Nicholas J. Casson

Partner

Main Practices: Labor and Employment Compliance / M&A, etc. Labor Issues / Data Protection, Privacy, and Cybersecurity / Directors and Officers / Shareholder Meetings / General Corporate Legal Affairs / Real Estate Transactions / General Civil Litigation / United Kingdom

Languages: English / Japanese / Korean

Office: Tokyo

Qualifications: Registered Foreign Lawyer (The Laws of England & Wales) (2023)
Solicitor admitted in England & Wales (2014)
* Atsumi & Sakai is not regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for England and Wales.

Contact

Overview

Publications & Seminars

Awards

Registration in Japan

Registered Foreign Lawyer (The Laws of England & Wales) (2023)

* Atsumi & Sakai is not regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for England and Wales.

Admitted

Solicitor admitted in England & Wales (2014)

Bar Association

Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association

Education

University of Oxford (BA in Oriental Studies (Japanese), 1999)
Osaka University (PhD in International Studies, 2005)
University of Oxford (MA (Oxon), 2006)
College of Law (LLB (Hons), 2011)

Background

TFC Legal, London, United Kingdom (April 2012-April 2020)

Publications

First Steps in Doing Business in India, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (2024) [Co-author]
“Survey Report on Foreign Systems that May Affect the Proper Handling of Specified User Information,” Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (2024) [Co-author]
“Survey Report of Legal Systems in Major European Nations regarding the Use of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs),” Personal Information Protection Commission(2023) [Co-author]
“Study Report on Overseas Stablecoin Use Cases and Analysis of Related Regulations,” Financial Services Agency (2022) [Co-author]

Seminars

Panelist at the roundtable entitled “Pre-deal transaction integration planning - managing expectations,” at the event “3rd EU-Japan EPA Forum,” May 12, 2021