Shingo Isobe

Partner

Fukuoka Affiliate Office*

Main Practices: Risk Management / General Compliance / Internal Audits / Regulatory Investigations (Domestic and Foreign) / Social Media Risk and Reputational Damage / Accounting Fraud / Anti-bribery (Domestic) / Product Quality and Inspection Fraud / Internal Reporting Systems / Harassment and Misconduct / Corporate Governance / General Corporate Legal Affairs / Corporate and White Collar Crime

Languages: Japanese / English

Office: Fukuoka

* Member of A&S Fukuoka LPC**. Not a member of Atsumi & Sakai.

**Although A&S Fukuoka LPC is affiliated with Atsumi & Sakai Legal Professional Corporation, it is a separate corporation and is not a branch office of Atsumi & Sakai Legal Professional Corporation.

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Overview

Publications & Seminars

Awards

Admitted

Japan (2020)

Bar Association

Fukuoka Bar Association

Education

Doshisha University Faculty of Letters (B.A., in Sociology, 1998)
The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan

Background

Public prosecutor (October 2004-December 2020)
Commercial Affairs Division, Civil Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Justice (April 2013-March 2015)
Director, Comprehensive Planning Division on Staff Attorneys, Comprehensive Planning Department on Staff Human Resources Division, Japan Legal Support Center Headquarters (April 2017-April 2019)

Compliance Department, Major Japanese logistics company (September 2021-February 2023)

Member

Bar Examination Examiner and Preliminary Bar Examination Examiner (Commercial Code) for 2014
Judicial Scrivener Examination Examiner from 2013 to 2015

Publications

"Compliance - Code of Conduct and Whistleblower Regulations that Resonate with Corporate Philosophy," Business Homu, March 2024 Issue, CHUOKEIZAI-SHA, Inc. (January, 2024) [Co-author]
Basics of Deposits, Kinzai (2015)

Appearances

Appeared as a member of the anti-fraud task force in the 24-Hour Television Special Program, aired by the Nippon Television Network Corporation and 30 other stations, February 17, 2024, etc.

Web Articles

“How to Choose the 'Four Types' of Fraud Investigation? - Lawyers Talk about Optimal Solutions and Decision Criteria,” Business & Law (February 2025) [Interview]

Seminar

“Three key points to keep the whistleblower system from becoming a decoration,” hosted by Business Research Institute, December 16, 2024.
“Seminar on the Revised Private Schools Act - Practical Responses to Strengthen Governance and Internal Controls,” hosted by A&S Fukuoka LPC, supported by Re-grit Partners Inc. and Adecco Japan, December 3, 2024.
“Session 2: Internal Reporting,” at a seminar entitled “A&S Fukuoka LPC - New Office Commemorative Seminar,” hosted by A&S Fukuoka LPC and Atsumi & Sakai, June 30, 2023
“Practical Points and Recent Developments in the Use of Various Types of Deposits,” hosted by Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, video available from August 26, 2022
“Basic Deposition Procedures that Corporate Legal Affairs Personnel should know -The most important key points that will enable you to handle 80% of deposit cases,” hosted by Shoji Homu Co., Ltd., from December 27, 2021 to February 28, 2022
“Practical Investigation and Monitoring Techniques for a Forward-looking Whistleblower Response, Part 1-3,” hosted by FRONTEO, video available from September 16, 2021