Fees

Information on Fees

Consultation Fee	Fee for Legal Advice by Lawyers.
Retainer	Fee to be paid when lawyer starts to handle your case.
Remuneration (Success Fees)	Fee to be paid for successful results to a certain degree when your case is closed.
Actual Expense/Deposit	A certain amount of expected expense shall be deposited when you entrust attorney to deal with your case.

*Please don’t hesitate to ask about payments of retainer or remuneration in installments.

Consultation Fee

5000yen per 30 minutes (with consumption tax excluded)

*First Consultation about Debts, Internet Fraud Case, Traffic Accidents or Death from Overwork Case shall be free.

Retainer & Remuneration

(1) Civil Case

Standard Retainer or Remuneration for cases to demand compensation,payment of a debt, excessive benefit reimbursement, or to claim removal of building and/or surrender of land.

●Fees for Suit

Fees are set according to the expected economic profits( with consumption tax excluded).

Economic Profits	Retainer	Remuneration
Less than 1,250.000yen	100,000 yen	18%(of Economic Profit)
From 1,250,000yen to 3,000,000yen	8%	16%
From 3,000,000 yen to 30,000,000yen	5%	10%
From 30,000,000yen to 300,000,000yen	3%	6%

●Fees for Negotiation

60 % of the fees for suits
The minimum fee is 100,000yen in principle.

(2)Adjustment of debts

●Private Debt Consolidation

Retainer	20,000yen per one debt
Remuneration for successful consolidation	20,000 per one debt consolidation
Remuneration for reimbursement of overpayment	20～25% of reimbursement amount

●Bankruptcy

Client Type	Retainer	Remuneration
Company/Corporation	More than 500,000yen	More than 200,000yen
Self-employed individual	300,000yen	100,000yen
Individual not self-employed	180,000yen	30,000yen

●Civil Rehabilitation

Client Type	Retainer	Remuneration
Self-employed individual	More than 500,000yen	200,000yen
Individual not self-employed	300,000yen	50,000yen

(3) Divorce

● Negotiation

Retainer	100,000yen in principle
Remuneration	200,000yen in principle

● Conciliation

Retainer (When you make a contract at the stage of negotiation)	From 200,000yen to 300,000yen
Retainer (When you make a contract at the stage of Conciliation)	From 300,000yen to 400,000yen
Remuneration	From 100,000yen to 300,000yen

● Suit

Retainer (When you demand compensation for mental damages)	Standard of Civil Case is applied.
Retainer (When you don’t demand compensation for mental damages)	From 100,000yen to 400,000
Remuneration	More than 100,000yen

(4) Criminal Case

Retainer	More than 200,000yen
Remuneration	More than 200,000yen

Rules for Legal Fees

If you want to check fees in detail, please refer to Rules for Legal Fees(PDF).

* When you make a contract under civil legal aid system of Japan Legal Support Center (Houterasu), legal assistance system of Japan Federation of Bar Associations, or special agreement about legal aid of insurance companies, legal fees will be decided according to each standard.