Case Study
Real engagements, documented end to end
How the work was run, the dates it hit, and what it produced — recorded case by case, and published only as far as our clients have agreed.
- 01
Real Estate / ODI
A central Tokyo office building, from the ODI filing in China to the transfer of ownership
A major Chinese chemical manufacturer acquiring an office building as its operating base in Japan. We ran the whole sequence: the outbound direct investment filing in China, the US$4.2 million remittance, the ¥348 million purchase, and registration of the transfer of ownership.
Read the case- 348million yen
- Price of the central Tokyo office building
- 4.2million USD
- Remitted in full under the ODI filing
- 6months
- From shortlisting to transfer of ownership
- 02
Company Formation
A smart appliance brand's Japanese entity, from registration to a bank account
A wholly owned Japanese subsidiary for a major Chinese smart appliance manufacturer. An office in Minato-ku that the business actually works from, a corporate bank account and the tax framework were set up as one piece of work, giving the brand a base to sell and operate from in Japan.
Read the case- 10million yen
- Capital of the Japanese entity
- 6months
- From registration to the bank account opening
- 7areas
- Covered, from formation through to running the business
- 03
Licensing / Compliance
Notification of business for seven electrical products, through to the amendments
Compliance with the Electrical Appliance and Material Safety Act for chargers and lithium-ion batteries sold through cross-border e-commerce. From recovering access to the filing system, through preparing the product documentation and filing with METI, to reconciling the records held by customs — completed in about two and a half months.
Read the case- 7products
- Notifications completed
- 2.5months
- From instruction to the last product cleared
- 04
HR & Tax
Taking on HR and tax for a Japanese entity that was growing fast
The Japanese subsidiary of a Chinese energy-equipment manufacturer. As headcount grew, HR and labour, social insurance, tax and back-office administration moved from one-off instructions to a standing engagement, so the company could run without building a back office of its own.
Read the case- 12employees
- Covered by the HR and labour engagement
- 3areas
- HR, tax and administration, all standing
- 6months
- From first meeting to full handover
- 05
HR & Tax
Checking the payroll before paying the withholding tax
The Japanese sales subsidiary of a Chinese manufacturer. Taking on HR and tax meant first checking and correcting the May and June payroll against each scheme in turn, then completing the withholding tax payment for January to June 2026 within the statutory deadline, under the special provision for due dates for withholding income tax.
Read the case- 2months
- Of payroll reviewed and finalised
- 4schemes
- Recalculated on their own separate bases
- 58days
- From instruction to the payment being made
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