LEGAL OUTSOURCING
Before hiring in-house legal staff, consider an external team of professionals. We support your legal department functions from the outside, covering everything from contract management to compliance framework development.
PAIN POINTS
These are common challenges faced by companies that need to build out their legal function.
Contract management is fragmented, employment rules are outdated, and data privacy compliance remains unaddressed. You can consult on issues, but there is no one to build a systematic legal framework.
A few contract reviews per month and occasional policy updates hardly warrant one person's salary. Yet the volume of work keeps growing.
Auditors and underwriters are requiring a proper legal infrastructure. You need compliance programs, internal controls, and regular legal reporting.
DIFFERENCE
If an advisory retainer is "consultation + written reports," outsourcing means "externalizing the entire legal department function."
| Service | Advisory Retainer | Legal Outsourcing |
|---|---|---|
| Legal consultation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Meeting minutes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Contract review | ✓ (simple revisions) | ✓ (including drafting & management systems) |
| Notice/letter drafting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Internal policy development | — | ✓ |
| Compliance training | — | ✓ |
| Periodic legal reports | — | ✓ |
| Legal department design support | — | ✓ |
PROCESS
From the initial interview to full-scale support, we guide you through every step.
We conduct a thorough review of your legal challenges, existing structure, and workload.
We propose the necessary scope of work and estimate monthly fees.
We start with the highest-priority tasks: contract management, policy development, etc.
Monthly progress reports and improvement proposals to continuously refine the engagement.
TARGET COMPANIES
PRICING
Fees for English-language outsourcing services include bilingual attorney communication, English document preparation, and cross-cultural legal support. These rates are higher than our standard Japanese-language outsourcing fees to reflect the additional expertise and time required.
For our standard Japanese-language pricing, please see the Japanese version of this page (日本語) or our fees page.
Fees are quoted individually.
We will propose the optimal plan based on your business requirements and workload.
In our initial consultation, we will assess your challenges and explain the necessary measures,
then propose the optimal plan for your company.