{"id":8,"date":"2021-10-18T03:20:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T18:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wordpress\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-12-22T11:35:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T02:35:57","slug":"aboutus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/en\/aboutus","title":{"rendered":"Overview of the Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<section class=\"aboutus-box\">\n<h2 class=\"subttl\">Characteristics of the Firm<\/h2>\n<div class=\"aboutus-inner01 fadein\">\n<div class=\"ai-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/themes\/aiei\/images\/aboutus_img01.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ai-msg\">\n<h3>Providing Practical Strategies<\/h3>\n<p>\nOur firm provides a practical strategy based on vast experience.<br \/>\nOur goal is not just to give an \u201clegally correct\u201d advice but to achieve a best solution for the client.<br \/>\nWe provide a best strategy to achieve such goal using extensive knowledge and wide variety of experience.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"aboutus-inner01 fadein msgfirst\">\n<div class=\"ai-msg\">\n<h3>Flexibility to Resolve Problems<\/h3>\n<p>\nWith a wide variety of experience and achievement,including several litigations worth tens of billions of yen, debt collection of over 100 billion yen claim,some billions of M&amp;A related disputes and so forth.<br \/>\nWe can propose several options to achieve goal,utilizing not only litigation and other kinds of legal proceeding but also ADR and other kinds of methods outside of the court.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ai-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/themes\/aiei\/images\/aboutus_img02.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"aboutus-inner01 fadein\">\n<div class=\"ai-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/themes\/aiei\/images\/aboutus_img03.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ai-msg\">\n<h3>Flexible Fee Structure at the Level of Top Law Firm<\/h3>\n<p>\nIt sometimes happens that overmanning in large law firms leads to high cost.<br \/>\nWe utilize our limited resources effectively to ensure efficient processes,and can provide clients with flexible fee arrangements.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"aboutus-inner01 fadein msgfirst\">\n<div class=\"ai-msg\">\n<h3>Responding to Cross-border cases<\/h3>\n<p>\nWe have several bilingual lawyers and staffs to handle international business.<br \/>\nWe have various experience including submission of expert opinion in foreign litigations and international arbitration cases.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ai-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/themes\/aiei\/images\/aboutus_img04.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"aboutusmsg-box\">\n<h2 class=\"subttl\">Purpose &#038; Mission<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmbox\">\n<ul class=\"pc\">\n<li><label for=\"modal01\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/themes\/aiei\/images\/pm_btn01_en.png\" alt=\"\"><\/label><\/li>\n<li><label for=\"modal02\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/themes\/aiei\/images\/pm_btn02_en.png\" alt=\"\"><\/label><\/li>\n<li><label for=\"modal03\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/themes\/aiei\/images\/pm_btn03_en.png\" alt=\"\"><\/label><\/li>\n<li><label for=\"modal04\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/themes\/aiei\/images\/pm_btn04_en.png\" alt=\"\"><\/label><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"sp\">\n<li><label for=\"modal01\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/themes\/aiei\/images\/pm_btn01_en_sp.png\" alt=\"\"><\/label><\/li>\n<li><label for=\"modal02\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/themes\/aiei\/images\/pm_btn02_en_sp.png\" alt=\"\"><\/label><\/li>\n<li><label for=\"modal03\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/themes\/aiei\/images\/pm_btn03_en_sp.png\" alt=\"\"><\/label><\/li>\n<li><label for=\"modal04\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/themes\/aiei\/images\/pm_btn04_en_sp.png\" alt=\"\"><\/label><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"pc\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/themes\/aiei\/images\/pm_img.png\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/themes\/aiei\/images\/pm_img_sp.png\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subttl\">Introduction of the Representative<\/h2>\n<div class=\"aboutusmsg-box02 fadein\">\n<div class=\"aboutusmsg-box-inner01\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/themes\/aiei\/images\/p01.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ttl04\">\n<h2>Michihiro MORI<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nMichihiro MORI, the representative of the firm, is a former partner at Nishimura &#038; Asahi, Japan\u2019s largest law firm. He is a leading lawyer in the area of commercial litigation and insolvency laws as well as that of labor \/ employment law. He has been named as a leading lawyer by Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, \u201cWho\u2019s Who Legal\u201d, PLC Which Lawyer, and so forth. Before joining Nishimura &#038; Asahi in 2005, Mr. Mori served as a judge for ten years, including an assignment as a staff attorney at the Civil Affairs Bureau of the General Secretariat of the Supreme Court, where he was in charge of insolvency law reform. As a judge he handled hundreds of the civil and commercial cases.<br \/>\nHe also belonged to a special division of labor disputes for two years. Based on such experience, Mr. Mori has extensive knowledge on civil \/ commercial litigation and labor disputes as well as insolvency.<br \/>\nHe received an LL.B. from The University of Tokyo, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"aboutusmsg-box-inner02\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl04\">Major Achievements<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>\u25cfLitigation and Dispute<\/strong><br \/>\nProvisional disposition of suspension of an issuance of new shares worth 140 billion yen [issuing company side]<br \/>\nProvisional disposition to suspend the issuance of new shares by a listed company [petitioner side]<br \/>\nTort claim litigation against a stock exchange by securities company, in which our side won over ten billion yen<br \/>\nEnforcement of more than 140-billion-yen claim<br \/>\nA lawsuit which relates to ownership of 70-billion-yen claim<br \/>\nTax litigation worth 10 billion yen<br \/>\nClaims for indemnification based on breach of representations and warranties worth several billion yen<br \/>\nInternational Arbitration worth multi-billion yen<br \/>\nAvoidance lawsuits for several billion yen [as a trustee in a corporate reorganization case]<br \/>\nLawsuits on rent increase\/decrease for hotel, office building and other type of real estates<br \/>\nA major patent infringement case dealt by grand panel of Intellectual Property High Court (Tokyo High Court)<br \/>\nLawsuits seeking prohibition order against competitive conduct<br \/>\nClaims for an injunction against infringement of trade secrets and claims for damages under the Unfair Competition Prevention Law<br \/>\nLitigation representing a corporation against injunction petition by Qualified Consumer Organizations<br \/>\nLitigation for revocation of decision concerning disposition of non-permission for establishment of industrial waste disposal facilities<br \/>\nPetition for request of Reexamination of the Assessment and Disposition of Special Premiums by Pension Funds\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>\u25cfLabor Matters<\/strong><br \/>\nPersonnel reductions at major domestic and global companies<br \/>\nAdvice on revisions to personnel and wage systems of major Japanese companies<br \/>\nRespond to labor unions on disputes of major domestic and foreign companies<br \/>\nRepresentation for employers in a lawsuit for dismissal<br \/>\nResponse to resolving labor problems at the time of listing on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange<br \/>\nAdvice on labor issues for foreign embassies and U.S. universities<br \/>\nAdvice on pension system reform<br \/>\nCommission member of the governmental organization for the purpose of monitoring the appropriateness of employment of foreigners<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>\u25cfBusiness Revitalization<\/strong><br \/>\nFiling of Corporate Reorganization for Japan Airlines Corp. (JAL)<br \/>\nAccomplishment of corporate reorganization as trustee, of Hayashibara group<br \/>\nCivil rehabilitation and corporate reorganization of golf courses and hotels<br \/>\nRepresentation for creditors in large-scale insolvency cases such as Lehman Brothers and Takata\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"aboutusmsg-box03 fadein about-no-flex\">\n<div class=\"ttl05\">\n<h3>Awards<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aboutbadge-box\">\n<div class=\"badge-wrap\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Japan-Law-Awards-2025-Badge_WINNER-002-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Japan-Law-Awards-2025-Badge_WINNER-002-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Japan-Law-Awards-2025-Badge_WINNER-002-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Japan-Law-Awards-2025-Badge_WINNER-002-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Japan-Law-Awards-2025-Badge_WINNER-002.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"badge-wrap\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GPG_EMPLOYMENT_Badge_2025_Contrib-S-002-300x250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GPG_EMPLOYMENT_Badge_2025_Contrib-S-002-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GPG_EMPLOYMENT_Badge_2025_Contrib-S-002.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"badge-wrap\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ABLJ-Award-winning-law-firm-2025.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1666\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"badge-wrap\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ABLJ-Award-winning-law-firm-2024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1665\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"badge-wrap\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ABLJ-Award-winning-law-firm-2023.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1665\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aboutusmsg-box03 fadein\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aieilaw.co.jp\/wp-content\/themes\/aiei\/images\/en_about_logo.png\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ttl05\">\n<h3>AI-EI Law Firm Logo<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThe office logo is a combination of AI-EI\u2019s \u201cA\u201d and \u201cE\u201d.<br \/>\nBy making the clock as a motif, we wish our firm continue to prosper long time.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the line of A points to 7 and 5 of the clock to evoke \u201c5-7 Kiri\u201d which is the emblem of Japanese Government.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"ttl05 mt40\">\n<h3>The Meaning and Origin of The Office Name<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nOur firm&#8217;s name, which should be pronounced as \u201caiei\u201d,<br \/>\nhas its origin in the name of beauty salon owned by the father of the firm&#8217;s representative Michihiro MORI.<br \/>\nThe name of AI-EI stands for \u201cArtificial Intelligence&#8221; and \u201cEmotional Intelligence\u201d.<br \/>\nWe use the word \u201cAI\u201d to express our ability to analyze a case efficiently using our vast experience.<br \/>\nWe also utilize our &#8220;Emotional Intelligence&#8221; to settle the dispute.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Characteristics of the Firm Providing Practical Strategies Our firm provides a practical strategy based on vast experience. 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