D&I Initiatives

● Promotion of Women’s Active Engagement

As of 2023, appropriately 60% of the members (and appropriately 25% of the lawyers) of Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners are women, keeping a relatively high percentage of female lawyers compared to others in the same industry in Japan.
Our firm takes various initiatives with the aim of developing a workplace environment where our members can exhibit their capabilities to the utmost extent, regardless of their gender.

(Interview Articles of Our Firm concerning the Active Engagement of Women)
Interview with Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners - Approaching the Firm’s Philosophy and Culture based on the Percentage of Female Lawyers in the FirmPart1, Part2 and Part3,” Innovation Platform for Business Legal, published on February 10, 16 and 24, 2023, respectively
MAKING DIVERSITY A STRENGTH (EN/JA),” ASIAN LEGAL BUSINESS, April 21, 2023

● LGBTQ+

Our firm has expressed its support for the written opinion on marriage equality (“Support the Recruitment and Retention of Talent by Instituting Marriage Equality in Japan”) published by the American Chambers of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ).
Our firm has also become a supporting organization of the Lawyers for LGBT and Allies Network (LLAN) to express our support for “Business for Marriage Equality,” which is a campaign that supports marriage equality (legalization of same-sex marriages).
Our firm has organized internal educational seminars and developed various systems concerning LGBTQ. We consider such supporting activities as part of our actions to realize our foundation philosophy, “to establish ‘an excellent law firm’ for the people, the society and the changing times.”
Our office will continue to actively take initiatives to understand, accept and respect the diversity of individuals, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity and sexual expression.

● Work-Life Balance

To provide excellent legal services to our clients, Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners takes the following initiatives, with the primary aim of establishing a workplace environment where its members can exhibit their capabilities to the utmost extent.
For lawyers, our firm supports flexible ways of working that suit each lawyer’s circumstances, including a childrearing/nursing care support system, childrearing assistance system, childrearing/nursing care leave financial assistance system, telework system, the establishment of points of contact for consultation concerning work-life balance, and other specific arrangements suitable for each lawyer, and has thus developed various schemes to promote the understanding of diversity.
For other members, our firm has formulated and published its action plan based on the “Act on the Promotion of Women’s Active Engagement in Professional Life,” and has taken various initiatives to achieve mid- to long-term goals based on the plan.

● Nationality, etc.

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners has a goal of becoming an organization wherein all co-workers with various nationalities and backgrounds are respected and can exhibit their capabilities.
To develop an environment where everyone in the workplace can communicate with each other and share information without any difficulty, we have taken measures or introduced systems that enable communication or the provision of information in English or other languages.
We regularly review our systems and practices to create an ideal diversity and inclusion environment, where all of the members of our firm can actively make a contribution and exhibit their capabilities to the utmost extent.

● Awards

Our firm received the “Gold” rating in the “PRIDE Index,” which is an evaluation index established by the voluntary organization “work with Pride” for initiatives related to LGBTQ+ within companies and other organizations.

The voluntary organization “work with Pride” is an organization that supports the promotion and establishment of diversity management regarding LGBTQ+ and other sexual minorities in companies and other organizations.
The “work with Pride” formulated the “PRIDE Index” for evaluation of the initiatives for sexual minorities in the workplace, which is based on five indicators including “Policy (declaration of action),” “Representation (support for LGBTQ+ community),” “Inspiration (awareness-raising activities),” “Development (personnel systems and programs),” and “Engagement/Empowerment (social contribution and public relations activities),” with the aim of creating workplaces where LGBTQ+ people can work with pride.
Our firm received the highest rating of “Gold” for the first time on November 7, 2023.
For further details, please visit the website, work with PRIDE 2023.

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Seminars/Lectures

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【Online Seminar】Development and Active Use of the Whistleblowing System in Global Companies
2024.04.05
【Online Seminar】 Series of Seminars on Latest Court Decisions (25): Commentary on the Latest Court Decisions concerning the Recipient of Corporate Retirement Allowance Paid upon Death of an Employee
2024.02.27
【Online Seminar】 Seminar on Legal Practices for Companies Expanding Their Business Abroad (9): Formulation of Globally Accepted "Business and Human Rights" Initiatives - Featuring the German Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains
2024.01.30
【Onilne Seminar】Introduction of the Perspective of Human Rights in M&A and Implementation Thereof Based on the Practical Trends in "Business and Human Rights"
2024.01.24
【Onilne Seminar】Practical Response by Companies to Similar or New Cases Based on the Supreme Court Judgment in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Transgender Case
2023.10.17
【Online Seminar】What Should We Start With? - Basics of "Business and Human Rights" and the Implementation Thereof
2022.10.17
Osaka Bar Association Training Program "The Latest Trends and Practical Responses on Business and Human Rights"
2022.06.28
What Next Generation Lawyers Need to Know to Implement Effective ESG Strategies? - Taking into account Global Practices - Discussion 2 Human Rights Due Diligence: Global Practices and Regulations
2022.05.24
【Online Seminar: Video Streaming】 According to the Type of Business: Practice of Human Rights Due Diligence Based on Disclosed Cases
2022.04.13
How does the CAS Ad Hoc Division work in the COVID environment? - Key Lessons from Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 -
2022.01.19
【Online Seminar: Video Streaming】 The Olympic Games and Sports Arbitration - From the Basics of Sports Dispute Resolution to a case report n Example of Arbitration Relating to the Tokyo Olympic Games -
2022.01.18
【Online Seminar】Olympic-related Sport Arbitration
2021.10.22
【Online Seminar: Video Streaming】Basics of ESG/Sustainability and Corporate Legal Affairs
2021.10.06
NYSBA Webinar - Human Trafficking In Asia: Modern-Day Forms Of Slavery
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Dealing with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Issues and Implementing Human Rights Due Diligence
2018.01.22
Asia Legal Practice Morning Seminar (2): Business and Human Rights - Measures Currently Required of Companies

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