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Frank Becker

Affiliates and Overseas Offices

Frankfurt Affiliate Office*

Main Practices
General Compliance / Employee Data Privacy / Corporate Governance / Shareholder Meetings / Corporate Disputes / General Corporate Legal Affairs / Establishing Companies and Businesses for Startups / M&A, Corporate Reorganization, and Joint Ventures / Private Equity and Venture Capital / Inward Investment / Data Protection, Privacy, and Cybersecurity / Corporate Insolvency, Reorganization, and Liquidation / Germany / Europe and the EU
Languages
German / Japanese / English / Spanish / French
Office
Frankfurt
TEL
+49-(0)69-7474-5051

*Atsumi & Sakai Europa GmbH - Rechtsanwälte und Steuerberater **

**A corporation registered in Germany providing legal and tax advisory services

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Publications & Seminars

Awards

Admitted

Germany (2000)　
*Not Registered as a Foreign Lawyer in Japan

Bar Association

Frankfurt am Main Bar Association

Education

Tohoku University (LL.B., 1993-1994)
Law School of Saarbrucken University in Germany (1998)
Distance University of Hagen, Japanese Law (1997-1998)

Background

Clifford Chance (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Associate（2000-2005）
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP (Munich, Germany), Partner（2005-2012）
Deloitte Legal (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Partner（2013-2015）
Atsumi & Sakai Europa GmbH - Rechtsanwälte und Steuerberater (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Managing Partner（August 2015-）

Member

German-Japanese Juridical Association
Frankfurt Lawyers Association
Argentine-German Lawyers Association
Frankfurt German-Japanese Association
Saarbrucken German-Japanese Association
Deutsch-Japanische Gesellschaft für Arbeitsrecht

Publications

  • "Survey Report on Foreign Systems that May Affect the Proper Handling of Specified User Information," Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (2024)  [Co-author]

  • ”Lawyers Guide 2023,"  Lexis Nexis and Business & Law LLC (January 2023) [Interview]

  • “Survey of Legal Systems in Major European Nations regarding the Use of Cameras with Face Recognition Functionality,” Personal Information Protection Commission (2022)[Contributor]

  • "Survey on Data Collaboration and Utilization of AI, etc. in the Healthcare Sector," the Cabinet Secretariat's National Strategy Office of Information and Communication Technology (Commissioned by Seed Planning, Inc., recommissioned to NTT Data Institute of Management Consulting, Inc. and Atsumi & Sakai) (June 2020) [Co-author]
  • "Research Study on Recent Trends of Data Protection Acts in Other Countries,” Personal Information Protection Commission (2018) [Co-author]
  • "Fintech, Legaltech, AI, GDPR," LAWYERS GUIDE ~Trends in Innovation~, Business Law Journal No.125, LexisNexis Japan (2018) [Co-author]
  • "In Relation to ICO Regulations, Europe & the US Moving to New Legislation; We should Keep an Eye on France & Israel, But the Majority Remain with the Application of Existing Rules," Nikkei FinTech, Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. (November, 2017) [Co-author]
  • "Industrie 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT) in Germany," KOKUSAI SHOJI HOMU Vol. 44, No. 7, Japanese Institute of International Business Law, Inc. (July, 2016) [Co-author]

Web Articles

  • “Conversation Article (5): Italy Suspends Use of ChatGPT, and Trends among Data Protection Agencies in other Countries,” the AI Business Creation Association (April 2023)

Seminars

  • “Basic knowledge of German business laws that Japanese expats should know in advance,” hosted by Atsumi & Sakai, Atsumi & Sakai Europa GmbH - Rechtsanwälte und Steuerberater, and Japan Institute for Overseas Investment (JOI), Novemver 15, 2023
  • Panelist at working sessions below at a two-day seminar entitled “EU Whistleblower Directive: is your organization ready to comply with the new Whistleblowing rules?,” hosted by Atsumi & Sakai Europa GmbH - Rechtsanwälte und Steuerberater, AKD, Bartolome & Briones, Cooley, Franklin, Magnusson, Molitor, Pavia Ansaldo and William Fry, June 8 and 9, 2022  
    - “General presentation of the Directive (EU level)”
    - “Insight on the basic principles of transposition laws in the EU countries - Data protection / privacy aspects”
    - “Practical recommendations to set up a whistleblowing system in a compliant way”
    - “Answers to practical questions”
  • "Global Compliance and Internal Whistle-blower System for Overseas Subsidiary Control Looking at Recent Trends of the EU General Data Protection Regulation," hosted by the Business Research Institute, July 25, 2018
  • “Countering the Threat of a Cyber-Attack − Handling Crisis Communication in the Light of the new Data Protection Regulations,” at the "FRANKFURT ASA NO KAI," hosted by The Japanese-German Business Association, June 8, 2018
  • "Global Compliance in a Data Protection Era: Recent Developments on the EU General Data Protection Regulation," hosted by D-Quest, Inc., organized by LexisNexis Japan, July 20, 2017
  • "[Soon!] Recapping the Basics of “Brexit” and its Implications – a Legal Perspective," co-hosted by LexisNexis Japan and the Business Law Journal, in cooperation with Atsumi & Sakai, July 27, 2016