General Compliance

With the ever-increasing volume of regulations that businesses are subject to, and the expanding and more aggressive activities of regulators, effective compliance and internal controls are essential for nearly all companies in order to minimize reputational and financial risk to both the company and its directors and officers.

Atsumi & Sakai’s compliance team has experience advising on compliance issues across a wide range of industries and businesses, both domestic and multi-national; the team includes former prosecutors, and lawyers with experience in the compliance departments of listed companies and financial institutions, and as qualified certified public accountants.

Our team can help you in areas such as:

Management compliance audits
Compliance training (in-person and online)
Help desk services
Preparation of compliance policies and controls
Bribery (domestic and foreign)
Money laundering and proceeds of crime
Insider trading
Data protection & cybersecurity
Fraud
Listing rules

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.