Part-time In-house Counsel (Secondment)
法務部出向支援As a company grows, strengthening its legal function becomes an unavoidable priority. Yet building or expanding a legal team takes time and resources. Relying solely on external law firms for each matter makes it difficult to develop the in-house legal knowledge a company needs over the long term.
Kaneko Law Office offers a part-time secondment arrangement — typically a few days per week — in which an attorney is embedded within the client organization, fulfilling the same role as in-house counsel. We work alongside management and business teams on a day-to-day basis, integrating legal judgment into business decision-making.
As your business scales, contracts are piling up faster than you can manage. You want a legal professional embedded in the organization who can handle day-to-day queries without the formality of an external referral.
Your only in-house legal person has resigned, and you face a gap in coverage until a replacement is hired. You want to use this as an opportunity to rethink your legal structure.
As transactions with foreign companies increase, you lack the in-house capability to review and negotiate contracts in English. Outsourcing each time is costly and slow.
- Contract drafting, review, and management
- Legal consultations and in-house advisory support
- Legal support for management and business units
- Internal policies and guidelines development
- Coordination with external attorneys and specialists
- Legal department establishment and structure building
Legal advice grounded in business reality
By being present within the organization, we develop a genuine understanding of operations and provide advice that reflects business reality — not just legal risk assessment in isolation.
Information that serves management decisions
We translate legal risk into terms that inform management decisions. Beyond “what is the risk,” we work through “what is an acceptable level of risk” and “how can we move the business forward.”
Flexible secondment arrangements
We accommodate arrangements starting from a few days per week, structured to fit the size and needs of your organization. Please feel free to discuss your situation with us.
In addition to experience at an international law firm, we bring practical exposure to operating close to business management. Our strength lies in combining legal expertise with a management and business perspective to deliver pragmatic support.