Centennial Law Office offers a wide range of services primarily focused on corporate legal affairs, tailored to meet the specific needs of our clients.
We are also flexible in handling matters not listed here and are committed to finding effective solutions to your challenges.
We offer comprehensive legal support for international transactions and cross-border inheritance matters, providing direct communication in English and Mandarin (including Taiwanese). Our services encompass contract reviewing and drafting, negotiation, and translation, ensuring accuracy and cultural sensitivity. Our legal advice is tailored to the specific laws and regulatory frameworks pertinent to each client’s business, with particular expertise in sectors such as real estate, insurance, and healthcare. We collaborate closely with local legal teams across various jurisdictions to form integrated units, facilitating the direct and efficient resolution of disputes and litigation. We are committed to ensuring that our clients’ intentions—especially those outside of Japanese perspectives, mindsets, and cultural backgrounds difficult to understand from the Japanese culture—are accurately reflected throughout the legal process and in the final outcomes in the Japanese transactions and procedures.
Human resources and labor issues are unavoidable concerns across all industries. Employment contract disputes can arise in various situations, such as rescinded job offers, refusal of permanent employment following probation, expiration of fixed-term contracts, dismissal, and voluntary resignation after mental health leave. These issues can result in significant challenges for employers. We provide comprehensive support to employers prior to employment termination, ensuring that processes are proper, adequate, legitimate and capable of withstanding legal disputes. Our services cover a wide range of employment matters, including disciplinary actions, transfer orders, harassment claims, and overtime wage disputes. Facing these issues, we proactively and with unwavering commitment offer strategic advice to minimize the risk of labor conflicts. Our members also have extensive experience representing employers in collective bargaining negotiations, as well as drafting and revising workplace regulations or rules of employment tailored to the unique needs of each client.
We are well-versed in handling a wide range of legal issues between Japan and Taiwan. Our services encompass transactional matters, contract negotiation, drafting and review, regulatory compliance, intellectual property protection, debt recovery, and inheritance-related cases. In addition, we are actively involved in handling complex cases not only in Taiwan, but also in China, Hong Kong, and other jurisdictions where proficiency in both Chinese and English is essential.
We actively handle a wide range of legal issues related to real estate transactions and leasing, including eviction claims based on unpaid rent, unauthorized subletting, termination or refusal of lease renewal that requires “justifiable grounds”, and, rent increase or decrease claims and disputes. We also handle issues above related to brokerage activities. In resolving these matters, we collaborate closely with real estate appraisers, certified architects, agents, tax professionals, and other relevant experts. Additionally, we have experience managing real estate matters for international clients.
We provide daily legal advice and guidance on a wide range of issues that clients may encounter as they expand their business activities. Our services include researching and analyzing relevant laws and case precedents, preparing and drafting various legal documents, and conducting negotiations on behalf of our clients. Additionally, we perform thorough legal reviews of contracts especially focusing on “preventing” disputes from occurring and “minimizing” potential losses. Through regular consultations, we aim to offer long-term perspectives and provide tailored options that align with each client’s unique needs and objectives.
Drawing on our extensive experience representing medical institutions, we handle cases ranging from complex medical malpractice and customer harassment to disputes between patients and claims for unpaid medical fees. In malpractice cases, securing qualified expert witnesses is essential to resolving disputes. We facilitate the identification and coordination of appropriate experts throughout the process. Beyond medical malpractice, we also have significant experience handling incidents in long-term care facilities, including falls, wandering, choking accidents, and, other possible causes.
We provide strategic legal guidance on structuring optimal frameworks for corporate restructuring, including mergers and acquisitions. Our services encompass drafting and reviewing a variety of agreements—such as shareholder agreements, stock transfer contracts, and, other related documents—in close collaboration with certified public accountants. Working alongside our partner accounting firms, we aim to develop comprehensive frameworks that integrate tax considerations, ensuring that each transaction is both legally sound and fiscally efficient.
In today’s digital age, where anyone can instantly share information via social media and the internet, online defamation has become a pressing social concern. False or misleading posts can pose serious reputational risks to individuals and businesses alike. In business contexts, such posts can have particularly damaging consequences. To pursue defamation claims or seek damages, identifying the individual who posted the content is a critical and time-sensitive step due to a limited period of data retention by service providers. We act promptly—through negotiations, provisional injunctions, and litigation as necessary—to ensure swift resolution and recovery of damages.
We conduct internal investigations in response to legal issues or corporate misconduct. Our members serve as independent third-party committees, ensuring objective fact-finding and assessment. Additionally, we act as an external whistleblower contact point, accurately identifying and organizing issues and reporting them through appropriate channels. By maintaining independence from the organization, we provide objective insights and support sound decision-making.
We offer comprehensive legal support for a wide range of inheritance matters, including disputes involving wills—such as claims for invalidation or demanding statutory shares under unique Japanese law—as well as the division of estates through negotiation, mediation, or court proceedings when no will exists “intestate”. In collaboration with our partner tax professionals, we assist with inheritance tax filings, amended returns, and refund claims following asset division. We carefully consider tax implications to help ensure the most appropriate allocation of inherited assets. In cases involving inheritance division, we explore measures such as partial or provisional division to help secure necessary funds for tax payments. When estates include a diverse range of assets, we work closely with real estate appraisers and tax professionals to ensure accurate valuation and fair resolution. We also assist in the preparation of wills, including notarial wills, to ensure that assets are transferred according to your wishes and that your intentions are clearly and properly reflected.
We offer end-to-end legal support for startups and venture companies, guiding them from formation through IPO and beyond. Our services include:
We provide comprehensive legal services across various areas essential to each stage of a company’s growth. Our commitment is to offer mid- to long-term support, aiming to alleviate the burdens associated with the numerous decisions and tasks our clients face.
We handle both personal injury and property damage claims resulting from traffic accidents with efficiency and a focus on achieving the best outcome for our clients. In personal injury cases, we provide informed advice based on medical knowledge, particularly in determining permanent disability ratings—a critical factor in compensation calculations. When needed, we accompany clients to meetings with their treating physicians to support effective communication and evaluation with legal accuracy in mind. While prioritizing our clients’ health and recovery, we are fully committed to maximizing their compensation for damages caused by traffic accidents.
We provide comprehensive support for business succession across a variety of contexts, including family-based transitions involving inheritance, succession by executives or employees, and succession through mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Collaborating closely with our partner accounting firms, we offer tailored advice and services to structure effective succession plans that carefully consider both legal and tax implications. Recognizing that business succession is crucial for the long-term sustainability of any enterprise and an issue that must inevitably be addressed, we aim and strive to build enduring relationships with our clients by providing long-term, closely involved legal support throughout the entire transition process.
In divorce proceedings, it is essential to promptly and appropriately address issues such as spousal support, compensation for emotional distress, and division of marital property. When children are involved, matters such as child support, custody, and visitation rights must also be carefully considered. We begin by thoroughly assessing the marital history and living circumstances of both our clients and the opposing party. Working with various specialists, we evaluate the nature and value of the assets and strive to find the most suitable path toward resolution. Our aim is to protect and maximize our clients’ interests while providing consistent support throughout the process, helping to ensure a stable and fulfilling post-divorce life.