When starting a new business relationship with a business partner, you’ll exchange confidential information, right? However, if you haven’t signed a confidentiality agreement in advance regarding that confidential information, it could be used for purposes other than intended or disclosed or leaked to third parties. Furthermore, if confidential information is leaked, it could result in financial losses for the company.

TomOgawa Law Corporation is a California law firm that provides corporate legal services, focusing primarily on Japanese-owned companies and the U.S. expansion of Japan-related businesses. Consultations are available in Japanese. Our firm provides practical legal support tailored to each stage of business development, ranging from contracts, permits and licenses, and cross-border transactions to preparations for going public.

After long struggle with the Attorney Oath in California, I am finally registered as Attorney at Law in California!! I would like to support international transactions, foreign companies entering into Japanese market or the like.

Our alma mater, Temple University Japan Campus Law School (TUJ LAW), has posted my Testimonial on its website. If you are interested in U.S. law schools and U.S. attorney licenses, please take a look at this article.

A former external director of a company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and a California Attorney at Law will prepare your will. It is possible to prepare a will in Japanese only, or a will in Japanese and English. A will prepared in accordance with Japanese law may also be valid in overseas courts, so please contact us if you have overseas assets and would like to prepare a will in accordance with Japanese law.

Leave the preparation of your contracts to our firm! We can handle any kind of contract, including contracts in English.

Residence Status [Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services] Please leave the application to our firm

If you want to get a Certificate of Eligibility (COE) to apply for entry VISA to Japan, please contact us!! Since March 17th, Immigration...

Please leave it to us for visa application (Issuance of Status of Residence, Change of Status of Residence, or extension of period of stay.

The professional who graduated from U.S. Law School and has TOEIC score 950 will support English/Japanese translation of legal documents...