American lawyer in Japan, Gaiben.comNorman Solbergfuture in Japan



Efficient, Practical and Value-Based Lawyer and Advisor


Can I help you? I advise both business companies and individuals –– international and Japanese –– including large, small and family companies.

As an international attorney licensed in several jurisdictions and a former executive and General Counsel of a US Fortune 500 company, I provide legal and advisory services in Japan which are efficient, practical and value-based. While I have deep, top quality experience in US and other international matters, I have been doing business in Japan and Asia since the 1960s. Since the early 1990s, I have been qualified as a licensed foreign lawyer in Japan, or “Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi,” based in Osaka but able to handle matters throughout all of Japan. In that time, I have developed ties in the business community in Japan and the corridors of power that are very useful.

Unique Client Benefits

My substantial background in international law business and personal issues may help you achieve your strategies and goals. Here are values to you as a client:

Cross-border knowledge in several business law fields, including companies, contracts, licensing, manufacturing, electronics, sourcing, technology, M&A, board of directors issues, corporate control and governance strategy, and in personal financial, wills, trusts, estate and asset protection matters. Feel free to look around for a greater level of experience.

Flexible, value-based fees, including fixed fees that are guaranteed and predictable.

Relationships in the community that can help you reach your objectives.

Sophisticated methods and management of resources that offer powerful results -- faster, simpler, more efficiently.
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Able to include other high quality professionals and resources as needed.

A history of unusually good outcomes.

I am always glad to meet and to examine client issues to see if I can help, but I cannot provide free advice. Good legal advice in Japan is an investment in your welfare and has a value and a cost. Like others, I am not your lawyer until we have a written agreement and a fee arrangement.


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