional advice for efficient and stable corporate management of the company and for other legal concerns. For litigation cases, our client’s needs to retain us separately from the retainer agreement as needed. In this case, if the client has retainer agreement, we offer discount for the litigation legal service fee.
Not only for each legal consultation, our retainer agreement may be used for business management strategy, business planning, risk management and other business matters as well.
The period of our retainer agreement is one (1) year. The clients can change the plan at the time of renewal.
2.Our Retainer Agreement Plans
- ❶ Business Law Service Plan
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This plan covers legal services widely for the companies. Our client can consider introducing this plan and outsourcing legal issues to us instead of establishing a legal department within their company.
The retainer fee for this plan is ￥330,000 (tax excluded:￥300,000) with 21 hours for legal service per month. We charge ￥25,300 (tax excluded:￥23,000) per hour for the additional hours.
- ❷ Standard Legal Service Plan
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This plan covers general legal services with regard to corporate law for the companies.
The retainer fee for this plan is ￥110,000 (tax excluded:100,000) with 7 hours for legal service per month. We charge ￥27,500 (tax excluded:￥25,000) per hour for the additional hours.
- ❸ Simple Legal Service Plan
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This plan is convenient and affordable for companies where need legal consultation and/or minimum legal services for financial budget purpose to deal with legal issues of the company.
The retainer fee for this plain is ￥55,000 (tax excluded:50,000) with 3 hours for legal services per month. We charge ￥31,900 (tax excluded:￥29,000) per hour for the additional hour.
3.Customize Plan
Other than plans above, you can customize your own legal service plan that suits your company’s situation. For instance, if “you wish our attorney(s) to handle legal issues by being stationed, permanently or by the time, at your company” or “you wish to appoint our attorney as an outside director at your company and give professional advice on the general corporate management”, you can customize a plan to solve your legal matters. Please contact us for more details.
Company Incorporation Procedures in Japan
If you are interested in incorporating a company in Japan, we can help you with all necessary procedures. Fees will vary depending on the capital amount, purpose of the company, and other factors, so please contact us for an estimate. We will assess the applicable fees case by case.
