Our services

SPARKLE LEGAL supports business activities through a full spectrum of services, including advice on various commercial contracts, internal regulations, management of shareholders’ meetings, corporate governance, regulatory compliance and risk management. We offer practical and business-focused solutions to Japanese and multi-national companies across sectors. In particular, we have extensive experience in shareholders’ meetings from prior arrangements to hostile takeover defense and shareholder activism defense such as proxy fights.

Leveraging our extensive international experience, SPARKLE LEGAL supports global clients throughout their merger and acquisition process by representing and advising them on deal structuring, legal due diligence, transactional agreements, closing procedures, and key regulatory matters including FEFTA filings. Through a dedicated lean team of experienced attorneys, we work flexibly with foreign co-counsel, collaborating with local tax advisors and accountants as necessary. Our legal due diligence is not only tailored to the clients’ required timeline, but also focused and risk-oriented, followed by proactive proposals of solutions to mitigate identified risks. By incorporating key findings directly into transactional agreements, our clients are able to efficiently minimize their buyer-side risks and safeguard their strategic interests.

SPARKLE LEGAL has extensive experience across diverse areas of business dispute resolutions including corporate disputes (e.g. corporate governance disputes, shareholder derivative suits, revocation of shareholders’ resolutions etc.), a wide variety of commercial disputes (e.g. breach of contract, real-estate disputes, tortious claims or consumer claims), and employment disputes. We partner with our clients to devise a prompt and cost-effective strategy that delivers the best results. We also represent clients in cross-border disputes, leveraging our expertise in international litigation and arbitration.

SPARKLE LEGAL provides comprehensive legal services to startup companies, supporting them through challenges and growth at each stage. Our practice covers a full spectrum of critical matters, including advice on: company structure upon incorporation; legal feasibility assessments of cutting-edge business models; regulatory clearance; intellectual property protection; investment agreements and shareholders’ agreements to reconcile interests among founders and shareholders; business alliances with their strategic partners; and exits through M&A or IPO.

We provides practical, hands-on support at every stage—from establishing compliance frameworks during normal operations to conducting investigations upon the first signs of a scandal, liaising with regulatory authorities, making public disclosures, and resolving any resulting disputes.

When multinational companies expand into Japan, careful attention must be paid to the country’s employment laws that are favorable to workers. We deliver support for employers, including designing compliant HR systems to mitigate overtime wage risks and drafting tailored work rules that align with Japanese labor regulations. In times of corporate restructuring or market exits, our guidance extends to employee terminations, including representation in negotiations, labor tribunals and litigation.

As part of the global trend toward decarbonization and achieving carbon neutrality, the importance of renewable energy sources—such as solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, and biomass—is greater than ever. SPARKLE LEGAL offers comprehensive legal services to support the advancement of renewable energy projects for businesses, investors, contractors, and financial institutions.

In an era of financial globalization and deregulation, diverse funding methods and sophisticated financial products continue to emerge alongside evolving regulations. Amid accelerating financial innovation, structuring complex financing schemes requires high-level legal expertise. We support our clients through the complexities of domestic and international financial transactions and regulations, leveraging our solid expertise and extensive experience.

Legal issues surrounding sports have become increasingly diverse and complex, ranging from enhancing governance within sports organizations to protecting athletes' rights. SPARKLE LEGAL provides a comprehensive range of legal services in the sports sector, including advising on governance of sports organizations, supporting negotiations with sponsors and key stakeholders, protecting publicity rights and handling dispute resolution.

Issues in competition law span a broad spectrum of scenarios—ranging from day-to-day matters such as setting transaction terms and assessing joint ventures, to responding to regulatory authorities upon discovery of a cartel, and handling shareholder derivative claims against executives following administrative fines. Based on an analysis grounded in theoretical discussions of competition law, we provide practical, real-world advice.

With a focus on the practical realities of the healthcare industry and the operations of regulatory authorities, we provide comprehensive support in the healthcare sector, ranging from day-to-day regulatory advice to transaction agreements, compliance matters, product liability of medical devices, disputes, and M&A. Our clients include medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, other healthcare industry players and medical corporations.

With the advancement of digitalization and globalization, navigating the tension between complex regulatory compliance and strategic data utilization is a vital challenge for modern businesses. We provide legal solutions across the data lifecycle: advising on new data projects to mitigate privacy risks; drafting terms of use and privacy policies for the launch of online services; advising on data subject inquiries; and managing incident responses.

We advise companies facing financial difficulty across the full range of restructuring and insolvency procedures. For viable businesses, we handle out-of-court workouts—from bilateral negotiations with lenders to facilitated procedures such as specific conciliation as well as court-supervised rehabilitation, and the transfer of operations to a sponsor through a business transfer or corporate split. We also assist with bankruptcy and special liquidation proceedings, including the resolution of guarantee obligations owed by owner-managers.

・Personal Information Protection Act / Privacy ・Business Rehabilitation / Bankruptcy ・Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Act / Healthcare ・White-collar Crime