Admitted
Japan (2006)
Bar Association
Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association
Education
Hitotsubashi University (B.A., 2002)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
Background
Hayabusa Asuka Law Offices (October 2006-September 2013)
Member
Japan Brand Management Society
Japan Marketing Academy
Publications
- Compliance as a Brand Strategy: Competitive Advantage Generated by Empathy and Trust from Stakeholders, Dai-ichi Hoki Co., Ltd. (2024)
- “Compliance - Code of Conduct and Whistleblower Regulations that Resonate with Corporate Philosophy,” Business Homu, March 2024 Issue, CHUOKEIZAI-SHA, Inc. (January, 2024) [Co-author]
- Concept Driven Compliance: Essentials of Corporate Compliance overlooked by 90% of Persons in Charge (2023)
- Super Practical! Introduction to Brand Management:10 Steps for Creating Beloved Companies and Services, Discover 21 (2022) [Co-author] (Column Contribution)
- “Legal & Compliance Knowledge Creation” Business Law Journal (serial articles) (2020)
- “Methodology for Legal Training that Resonates with Business Staff,” Business Law Journal No. 130 (2019)
- “Special Measures to Improve Legal Functions upon Consideration of the ‘Study Group Report on How Japanese Companies should Strengthen International Competitiveness’ (1)- (3),” Business Law Journal, LexisNexis Japan (2018) [Co-author]
- “Conversations with Former Bosses’ and Employees’ Real Intentions! ‘A Company's Style’ that In-house Lawyers Should Know,” Business Homu Vol.18 No.7, CHUOKEIZAI-SHA, INC. (2018) [Co-author]
- “Trends in Antitrust Law Compliance in Cutting-Edge Areas,” KAISHA HOMU A2Z Vol.2017-11, Dai-ichi Hoki Co., Ltd. (2017)
- “Q&A: A Guide on Creating Internal Rules that Makes Sense from a Legal Viewpoint,” Business Law Journal No.111, LexisNexis Japan (2017)
- Financial Instruments and Tort – False Statements in Securities Report and Damages Compensation, Sankyo Hoki Publishing (2012) [Co-author]
Web Articles
- “How to Choose the 'Four Types' of Fraud Investigation? - Lawyers Talk about Optimal Solutions and Decision Criteria,” Business & Law (February 2025) [Interview]
- “A Film Director and a Lawyer, a Unique Team Opens a New Frontier in Compliance -Making it Personal-,” Business & Law (February 2025) [Interview]
- “Recommendations for Effective Compliance: Strategic Planning Skills Required for Compliance Departments,” Business & Law (July 2023) [Interview]
- “Designing Compliance to Improve Corporate Brand: The Merging Point Between ESG/SDGs, Management, and Corporate Compliance,” Business Lawyers (September 2021)
- Series: “Knowledge Creation” Compliance Beyond the Legal Framework “Part 2. SDGs Will Make Compliance More ‘Fun and Cool’” BUSINESS LAWYERS (April 2021) [Interview]
- Series: “Knowledge Creation” Compliance Beyond the Legal Framework “Part 1. Introducing ‘Re: houmu’ - Where Compliance Officers Share Their Concerns” BUSINESS LAWYERS (March 2021) [Interview]
- “Is Corporate Misconduct Simply the Result of ‘Ethical Shortcomings’? Searching for an Interdisciplinary Platform for Compliance Professionals to Come Together,” Business Lawyers (May 2020) [Interview]
- “Corporate Compliance Equals Management: Two Experts from Different Fields Reveal Secrets to Engaging the Management and Operative Divisions,” Business Lawyers (May 2020) [Interview]
- “A New Type of Advisory Contract Service based on Experiences as an In-house Lawyer,” Business Lawyers (December 2019) [Interview]
- “What Are the Strategies to Deal with Amendments to the Civil Code as the ‘Only In-house Legal Professional’?,” BUSINESS LAWYERS (March, 2018) [Co-author]
- “Cases where Exchanging Information with Competitors Becomes Illegal,” Business Lawyers (March 2016) [Co-author]
- “Can Manufacturers Request Retailers to not Advertise Discount Prices?,” Business Lawyers (March 2016) [Co-author]
Seminars
- Compliance Workshop-series
- Participants: Senior management, legal/compliance staff, business staff
- Content: Workshop for increasing awareness of global compliance internally and fostering corporate culture
- Hosted: Irregularly since 2018 by SMBC Consulting Co., Ltd., the Business Research Institute, Corporate Management Forums, Inc. and others - Designing Legal and Compliance Training-series
- Participants: Legal/compliance staff
- Content: Methodology of planning and conducting legal/compliance training
- Hosted: Irregularly since 2019 by SMBC Consulting Co., Ltd. and others - Antitrust considerations in contact with competitors-series
- Participants: Legal/compliance staff
- Content: Methodology of drafting anti-cartel guidelines
- Hosted: Irregularly since 2017 by LexisNexis Japan, Corporate Management Forums, Inc. and others - Basics and practice of compliance with subcontracting and consumption tax pass-on laws-series
- Participants: Senior management, legal/compliance staff, business staff
- Content: Explanation of practical compliance with subcontracting laws and consumption tax pass-on laws in relation to subcontracting transactions
- Hosted: Irregularly since 2019 by Corporate Management Forums, Inc. and others - Reinforcing legal functions through Civil Code amendments-series
- Participants: Legal/compliance staff
- Content: Overview of and compliance with 2020 Civil Code amendments
- Hosted: Irregularly since 2018 by Business Lawyers, the Business Research Institute, Corporate Management Forums, Inc. and others - Practical Basic Transaction Contract Review-series
- Participants: Legal/compliance staff (beginner – intermediate level)
- Content: Contract review in practice, explanation of basics of contract drafting
- Hosted: Regularly since 2011 by SMBC Consulting Co., Ltd. and the Business Law Journal - Others
- “Compliance Forum: Response to Compliance in the Era of SDGs and ESG,” co-hosted by Pronexus Inc. and High Technology Communications, Inc., January 15, 2021.
- “[Seminar Training] Specific Measures for Improving Legal Functions from the ‘Study Group Report on the Status of Legal Functions of Japanese Companies towards Strengthening International Competitiveness’: Corporate Legal Affairs as seen by In-house Lawyers,” SMBC Consulting Co., Ltd., September 19, 2018
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