Misconduct Investigations / Incident Response (Third Party Committees)

Atsumi & Sakai has extensive experience participating in corporate investigations with our lawyers serving as third party committee members and providing operational support in a wide range of investigations, including high-profile corporate incidents, accounting fraud and product quality misconduct cases. We also conduct and support internal investigations and audits to supplement in-house resources.

 

In the field of corporate investigations, it is important to minimize reputational damage, and address other related risks by promptly identifying the nature of the incident, identifying the root causes and background factors, swiftly developing and presenting necessary and sufficient solutions, and by obtaining the approval of various internal and external stakeholders as well as the regulatory authorities. Our extensive experience allows us to conduct prompt and thorough investigations.

 

In addition, a company may establish a third party committee for the purpose of protecting minority shareholders in transactions such as tender offers and management buyouts. Our lawyers also serve as a members of such third party committees, and accommodate requests based on a careful assessment of the committee’s mandate, the transaction circumstances, independence requirements and potential conflicts of interest of each case.

 

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