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Global Legal Insights: Bribery & Corruption 2023, 10th Edition - Japan

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Daiske Yoshida, Takahiro Nonaka and Andrew Meyer authored the Japan chapter of Global Legal Insights - Bribery & Corruption 2023 that covers key topics including latest developments in Japanese enforcement and corporate liability for bribery and corruption offences.

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Daiske Yoshida, Takahiro Nonaka and Andrew Meyer authored the Japan chapter of Global Legal Insights - Bribery & Corruption 2023 that covers key topics including latest developments in Japanese enforcement and corporate liability for bribery and corruption offences.Read the <a href="https://www.globallegalinsights.com/practice-areas/bribery-and-corruption-laws-and-regulations/japan" target="_blank">full article</a>.*This article was first published in Global Legal Insights - Bribery & Corruption 2023 (Global Legal Group Ltd).

Global Legal Insights: Bribery & Corruption 2023, 10th Edition - Japan

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Andrew Meyer is a member of the Litigation Department and part of the firm’s Commercial Litigation, Antitrust, and Investigations + White Collar Defense Groups.Andrew is recommended in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Japan: Antitrust and Competition.

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Takahiro Nonaka is a partner of Morrison Foerster Law Offices. He focuses his practice on government and internal investigations, including anti-corruption, antitrust, employee misconduct, and data privacy issues. He also works on both cross-border dispute resolution and domestic general commercial litigation.He has represented multinational companies in their negotiations with government officials, mass media, and other associated investigative agencies. His work also includes conducting internal investigations and training, researching relevant regulations and guidelines, and drafting internal codes and policies.He has worked with many multinational companies on U.S. antitrust law and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters, data privacy issues in the EU and other jurisdictions, and cross-border disputes, particularly related to tort claims and product liability in Japan and the United States, collaborating with counsel in each jurisdiction. His practice also focuses on domestic general commercial litigation, including system development contracts, real estate lease agreements, and various types of labor disputes. In addition, he regularly advises clients on employment, trade and export control compliance issues, and business criminal defense matters.Taka began his career as a judge, serving in district courts in Japan for almost 10 years. He was seconded to a multinational auto company, where he handled labor matters and trained factory workers. He also held a two-year diplomatic secondment role at the Japan Embassy in Washington, D.C., where he served as an advisor on issues relating to export controls, competition laws, and FCPA enforcement affecting Japanese companies.Taka was recommended by Who’s Who Legal Japan for Business Crime Defense & Investigations, by Best Lawyers in Japan for Privacy and Data Security Law since 2021, and by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Japan: Antitrust and Competition in 2023.He has often been invited to speak at seminars held by outside organizations and internally with MoFo partners from other offices. Recently, he participated in a presentation on topics relating to anti-corruption and overseas bribery at a seminar sponsored by the Global Compact Network Japan Anti-Corruption Subcommittee in November 2022. He also provided presentations on information security issues at the Association of Niigata Information Security and at an Asian Investigation Seminar held with KL Discovery.Taka has been an adjunct professor of International Dispute Resolution at the Graduate School of Law at the Hitotsubashi University since September 2018. He is a bengoshi registered with the Dai-Ni Tokyo Bar Association. He is a native speaker of Japanese and is fluent in English.

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