In Japan, the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI) is the primary law that regulates data protection issues. In this article, we will cover a few significant recent amendments to the APPI, including one currently under consideration, while also touching on the new guidelines issued by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) last year, which highlight an intersection of the APPI and Japanese competition law, as well as the increasing significance of personal data in M&A transactions. 2015 amendments to the APPI The APPI was enacted in 2003 and went through its first major amendment in 2015 (the 2015 amendment)...
Atsumi & Sakai
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Atsumi & Sakai is a multi-award-winning, independent Tokyo law firm, and has been referred to as one of Japan's "Big five" law firms. It was the first Japanese law firm to create a foreign law joint venture, which enables it to admit foreign partners and so offer its clients the quality of service that the modern international business community demands. Expanding from its highly regarded finance practice, the firm now acts for a wide range of international and domestic companies, banks, financial institutions and other businesses, offering a comprehensive range of legal expertise.
In addition to lawyers admitted in Japan (including a Japanese lawyer also admitted in England and Wales), the firm includes foreign lawyers registered in Japan to advise on the laws of the US States of New York and California, the People's Republic of China, India, the State of Queensland, Australia, US and Australian Federal laws, and the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (in collaboration with Janssen Foreign Law Office). Lawyers at Atsumi & Sakai not only have significant experience in conducting business in Japanese and English, but also in German, Chinese, Korean, Hindi, Marathi, Russian and Vietnamese.
Year this Office was Established: 1994
Lawyers Worldwide: 256
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Partners
Bonnie L. Dixon
PartnerMichiaki Hosoi
Senior PartnerChie Kasahara
PartnerAkimoto Kawamura
PartnerHisashi Miyatsuka
PartnerTakasuke Mizukami
PartnerHiroyuki Nezu
Senior PartnerYuko Nihonmatsu
PartnerRyosei Nishida
PartnerMiho Niunoya
Senior PartnerYoko Nobata
PartnerRyuichi Nozaki
Senior PartnerEmiko Obata
PartnerTakafumi Ochiai
PartnerJunko Ogushi
Senior PartnerKumpei Ohashi
PartnerFumiko Oikawa
Senior PartnerMiki Ono
PartnerRyosuke Oue
PartnerKenichiro Saito
PartnerYutaka Sakai
Senior PartnerKazuya Sato
PartnerIan S. Scott
PartnerYasuhiro Shimada
PartnerFumiko Soejima
PartnerMichiro Suenaga
PartnerSachiko Sugawara
PartnerYuri Suzuki
Senior PartnerNorio Suzuki
PartnerTakeshi Takahashi
PartnerDavid Tan
PartnerKenichi Tanizaki
PartnerTatsuo Tezuka
PartnerTeruhisa Toyama
Senior PartnerYasuko Tsuchihashi
PartnerTakafumi Uematsu
PartnerKazutomo Ueyama
Senior PartnerYasuhiro Usui
PartnerAssociates
Keita Hitomi
AssociateMina Horiuchi
AssociateHirofumi Hosoda
AssociateToshihiro Iso
AssociateYuki Kanemitsu
AssociateReina Kanemura
AssociateFuminori Kato
AssociateNatsumi Kawabe
AssociateTomohiro Kobayashi
AssociateRyota Mikuniya
AssociateYasuharu Miura
AssociateGo Miyamae
AssociateReimi Miyamoto
AssociateGenki Mizokuchi
AssociateKirika Morita
AssociateKazuo Nakai
AssociateYusuke Noguchi
AssociateAsako Ochiiwa
AssociateJun Oishi
AssociateRikiya Okuhara
AssociateMitsuyuki Okuyama
AssociateHiroyuki Sanbe
PartnerMariko Sanno
AssociateRieko Sasaki
AssociateChie Shinsha
AssociateYuko Takagi
AssociateHiroto Takahashi
AssociateNatsuko Tomatsu
AssociateYuji Tomioka
AssociateDaisuke Tsuzuki
AssociateSho Tsuzuki
AssociateAtsushi Udagawa
AssociateToshinori Watanabe
AssociateTetsushi Watanabe
AssociateTomoko Watanabe
AssociateOf Counsel
Fumiaki Matsuoka
Of CounselKohei Murakawa
Of CounselAkira Shimazaki
Of CounselShinichiro Shumizu
Of CounselYutaka Suzuki
Of CounselDaisuke Suzuki
Of CounselChie Tabata
Of CounselMasayoshi Takashina
Of CounselEmi Uchida
Of CounselOther
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Atsumi & Sakai Announces Establishment of New York Office
Award-winning Japanese law firm Atsumi & Sakai is pleased to announce the establishment of an office in New York (Formal name: Atsumi & Sakai New York LLP), which will enable the firm to provide more convenient legal services in North and South America. The New York office will be led by Bonnie L. Dixon, a veteran partner of the firm and the first non-Japanese lawyer to be a partner of a Japanese law firm in the post-war era. As the only Japanese law firm with offices in London and New York, an affiliated office in Frankfurt and an affiliated law firm in Vietnam, we cover all time zones and provide legal services literally 24 hours a day...
Atsumi & Sakai is Announces Award Recipients at Asian Legal Business Japan Law Awards 2019
Asian Legal Business Japan Law Awards 2019 Atsumi & Sakai is pleased announce its receipt of the following awards at the recent Asian Legal Business Japan Law Awards 2019: • Hiroo Atsumi: Managing Partner of the Year • Atsumi & Sakai: Overseas Practice Law Firm of the Year