Regulatory Investigations (Domestic and Foreign)

Atsumi & Sakai’s risk management team can handle all-manner of regulatory investigations, both domestic and foreign through a multi-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional team comprising:

Former prosecutors
Certified Public Accountants
Criminal defense lawyers
A lawyer with experience working at the Tokyo Stock Exchange
A lawyer with experience working at the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission
Lawyers with experience working at the compliance departments of listed companies and financial institutions
A leading Japanese expert on EU anti-trust laws
Foreign lawyers able to advise on the laws of New York, California, England and Wales, India, China, Taiwan and Australia

The team advises on:

Compliance and risk audits
Compliance and risk training (in-person and online)
Handling dawn raids
Responding to and managing regulatory investigations
Criminal defense
Internal investigations
Whistleblowing support
Employee reporting and disciplinary rules
Assistance with PR responses
Data security
Data retention policies
Support with foreign investigations
Selection of foreign counsel based on personal knowledge
Transaction management of multi-jurisdictional investigations

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.