Risk Management

In order for a company to maintain sustainable growth, it is necessary for it to not only strengthen corporate governance and promote compliance management, but also to make efforts in areas such as CSR and SDGs to gain the trust of stakeholders and society and create and protect corporate value.

Atsumi & Sakai’s risk management team has experience advising on risk management across a wide range of industries and businesses, both domestic and multi-national. The team includes:

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

Our team can help you with matters such as:

Risk management audits
Risk management training (in-person and online)
Help desk services
Assistance with PR responses to crises
Preparation of risk management policies
Whistleblowing support
Employee reporting and disciplinary rules
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.