Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 79

Tokyo, Shinjuku Ward, Shinjuku Center Building, 8 p.m.

The fourth floor, Kawamoto Expressway Headquarters.

The floor-to-ceiling glass windows in the conference hall have a panoramic view of the skyscrapers of Nishi Shinjuku. All kinds of beautiful city lights and night scenes are twinkling like stars. It is the Milky Way.However, in stark contrast to this beautiful scene, the almost pale lights in the conference hall swallowed up all the romance and prosperity, leaving only monotony and boredom.

There was a dignified atmosphere in the meeting room.A large group of black people almost filled the meeting room.The long main table in the middle divides the group into two groups.The people sitting on the left side of the meeting room are all wearing a badge with a pattern of a road separating a group of flames - the company logo of Kawamoto Expressway.The people sitting on the other side, many of them are wearing a balance sunflower badge.

On the side of the Kawamoto Expressway, there are one after another signs on the table marking the names and positions of the people on the seats.The people present included Kawamoto Expressway's Legal Director Fujiki Nobu, Financial Director Nishikawa Kohei, Public Relations Director Kitano Shinji, Director of External Liaison Department Yukito Takami, General Manager of Business Department Rikiya Sugai, Executive Director Keiji Omura, and Supervisor Sawa Takeo.A group of company executives are already sitting on the seats.

In a row of seats, the most middle position read: Chairman, Kawamoto Kotaro.

This most important position is empty.

The empty seats were quietly placed like this.

However, under the tense atmosphere in the room, an empty chair brought even greater pressure to the people in the meeting room.

Sitting across the table were Imamishi and Onoda, as well as other middle and senior lawyers from the law firm.They lowered their heads slightly, constantly flipping through documents and materials, as if preparing for the next exchange.The expressions on the faces of the group of lawyers were overcast, as if they had been hit by a torrential downpour, which took away their usual vigor and kindness.

Imanishi felt his mouth was a little dry, picked up the cup beside him, and took a sip.Tonight is to report the results of the lawsuit to Kawamoto Expressway.Until now, he still feels a little stunned, and he can't believe that the two lines of defense laid down in this lawsuit were actually broken down by that young man named Bei Yuan.

The whole audience was waiting for the owner of the middle chair—Kotaro.

"Is the chairman coming?" Imanishi raised his head and asked the supervisor of the opposite Kawamoto Expressway.Imanishi is not so patient, especially today's unexpected defeat, he is feeling irritable at this time, and he doesn't have so much free time, waiting here like the employees of Kawamoto Expressway.

Although lawyers are the second party in legal services, as professionals, they also have their own dignity, and it is impossible for them to wait for their clients like attendants.

"Director Chuanmoto is having dinner with people from the Highway Bureau in the evening. The dinner meeting started at 5:[-] very early. At this moment, it should be almost there. It is estimated that we will be there soon." The supervisor sitting diagonally across said, "Please also Wait a little longer."

"Why don't you report now." Legal director Nobu Fujiki frowned, and said to the supervisor next to him, "When the chairman comes back, just give a brief introduction. The chairman may not have time to go Get a full debrief."

Although Fujiki, the legal director, said so on the surface, he actually felt a little bit distressed about the bills of the law firm.Don't look at the people from Jinxi Law Firm waiting here, doing nothing.This waiting time is also included in the working hours and charged.In this way, if you sit for a few hours in vain, the company will have to pay more lawyer fees at that time.

In Chuanben Expressway, the salary of the legal department is linked to the lawyer's expenses.In other words, the greater the company's lawyer expenses, the corresponding salary of the company's legal department will fluctuate and decrease within a certain range.This mechanism is to encourage the legal department to do a good job in risk prevention
Fujiki was also a lawyer before, and he was well-known in the industry. Later, because he hated the instability of lawyers' income, he switched to legal affairs.

Several company executives whispered to each other, and then agreed to Fujiki's proposal.The legal director said to Imanishi: "Please start reporting today's court session."

"The situation today is like this." Onoda held the relevant documents and coughed lightly, "Today, the lawsuit against the other party. We filed a defense on the scope of the civil case. But our claim has not been recognized by the court. The court has announced an optional hearing. Next, the case will officially enter the trial stage, and we will..."

"May I interrupt?" Fujiki waved his hand at Onoda, then turned to look at Imanishi, "Director Imanishi, you know that too. We don't really care about this case itself. This is a driver who crashed his car and came to sue That’s all for us. It’s just because a luxury car happened to be damaged, so the amount of money in this case seems relatively large. Even if the amount of money in this case is a little higher, it’s nothing more than a traffic accident in the final analysis.”

"What we want to know most is how this case will affect the approval of our current financing and share expansion plan. This is also the matter that the chairman is most concerned about. Why is there a traffic accident case, just because it is a luxury car, the amount If it gets too big, it will trigger the major lawsuit announcement system. If this is the case, why would a listed company announce lawsuits every day?"

"That's right." Imamishi took another sip of water, licked his somewhat dry lips, and said, "Although this case is just a case of accident. But because this case involves the judgment of expressway maintenance obligations, it will affect future expressway maintenance obligations." Road business impacts..."

"But. To be honest, isn't this just a small case?" Fujiki complained: "We just announced it in accordance with the listing regulatory rules so stupidly? Besides, the case never went to the Tokyo High Court. It was just in the Shinjuku District Trial by the tribunal. If the case cannot go to the high court, the court's judgment will not become a binding precedent. Lawyer Imanishi, are you being too cautious?"

"I think, to be on the safe side, an announcement is still needed." Imam frowned, "There are many uncertainties in legal matters. Especially in rare cases like this. Maybe one day, a judge of a high court will see It is possible that I decided to arraign this case because of a sudden interest in this strange case."

"Lawyer Imamishi, you are still too cautious." Fujiki continued: "My experience is exactly the opposite of yours. Attorney Imamishi, you jumped out of corporate legal affairs to become a lawyer. I jumped from a lawyer to a law firm. My practice The biggest feeling is to provide legal services, which should be centered on the needs of enterprises. Mr. Imanishi, after working as a lawyer for a long time, has the past legal thinking gradually become a lawyer thinking, which only focuses on the law and does not estimate Does the business actually need it?"

Fujiki went on to say: "I think it's too much to make such a major lawsuit announcement. Such an announcement will have a great negative impact. The key is that many car owners with ulterior motives will follow suit and sue the company. Now it’s just one case. After the announcement, I’m afraid there will be hundreds of lawsuits rushing to the Kawamoto Expressway.”

Imam looked at his former colleague with a headache.He thought that the legal director opposite him had been a lawyer and could understand how he felt.Unexpectedly, the butt really decides the head.Imanishi clasped his hands, stared at the tea in the cup in front of him, and began to collect his thoughts.

Suddenly, the door of the meeting room creaked open.A man with a dark complexion and wearing an expensive suit walked in. His dark complexion was slightly reddish, and his body exuded a strong smell of alcohol.The moment the man entered, the whispers in the entire conference room disappeared instantly.

Kotaro is back.

(End of this chapter)