Regulatory Investigations (Domestic and Foreign)
Atsumi & Sakai’s risk management team can handle all-manner of regulatory investigations, both domestic and foreign through a multi-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional team comprising:
- Former prosecutors
- Certified Public Accountants
- Criminal defense lawyers
- A lawyer with experience working at the Tokyo Stock Exchange
- A lawyer with experience working at the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission
- Lawyers with experience working at the compliance departments of listed companies and financial institutions
- A leading Japanese expert on EU anti-trust laws
- Foreign lawyers able to advise on the laws of New York, California, England and Wales, India, China, Taiwan and Australia
The team advises on:
- Compliance and risk audits
- Compliance and risk training (in-person and online)
- Handling dawn raids
- Responding to and managing regulatory investigations
- Criminal defense
- Internal investigations
- Whistleblowing support
- Employee reporting and disciplinary rules
- Assistance with PR responses
- Data security
- Data retention policies
- Support with foreign investigations
- Selection of foreign counsel based on personal knowledge
- Transaction management of multi-jurisdictional investigations
When advising foreign clients, our firm can field a team of expert Japanese lawyers and foreign lawyers who have relevant experience and bi-cultural sensitivity. Our team can do business and draft documents in Japanese, English, German, Mandarin, Hindi, Korean, and Marathi, and provides services around the clock through our global affiliated offices.