Our expertise - Employment, pensions and benefits

We work worldwide

We have over 2,500 lawyers worldwide who work wherever our clients need us. We can put together tailored, multi-skilled, international teams at very short notice. Our relationships with leading local firms enables us to deliver a truly seamless service. This means you get an unbeatable combination of international experience and understanding, tailored advice, and reliable local knowledge and contacts – whenever and wherever you need it. Find out more about our global network by choosing a country or region

Offices

Life at Freshfields : Japan

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We’ve been in Japan for more than 20 years. Our office in Tokyo opened in 1988 and our first Japanese lawyers joined us ten years later.

Today we have one of the most integrated and effective law teams in Tokyo and advise a large range of local and global clients.

Our Tokyo office is a fascinating place to work. Whether you join as a lawyer, a graduate or a business services professional, you’ll be joining the team that works on some of the biggest, most high profile deals around.

The job, of course, is not always easy. But work hard and you’ll reap some great rewards.

Our work

Employment, pensions and benefits

Our employment, pensions and benefits (EPB) practice advises on all aspects of employment and industrial relations law.

We help our clients navigate domestic and global issues, with a particular emphasis on the application of EU legislation.

Our work includes advising on mergers and acquisitions; regulatory disclosure; service contracts; confidentiality and restrictive covenants; work councils; severance; and contracting out.

Our lawyers have particular experience in establishing pension schemes; restructuring pension arrangements; merging and winding-up schemes; and pension disputes.

We also focus on employee share options, incentive schemes and profit-sharing; executive incentives; and management buyouts.

Our people

More than 30 lawyers work in our Tokyo office. Two thirds are bengoshi – lawyers admitted in Japan – who bring in-depth local knowledge to our team.

The bengoshi and our global lawyers work side by side to deliver the very best for our clients. Teamwork is everything to us. To work at Freshfields, you’ll need to be able to fit in easily with both clients and colleagues.

We’re always keen to hear from talented applicants, no matter what their background or nationality. Diversity is essential for the complex, challenging work we do: it brings the fresh thinking and new ideas that place us ahead of the competition.