JP

Ohashi & Horn LLP provided advice and legal work on the company structure, capital relationships with existing subsidiaries, and organizational structure of a new U.S. subsidiary of a major Japanese general publishing company, helping to complete the establishment of the subsidiary and its new structure.

Ohashi & Horn LLP handled and successfully completed a series of legal procedures related to workforce reductions associated with the restructuring of a US subsidiary of a leading Japanese pharmaceutical company listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Ohashi & Horn LLP handled and executed a series of legal procedures relating to the sale of a US subsidiary of a leading Japanese pharmaceutical company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market, to a subsidiary of an Asian company.

Ohashi & Horn LLP Partner Hiromasa Ohashi was invited to present on business negotiation at a seminar in New York City hosted by a Japanese company, frequently lauded as the industry leader in supplying gas and energy services globally and whose stock is listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and attended by an audience of acclaimed executives from various parts of Japan.

Ohashi & Horn LLP secured a total victory for a Japanese company in a dispute involving the breach of a joint venture agreement related to a project in Guam. The dispute was litigated before an arbitrator and included multiple depositions of Japanese witnesses in Japanese and simultaneously translated into English, extensive litigation regarding discovery issues and the discovery obligations of a Japanese parent company that was not a party to the arbitration and thousands of pages of Japanese documents. A final in-person hearing was held before the arbitrator and witness testimony was taken from Japanese witnesses in Japanese and simultaneously translated into English. The arbitrator issued an award in favor of Ohashi & Horn LLP’s client for the full amount of monetary damages requested, as well as attorneys’ fees and interest.

Ohashi & Horn LLP served as legal counsel to our client, a U.S. subsidiary of a Japanese energy company, whose stock is listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, in connection with its acquisition of an industrial gas manufacturer and distributor in Montana. Ohashi & Horn LLP counseled the client in the overall process, from drafting and negotiating the purchase agreement until closing of the transaction.