FIRM PROFILE

Teraoka & Partners LLP is a Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers firm.  The firm was established 33 years ago and serves as general counsel to global enterprises, as well as regional and local businesses, professionals and individuals.

From its inception, the firm has been result-oriented and dedicated to providing high quality professional services to its clientele, which includes Pacific Rim and European based companies, as well as individuals and professionals.

The firm has established a sound reputation for reliability and excellence. Mr. Teraoka and the law firm have earned an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the 100-year old attorney rating system. An AV rating is the highest category for superior legal skill and integrity. In addition, Mr. Teraoka has been recognized as one of the top 5% of attorneys in Northern California, having been honored as one of the “Super Lawyers of Northern California” for 2008. 
( View the profile as it appeared in Super Lawyers magazine.)

The firm emphasizes the following areas:

                                Corporate and Commercial Practice
                                Establishing United States Subsidiary Offices
                                Business Litigation
                                Mergers and Acquisitions
                                Employment and Personnel Matters
                                Real Estate 
                                Business Immigration and Visa Matters
                                Licensing - International and Domestic
                                Public Utilities Regulation of Transportation Matters
                                Hi-Tech Representation
                                Alcoholic Beverage Control Licensing
                                Intellectual Property Matters
                                Estate Planning, Probate, Wills and Trusts

The firm consists of experienced highly trained attorneys along with trained, capable and experienced legal staff assistants. The firm’s attorneys serve as general counsel to large and closely-held companies. They advise on most legal affairs affecting businesses, including incorporations, joint ventures/partnerships, limited liability companies, corporate-subsidiary issues, contractual relationships, distribution agreements and arrangements, administrative problems, commercial collections, real estate, commercial leases, broker liability, securities regulation, employer-employee matters, immigration matters, licensing, transportation issues as well as acquisitions. Through the firm’s of-counsel association, the firm’s clients have access to experienced patent and trademark counsel, estate planning and business litigation expertise, as well as legislative counseling in California regulatory matters.

Teraoka & Partners LLP is dedicated to obtaining results for client satisfaction. It has worked with and has been at odds with the largest of law firms on various litigation and transactional matters in the State of California. It has handled major litigation that impacted California public utility deregulation of specific common carriers. Because of its size, a client knows the attorney working on a case and is assured that his/its case is receiving close personal attention. The attorneys strive to build close advisory relationships and to work in a positive supportive capacity with clients. It provides advisory information and services to assist clients in making good, timely decisions for success in dispute resolution and in enterprising endeavors. These qualities make Teraoka & Partners LLP a unique law firm serving individuals, professionals and expanding businesses.

The firm’s Pacific Rim practice serves businesses and individuals throughout Asia, including Japan, China, South Korea, and the Philippines. It has advised both American clients seeking to do business in Asia and Asian clients seeking to operate in the United States. The firm's European practice serves businesses from Germany, France, Italy, Britain and Norway. In particular, the firm has helped many foreign corporations navigate the complex and often confusing regulations imposed on businesses by American federal and state governments. The firm provides Japanese-speaking and reading and writing resources for its clients who have such needs in the course of their business dealings.

The Firm’s home office was established in 1976 in San Francisco’s downtown financial district. In 1992, the Firm established a branch office in Silicon Valley to better meet the needs of its clients in that region. The Silicon Valley office is located in Palo Alto, California. In August 2006, the firm also established a branch office in Los Angeles, California, in Century City, to meet the needs of its growing client base. The Firm will continue to provide excellent professional services in a result oriented and client serviced environment.