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October 2026

  1. M&A Legal

    LBO Loan Term Sheets: Covenants and Events of Default That Shape Post-Acquisition Management

    13 min
  2. M&A Legal

    LBO Loan Security and Guarantees: The Timing of Providing the Target Company's Assets and Directors' Liability

    12 min
  3. Fundraising and Investment Agreements

    VC and CVC Fund Formation: Key Clauses of the Investment Limited Partnership Agreement and the Specially Permitted Business Notification

    22 min
  4. Startup Legal

    How a Company Should Respond to a Request for Collective Bargaining: Community Unions, the Duty to Bargain in Good Faith and Collective Agreements

    18 min
  5. Legal Outsourcing

    Tax Audits and Appeals Against Reassessments: Deadlines for Requests for Reinvestigation, Requests for Reconsideration and Tax Litigation

    21 min
  6. Contract Review

    Internal Use and Copyright: What to Check When Sharing Articles, Preparing Training Materials, and Using AI Summaries

    9 min
  7. Contract Review

    How to Draft a Data Provision Agreement: Scope of Use, AI Training, and Treatment on Termination

    10 min
  8. Legal Outsourcing

    Personal Data Breaches from Unauthorized Access: Initial Response and Data Retention Lessons from the September 2026 Incidents

    14 min
  9. Legal Outsourcing

    How to Create Employee Invention Rules: Ownership of Rights and Determining the "Reasonable Benefit"

    10 min

September 2026

  1. Contract Review

    Managing Trade Secrets: "Confidential" Markings and Access Rights in Practice

    8 min
  2. Legal Outsourcing

    Trademark Infringement Warning Letters: First Steps on Receipt and Checks Before Sending One

    10 min
  3. Startup Legal

    When to File a Trademark Application: Pre-Launch Searches and Choosing Designated Goods and Services

    9 min
  4. News

    Agaroot Career Publishes Behind-the-Scenes Videos (Parts 1 and 2) of Our Representative Attorney Noriaki Asato on YouTube

    2 min
  5. Contract Review

    Export Control Basics: What to Check Before Providing Technology Abroad and Deemed Exports

    8 min
  6. Startup Legal

    Marital Expenses and Executive Compensation: How a Business Owner's Income Is Determined and Pay Cuts After Separation

    9 min
  7. Fundraising and Investment Agreements

    Divorce of a Business Owner and Division of Company Shares: Determining Separate Property and Dividing Assets Without Handing Over Shares

    11 min
  8. M&A Legal

    Valuing Unlisted Shares in Divorce Property Division: Choosing Between the Net Asset Method and DCF, and the Valuation Date

    10 min
  9. Contract Review

    Cosmetics and Health Food Advertising Under the PMD Act: Efficacy Claims, Testimonials, and Administrative Surcharges

    9 min
  10. Startup Legal

    Do Your Company's Points or Coins Fall Under the Payment Services Act? What to Decide Before Designing Them

    7 min
  11. Legal Outsourcing

    Preventing Sexual Harassment of Job Seekers: Communications and Consultation in Employee Visits and Internships

    4 min
  12. Contract Review

    E-Commerce Sites and the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions: Advertising Disclosures, the Final Confirmation Screen and Special Return Terms in Practice

    10 min
  13. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Using AI for Contract Review and Article 72 of the Attorney Act: What Legal Teams Can Leave to AI

    14 min
  14. Fundraising and Investment Agreements

    What Is an SPA (Share Purchase Agreement)? The Structure of the Definitive M&A Agreement and an Overview of Its Key Provisions

    14 min
  15. Contract Review

    External Transmission Rules and Cookie Compliance: Covered Services, Matters to Publish, and When Consent Is Required

    8 min
  16. AI Service Legal

    The Amended Act on the Protection of Personal Information: Where Things Stand After Promulgation and What Companies Should Prepare

    7 min
  17. Contract Review

    Complying with the Torihiki Tekiseika Act: Internal Practices Ordering Companies Should Review After It Took Effect

    6 min
  18. Fundraising and Investment Agreements

    How to Build an Anti-Social Forces Screening System: Practical Steps for Companies That Have the Clause but No Process

    5 min
  19. Legal Outsourcing

    Running an Internal Whistleblowing Hotline: The 300-Employee Threshold and How to Fix a "Hotline That Doesn't Work"

    6 min
  20. AI Service Legal

    Initial Response to a Personal Data Breach: Reporting Deadlines and a Timeline of What to Do

    8 min
  21. Contract Review

    Complying with Stealth Marketing Regulation: A Legal Review System for Influencer Campaigns

    6 min
  22. Contract Review

    Abuse of a Superior Bargaining Position: An Antimonopoly Act Framework SMEs Can Use in Dealings With Large Companies

    7 min
  23. Notice

    A Legal Agent engineer has published a case study on Zenn about the custom MCP server that supports our legal AI (Japanese) (Open external link)

  24. Legal Outsourcing

    First Steps for a Company Contacted by a Resignation Agency

    9 min
  25. Legal Outsourcing

    Internal Investigations After a Harassment Complaint: How to Conduct Interviews and Make Findings of Fact

    12 min
  26. Contract Review

    Poaching of Customers and Employees by Departing Employees: Key Points on the Company's Claims and Evidence

    11 min
  27. Contract Review

    How a Company Should Respond to a Labor Tribunal Petition: Preparing the Written Answer and the First Hearing

    12 min
  28. Contract Review

    Responding to Labour Standards Inspection Office Investigations: Inspections, Correction Recommendations and Reports in Practice

    10 min
  29. Contract Review

    Non-Renewal of Fixed-Term Contract Employees: Renewal Counts and Conversion to Indefinite-Term Employment in Practice

    9 min
  30. Contract Review

    Types of Disciplinary Action and How to Choose: Criteria for Pay Reduction, Suspension and Disciplinary Dismissal

    12 min
  31. Contract Review

    Leave of Absence and Return to Work for Mental Health Conditions: Aggregation Rules and Points to Note in Return-to-Work Decisions

    13 min
  32. Contract Review

    Work Rules That Permit Side Jobs: Designing an Approval System and Aggregating Working Hours

    10 min
  33. Legal Outsourcing

    What to Do on the Day Your Company Receives a Complaint, and Initial Steps Before the Answer Deadline

    9 min

August 2026

  1. Legal Outsourcing

    Practical Guide to Contract Termination Notices: Procedures for Termination With and Without Demand, and How to Draft the Notice

    7 min
  2. Legal Outsourcing

    When a Business Partner Goes Bankrupt: What to Do on the Day You Receive Notice of Commencement of Bankruptcy Proceedings

    8 min
  3. Contract Review

    Legal Issues in Vertical Short Dramas: Performer Agreements, Secondary Use and Overseas Distribution

    14 min
  4. Contract Review

    Legal Issues for Autonomous Taxis: Drawing the Lines Between the Operator, Accident Liability and Remote Monitoring

    11 min
  5. AI Service Legal

    Legal Issues for AI Companion and AI Partner Services: Minors, Personal Information and Safety Design

    11 min
  6. Legal Outsourcing

    Labor Management for Spot Work: The Contractual Relationships around Applications, Cancellations and Wages

    10 min
  7. Legal Outsourcing

    Legal Issues for TikTok Shop and Live Commerce: Mail-Order Disclosures, Stealth Marketing and Returns

    10 min
  8. Startup Legal

    The Legality of Prediction Markets: Polymarket, Kalshi, the Crime of Gambling and Financial Regulation

    10 min
  9. Legal Outsourcing

    Outsourcing Advertising Review in Practice: Scope, the Premiums and Representations Act, the PMD Act, and How Fees Are Set

    12 min
  10. Startup Legal

    How Startups Should Choose Outside Counsel: Comparison Points for Incorporation, Fundraising and IPO Preparation

    13 min
  11. News

    Representative Attorney Asato's profile is listed on STARTUP DB (Japanese) (Open external link)

  12. News

    Legal Agent's company profile is listed on Dealroom (Open external link)

  13. News

    Legal Agent's company information is listed on FIRST CVC (Japanese) (Open external link)

  14. News

    Legal Agent's company profile is listed on KEPPLE (Japanese) (Open external link)

  15. Legal Outsourcing

    Certified-Content Mail: Legal Effects and When to Use It, Before You Send

    7 min
  16. Startup Legal

    Are Oripa Illegal? Legal Regulation of Online Original Card Packs: Gambling, the Premiums and Representations Act and the Payment Services Act

    19 min
  17. Legal Outsourcing

    Steps for Collecting Accounts Receivable: From Reminders to Demand for Payment Procedures, Small Claims Actions and Lawsuits

    10 min
  18. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Preparing the Data Room for Legal Due Diligence: Version Control and Organizing Documents So AI Can Read Them

    5 min
  19. News

    Representative Attorney Asato contributed an article to the September 2026 issue of Kaisha Homu A2Z (Japanese) (Open external link)

  20. Contract Review

    English-Language Contracts for Overseas Expansion: Choosing the Governing Law and Seat of Arbitration, and Provisions Your Team Can Operate

    5 min
  21. Fundraising and Investment Agreements

    Labor Data Management and Substantiating Metrics to Support Human Capital Disclosure at Startups

    6 min
  22. Contract Review

    Carbon Credits and GX Initiatives: Regulation of Environmental Claims and Points to Check in Purchase Agreements

    6 min
  23. Contract Review

    Construction Business Licenses and On-Site Responsibility in Construction Management SaaS and Tradesperson Matching

    6 min
  24. Contract Review

    Real Estate Tech and the Real Estate Brokerage Act: The Line Between Listing and Brokerage, IT-Based Explanations of Important Matters and AI Valuation Displays

    5 min
  25. Fundraising and Investment Agreements

    Investment Crowdfunding and the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act: How It Differs From Purchase-Based Crowdfunding and How to Conduct an Offering

    4 min
  26. Fundraising and Investment Agreements

    Reviewing Joint Venture (JV) Agreements: Designing Ownership Ratios and Exit Provisions

    11 min
  27. Generative AI for Legal Work

    AI Meeting Minutes Tools and Confidentiality Obligations: Gaps That Arise When Recording and Inputting NDA-Covered Meetings

    10 min
  28. News

    Representative Attorney Asato was featured in a NewsPicks special report (Japanese) (Open external link)

  29. Event

    Legal Agent was featured in an S venture Lab. event report on Strike's official note (Japanese) (Open external link)

  30. Generative AI for Legal Work

    AI Use of Faces and Voices and Personality Rights: How Companies Should Design Permissions in Advertising Production

    9 min
  31. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Searching Internal Documents with RAG: How Copyright Risk Changes with the Type of Material

    11 min
  32. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Training Dataset License Agreements: Dividing Rights Between the Data Provider and the Developer

    11 min

July 2026

  1. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Designing AI Agent Authority: What to Decide Before Entrusting Orders and Messages to AI

    10 min
  2. Contract Review

    In-Game Purchases and Gacha Campaigns: Prepaid Payment Instruments and Probability Disclosures

    4 min
  3. Legal Outsourcing

    Entertainment and Creator Contracts: Ownership of Rights, Secondary Use, and AI Use

    4 min
  4. Legal Outsourcing

    Running Esports Tournaments: Prize Money, Sponsors, and Minors

    3 min
  5. Startup Legal

    Drone Businesses: Aircraft Registration, Permission for Specified Flights and Personal Information in Aerial Photography

    3 min
  6. Startup Legal

    Responding to Defamatory and Rights-Infringing Posts: Removal Requests and Disclosure of Sender Information

    5 min
  7. Startup Legal

    The First Hour of a Social Media Firestorm: Fact-Checking and the Chain of Command

    10 min
  8. Legal Outsourcing

    Job Media and Scouting Services: The Boundary with Employment Placement and Personal Information

    8 min

  9. A Checklist for When Generative AI Isn't Working: An Introduction

    6 min

  10. Minimum Rules for Using Generative AI in the Workplace: A Beginner's Guide

    7 min
  11. Startup Legal

    Legal Issues Examined in the IPO Listing Review: Related Party Transactions, Permits and Licenses, and Anti-Social Forces

    10 min
  12. Startup Legal

    The Legal Schedule for IPO Preparation: N-3, N-2, N-1 and the Audit Certification

    11 min
  13. Startup Legal

    How to Draft Side-Job and Remote Work Rules: Working Hours Management and When Restrictions Are Permitted

    14 min
  14. Startup Legal

    Startup Work Rules and Fixed Overtime Pay: The Duty to Prepare Work Rules and Case Law Principles

    12 min
  15. Startup Legal

    Employee Invention Rules and OSS Management: How the Requirements of Article 35 of the Patent Act and Article 15 of the Copyright Act Differ

    17 min
  16. Startup Legal

    Trademark and IP Strategy for Startups: Clearance Before Choosing a Name and Choosing the Right Protection

    15 min
  17. Startup Legal

    Trust-Type vs. Paid Stock Options: Taxation and Issuance Procedures

    15 min
  18. Startup Legal

    Choosing Between Bridge Financing and Venture Debt: Contract Points to Check

    12 min
  19. Startup Legal

    Convertible Notes vs. J-KISS: Repayment Obligations, Maturity and Conversion Terms

    15 min
  20. Startup Legal

    Startup Articles of Incorporation and Corporate Governance Structure: Provisions to Revisit When Raising Capital and How They Divide Roles with the Shareholders' Agreement

    15 min
  21. Startup Legal

    Co-Founder Equity Splits and Vesting: Designing Them Together with Buyback Terms on Departure

    13 min
  22. M&A Legal

    What Are Key Person Clauses and Retention? Closing Conditions and Measures to Keep People

    9 min
  23. M&A Legal

    What Is an Earn-Out Clause? A Mechanism for Bridging Valuation Gaps in M&A and Its Dispute Risks

    12 min
  24. M&A Legal

    What Is W&I Insurance (Representations and Warranties Insurance)? Risks Covered in M&A and the Seller's Liability

    8 min
  25. M&A Legal

    How to Choose an M&A Structure: A Legal Perspective for Narrowing Down Share Acquisitions, Business Acquisitions and Reorganizations

    12 min
  26. M&A Legal

    Share Transfer vs. Business Transfer: Comparing Procedures, Contracts, Employees and Permits

    14 min
  27. Legal Outsourcing

    Comparing Legal Outsourcing: How It Differs from Outside Counsel and What LegalAgent Provides

    9 min
  28. Startup Legal

    Comparing Startup Legal Support: Ways to Engage Counsel and LegalAgent's Scope of Support

    11 min
  29. M&A Legal

    Comparing M&A Legal Support: Legal DD, SPA Negotiation and What LegalAgent Provides

    11 min
  30. M&A Legal

    What Is Legal Due Diligence? The Purpose, Process, Required Documents and Costs of Legal DD in M&A

    7 min
  31. M&A Legal

    How Much Do M&A Attorney Fees Cost? Fee Structures and Estimates for Legal DD, SPAs, and Closing

    10 min

  32. Do Not Use Generative AI Answers As Is: Why a Person Must Always Do the Final Check

    7 min
  33. Startup Legal

    Conflict-of-Interest Transactions Between Group Companies: Approval Procedures and Minutes in Practice

    10 min
  34. Startup Legal

    How to Determine Officer Compensation and the Procedures Under the Companies Act

    9 min
  35. Startup Legal

    When Does a Director's Term Expire? Practice for Reappointment Registration, Resignation, and Removal

    9 min
  36. Startup Legal

    How to Prepare Minutes of Shareholders' Meetings and Board Meetings: Statutory Items and What Is Examined in Registration and Due Diligence

    8 min
  37. Startup Legal

    Your First Annual Shareholders' Meeting: How Is the Timing Determined?

    8 min
  38. Startup Legal

    Running Board of Directors Meetings in Practice: Convocation, Resolutions, Minutes and Written Resolutions

    7 min
  39. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Always Check Article Numbers and Sources Yourself: A Pitfall of Generative AI

    7 min
  40. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Summarizing Two Drafts of a Contract or Internal Rule in a Comparison Table: Checking Differences With Generative AI

    7 min
  41. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Drafting a Legal FAQ and Contract Glossary: Building Internal Knowledge with Generative AI

    6 min
  42. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Getting a Rough Translation of English Contracts and Emails: How to Use Generative AI

    6 min
  43. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Drafting an Internal Risk Explanation Memo: How to Use Generative AI

    6 min
  44. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Extracting Deadlines, Amounts and Obligations from Contracts into a List: A Handy Use of Generative AI

    5 min
  45. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Creating a First Draft of a Reply to a Long Email: Steps for Saving Time with Generative AI

    6 min
  46. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Drafting and Polishing Meeting Minutes: A Standard Use of Generative AI

    6 min
  47. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Having Technical Terms Explained in Plain Language: An Easy Way to Use Generative AI

    6 min
  48. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Legal Risks of Deepfake and Impersonation Advertising, and the Initial Response for PR Legal

    3 min
  49. Startup Legal

    What Is Startup Legal? Outside Counsel and Fundraising from Seed to Series A Explained

    6 min
  50. Startup Legal

    What Is Financing Through Class Shares (Preferred Shares)? An Overview of Series A Agreements and Procedures

    10 min
  51. Startup Legal

    Designing the Terms of Preferred Shares: Liquidation Preference, Conversion and Down-Round Adjustment

    11 min
  52. Startup Legal

    Reviewing an Investment Agreement: Practical Points for the Issuer and Founding Shareholders

    14 min
  53. Startup Legal

    Reviewing a Shareholders' Agreement: Prior Consent Matters, Information Rights, and Obligations of Management Shareholders

    12 min
  54. Startup Legal

    What Is a Distribution Agreement? Practical Issues of Distribution on M&A and Deemed Liquidation Clauses

    11 min
  55. Startup Legal

    Preferred Share Issuance Procedures: From Amending the Articles and Class Shareholders' Meetings to Registration and Closing

    12 min
  56. Startup Legal

    What Are Tax-Qualified Stock Options? The Basics of How They Are Taxed and the Requirements

    13 min
  57. Startup Legal

    Advanced Issues in Tax-Qualified Stock Options: Exercise Price, Tax Reform, Overseas Residents and M&A

    13 min
  58. Startup Legal

    Stock Option Issuance Procedures in Practice: From the Shareholders' Meeting Resolution to Registration and Tax Filings

    10 min
  59. Fundraising and Investment Agreements

    J-KISS Conversion (Exercise) Procedures: A Practical Guide to Avoid Scrambling at Series A

    15 min

June 2026

  1. Event

    Representative Attorney Asato will speak at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Preemptive Clinical Medicine (Japanese) (Open external link)

  2. Event

    Legal Agent was selected as an exhibitor at IVS2026 Startup Market (Japanese) (Open external link)

  3. Generative AI for Legal Work

    What Is an AI Lawyer? How to Divide Work Between Attorneys and AI in Corporate Legal Practice in the Age of Generative AI

    8 min
  4. News

    Legal Agent's company profile is listed on SPEEDA (Japanese) (Open external link)

  5. Generative AI for Legal Work

    What Is Generative AI? A Gentle Introduction for Legal Staff

    8 min
  6. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Law Firm Fee Structures Moving from Hourly Billing to Fixed Fees

    5 min
  7. Generative AI for Legal Work

    How Will Young Attorneys Develop in the Age of AI?

    6 min
  8. Generative AI for Legal Work

    What Kind of Organization Is an AI Native Law Firm?

    9 min
  9. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Legal Agent: A Word AI Agent Specialized for Legal Work

    7 min
  10. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Why I Founded LegalAgent, a Law Firm for the Generative AI Era

    7 min
  11. Legal Outsourcing

    Legal Outsourcing for One-Person Legal Teams: Contract Review and Consultation Structure

    14 min
  12. M&A Legal

    Indemnification, Price Adjustment and Closing Conditions in an SPA: Designing Clauses on Conditions Precedent and Caps

    7 min
  13. M&A Legal

    M&A Letters of Intent (LOI): Points to Check on Exclusivity, DD and Legally Binding Effect

    6 min
  14. M&A Legal

    Buy-Side Legal DD Checklist for Startup Acquisitions: Definition, Importance, and Risks by Position

    7 min
  15. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Designing Log Audits and the Allocation of Responsibility for AI Agents

    9 min
  16. Generative AI for Legal Work

    How to Create a Generative AI Use Policy: Checkpoints for Internal Rules, Information Management and Allocation of Responsibility

    8 min
  17. AI Service Legal

    AI Vendor Due Diligence and Contract Review: Points to Check for Adopting Companies and Providers

    8 min
  18. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Generative AI, Copyright and Training Data Checkpoints: Practical Issues for Developers and Users

    8 min
  19. Generative AI for Legal Work

    Checkpoints for Complying with Japan's AI Act and the AI Guidelines for Business

    8 min
  20. Contract Review

    Change of Control Clauses: Points to Check for M&A, Capital Policy and Continuity of Business Relationships

    4 min
  21. Contract Review

    Checkpoints for Reviewing Indemnity Clauses: Their Relationship with Damages, Third-Party Claims and Limitations of Liability

    5 min
  22. Contract Review

    Checkpoints for Reviewing SLA Clauses: Practical Issues on Service Levels, Incident Response and Refunds

    4 min
  23. Contract Review

    Checkpoints for Reviewing Subcontracting Clauses: Organizing the Risks for the Client and the Contractor

    6 min
  24. Contract Review

    Checkpoints for Reviewing Intellectual Property Ownership Clauses: Sorting Out Deliverables, Pre-Existing Assets and AI Use

    6 min
  25. Contract Review

    Checkpoints for Reviewing Franchise Agreements: Practical Issues for Franchisors and Franchisees

    6 min
  26. Contract Review

    Checkpoints for Reviewing Distribution and Sales Agency Agreements: Practical Issues for Manufacturers and Distributors

    5 min
  27. Contract Review

    Checkpoints for Reviewing Consulting Agreements: Practical Issues for the Client and the Consultant

    5 min
  28. Contract Review

    OEM Agreement Review Checklist: Practical Issues for the Ordering Party and the Manufacturer

    6 min
  29. Contract Review

    Checkpoints for Reviewing SES Agreements: Practical Issues for Clients and Vendors

    6 min
  30. Contract Review

    Checkpoints for Maintenance Agreements and System Maintenance Agreements: Scope of Services, SLAs, and Additional Fees

    7 min
  31. Contract Review

    Basics of Reviewing Software Development Agreements: Definitions, Checklist, and Risks by Position

    6 min
  32. Contract Review

    Contracts for Work vs. Quasi-Mandate Contracts: Key Points When Reviewing Service Agreements

    7 min
  33. Contract Review

    Basics of Reviewing Service Agreements: Definitions, Checklist and Risks by Position

    6 min
  34. Contract Review

    NDA Review Basics: Definitions, a Checklist and Risks by Position

    6 min
  35. Contract Review

    What Are Governing Law, Agreed Jurisdiction and Arbitration Clauses? How to Design the Rules for Disputes in a Contract

    6 min
  36. Contract Review

    What Is a Force Majeure Clause? Sorting Out Contractual Liability for Disasters, System Outages and Infectious Diseases

    6 min
  37. Contract Review

    What Is an Anti-Social Forces Clause? Key Points for Reviewing Anti-Social Forces Exclusion Clauses in Contracts

    7 min
  38. Contract Review

    What Is an Anti-Assignment Clause? What to Check for Transfers of Contractual Position, Assignments of Claims and Business Transfers

    7 min
  39. Contract Review

    What Is a Personal Information Handling Clause? Points to Check in Outsourcing and SaaS Agreements

    9 min
  40. Contract Review

    What Is a Confidentiality Clause? Review Practice for Contracts Other Than NDAs

    6 min
  41. Contract Review

    What Is Breach of Contract? How It Differs from Non-Performance of Obligations and the Initial Response in Corporate Legal Practice

    6 min
  42. Contract Review

    What Are Purchase Orders and Order Forms? Formation of Individual Contracts and the Relationship With Master Transaction Agreements

    9 min
  43. Contract Review

    What Is a Memorandum or Amendment Memorandum? How It Differs From a Contract and What to Check in Amendment Clauses

    7 min
  44. Contract Review

    What Is a Contract? The Structure and How to Read It in Corporate Legal Practice

    5 min
  45. Contract Review

    What to Check When Reviewing Termination for Cause and Termination for Convenience Clauses

    7 min
  46. Contract Review

    Reviewing Damages and Limitation of Liability Clauses in Practice: How to Read Caps, Exceptions and Indirect Damages

    5 min
  47. Contract Review

    Intellectual Property and Scope of Use to Check When Reviewing a License Agreement

    7 min
  48. Contract Review

    Checkpoints for Sales Agreements: How to Read Inspection and Acceptance, Risk of Loss and Contractual Non-Conformity Liability

    8 min
  49. Contract Review

    What Is a Master Transaction Agreement? Clauses to Review for Ongoing Transactions and the Relationship With Individual Contracts

    9 min
  50. Contract Review

    What Is Contract Management? Managing Renewals, Terminations and Performance of Obligations That Are Easily Overlooked after Signing

    7 min
  51. Contract Review

    What Is Contract Execution? How It Differs from Contract Formation, and Signatures, Seals and E-Contracts Explained

    8 min
  52. Contract Review

    What Is Contract Review? How to Conduct Contract Reviews and Key Checkpoints in the Age of AI

    6 min
  53. Contract Review

    What Is Contract Review Intake? The Information to Gather First to Speed Up Contract Review

    5 min
  54. Contract Review

    What Is a Contract? The Contract Basics to Grasp First in Corporate Legal Work

    7 min

  55. Beyond the Term "AI Lawyer": Corporate Attorneys in the Age of Generative AI

    9 min

  56. How Far Can You Shorten a Shareholders' Meeting Schedule under the Companies Act?

    7 min

  57. Manufacturing Supply Agreements: Specifications, Acceptance Criteria and Handling Non-Conforming Products

    7 min

  58. Warehouse Bailment Agreements (Depositor Side): Disclosure Obligations and Incident Response

    10 min
  59. News

    Representative Attorney Asato and the AI Legal Lab were featured in Houritsushoku.com's "Law x AI" roundup (Japanese) (Open external link)

  60. Warehouse Bailment Agreements (Bailee Side): Storage Conditions, Scope of Liability, and Delayed Collection

    9 min

  61. When Reviewing a Logistics Outsourcing Agreement, Align the Scope of Liability with On-Site Operations First

    6 min

  62. Industrial Waste Disposal Contracts: Disposal Methods, Final Disposal Sites, and WDS

    6 min

  63. Industrial Waste Collection and Transport Contracts: Checking Permits and Transshipment Storage

    7 min

  64. Industrial Waste Disposal Outsourcing Agreements: On-Site Information Must Be Checked Even with AI Review

    8 min

  65. In the AI Era, Contract Review Standards Are Best Organized as a Legal Playbook

    7 min

  66. What Startups Should Check Before Signing with CVCs and Corporate Partners

    7 min
  67. M&A Legal

    If You Have M&A in View, Review Founder Shares and Shareholders' Agreements Early

    7 min

May 2026

  1. Labor Risks Startups Tend to Put Off, and Responding to Customer Harassment

    8 min

  2. A Non-Compete Clause Is Not Better Just Because It Is Broad

    7 min

  3. Key Points of the Premiums and Representations Act That Legal Should Check Before Launching a Campaign

    9 min

  4. The First Legal Checklist a Company Launching an AI Service Should Build

    12 min

  5. Terms of Service and Privacy Policies Should Be Reviewed Every Time Your Business Changes

    10 min

  6. What Companies Searching for "AI Lawyer" Are Really Looking For

    4 min

  7. Service Agreements, the Torihiki Tekiseika Act (Formerly the Subcontract Act) and the New Freelance Act: Points to Review After the Amendments

    16 min

  8. Designing Stock Options as Capital Policy: How to Think About the Pool and Who Receives Grants

    19 min
  9. Fundraising and Investment Agreements

    Checklist Before Raising with J-KISS: Dilution and the Valuation Cap

    15 min
  10. News

    Legal Agent's company information is listed on Compalyze (Japanese) (Open external link)

  11. A Checklist for Discussing AI Governance at the Board of Directors

    5 min
  12. News

    A NewsPicks special report introduced Representative Attorney Asato's use of AI (Japanese) (Open external link)

  13. M&A Legal

    Risks Founders Tend to Overlook in SPA Representations and Warranties

    5 min
  14. M&A Legal

    Legal DD to Prepare Before a Startup Becomes a Seller

    5 min

  15. AI Services and Personal Information Protection: What Companies Should Check First

    5 min

  16. How to Prepare SaaS Terms of Use and a Privacy Policy Before Launch

    4 min
  17. Startup Legal

    Legal Advisors for Startups: What to Put in Place With Outside Legal Support Before Hiring In-House

    4 min

  18. Designing Contract Review Comments: Writing Separately for Internal Readers and the Counterparty

    4 min
  19. Fundraising and Investment Agreements

    What Is J-KISS? How It Works, Capital Policy, and What Founders Should Check

    15 min

  20. What Investors Look at in Legal Due Diligence Around Series A

    4 min
  21. Startup Legal

    When a Startup Should Consult an Attorney about Fundraising

    4 min

  22. What to Give Outside Attorneys First When Requesting a Contract Review

    4 min

  23. How a Company Without a Legal Department Should Use Outside Attorneys

    4 min

  24. How Should Companies Choose a Law Firm Strong in Generative AI?

    4 min

  25. What to Decide Before Bringing AI Agents into Legal Work

    4 min

  26. The Legal Issues to Check First in the Terms of Use of Generative AI Services

    5 min

  27. Internal Usage Rules Alone Are Not Enough for AI Governance

    4 min
  28. Notice

    Representative Attorney Asato has published a new note post: How Will Young Lawyers Develop in the AI Era? (Japanese) (Open external link)

  29. Preferred Share Investment Agreements: The Terms Founders Should Treat as Business Decisions

    15 min

  30. A Founders' Agreement Can Only Be Made While the Founders Get Along

    17 min
  31. Notice

    Representative Attorney Asato has published a new note post: Knowledge Management at a Law Firm - Google Drive and Codex (Japanese) (Open external link)

  32. What Should Corporate Legal Teams Outsource in the Generative AI Era?

    7 min

  33. A Legal Checklist to Review Before Your Series A

    8 min

  34. Avoiding Stock Option Regrets Before Series A

    7 min

  35. Legal Outsourcing for Large Corporate Legal Departments: Designing the Decisions to Keep In-House and the Scope to Outsource

    9 min

  36. Why Does Contract Review Take So Long?

    9 min

  37. How Should Legal Workflows Change in the Age of Generative AI?

    8 min

  38. How Should Law Firms Change in the Age of Generative AI?

    8 min

  39. How to Introduce Legal BPO: Designing Intake, Response Formats, and Playbook Operations

    8 min

  40. How Should You Rebuild Your Legal Function After Series A?

    7 min

  41. Seller-Side Preparation for Legal Due Diligence: Building a Contract Register and Keeping Records in Ordinary Times

    7 min

  42. Codex and Claude Code in Legal Work: Getting Started with Word-Based Practice

    10 min

  43. Knowledge Management at a Law Firm with Google Drive and Codex

    10 min
  44. Notice

    Representative Attorney Asato has published a new note post: How to Use Codex at a Law Firm (Japanese) (Open external link)

  45. Notice

    Representative Attorney Asato has published a new note post: What Is an AI Native Law Firm? (Japanese) (Open external link)

April 2026

  1. News

    A dialogue with Representative Attorney Asato was published in BPaaS Journal with kubell (Japanese) (Open external link)

  2. News

    LegalAgent was featured in MUGENLABO Magazine's AI agent roundup (Japanese) (Open external link)

March 2026

  1. News

    An interview with Representative Attorney Asato was published in MUGENLABO Magazine (Japanese) (Open external link)

February 2026

  1. News

    Legal Agent was introduced in an article on ANRI's official note (Japanese) (Open external link)

  2. Event

    Representative Attorney Asato spoke at Tech Challenge Party 2026 (Japanese) (Open external link)

  3. News

    Legal Agent's AI agent was featured in THE BRIDGE (Japanese) (Open external link)

  4. News

    The release of LegalAgent was covered by The Nikkei (Japanese) (Open external link)

  5. News

    We have launched LegalAgent, a Word AI Agent specialized in legal work (Open external link)

January 2026

  1. News

    Legal Agent was featured by CyberAgent Capital (Japanese) (Open external link)

  2. News

    Legal Agent was introduced in a legal apprentice's article on training at Skyland Ventures (Japanese) (Open external link)

2025

December 2025

  1. News

    ContractS's official note introduced its collaboration with Legal Agent (Japanese) (Open external link)

  2. News

    Representative Attorney Asato was introduced in a legal apprentice's article on startup training (Japanese) (Open external link)

  3. News

    Our Work with ContractS Was Featured in the Nikkei

    2 min
  4. Notice

    We Have Published the Logos of Our Client Companies

    2 min
  5. News

    We Contributed to the BPaaS Advent Calendar

    2 min
  6. News

    LegalAgent Was Featured on DifyBase

    2 min
  7. Notice

    Representative Attorney Asato Has Published a New Post on note

    2 min

October 2025

  1. News

    An interview with Representative Attorney Asato was published on ANRI's official note (Japanese) (Open external link)

September 2025

  1. Event

    Representative Attorney Asato was featured in the event report of a Homu Gojokai offline meetup (Japanese) (Open external link)

  2. News

    Notice of Feature in EnterpriseZine

    2 min

June 2025

  1. News

    Legal Agent's business model was featured in THE BRIDGE (Japanese) (Open external link)

April 2025

  1. News

    Legal Agent was selected for ANRI's investment program VORTEX (Japanese) (Open external link)

  2. News

    Legal Agent's company information is listed on STARTUP DB (Japanese) (Open external link)

January 2025

  1. News

    An interview with Representative Attorney Asato was published on KEPPLE (Japanese) (Open external link)

  2. Event

    Representative Attorney Asato's talk was featured in the LLM Night event report (Japanese) (Open external link)

  3. News

    Legal Agent's funding was covered by THE BRIDGE (Japanese) (Open external link)

  4. Event

    Representative Attorney Asato's LLM Night presentation slides are available on Speaker Deck (Japanese) (Open external link)

  5. News

    Legal Agent's funding was covered by KEPPLE (Japanese) (Open external link)

  6. News

    Legal Agent's funding was covered by STARTUP LOG (Japanese) (Open external link)

2024

December 2024

  1. Event

    ProductZine announced Representative Attorney Asato's talk at LLM Night (Japanese) (Open external link)

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