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Shinichiro Shimizu
Partner · Atsumi & Sakai
JapanCompliance, White Collar CrimeJapanese, English
About
Partner at Atsumi & Sakai focusing on corporate scandals, risk management, compliance, litigation and criminal law. Former public prosecutor (October 2001–August 2018) with experience at Nagoya and Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Offices and at the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (Financial Services Agency).
Practice areas
ComplianceWhite Collar CrimeInternal InvestigationsRisk ManagementCrisis ManagementLitigationTaxSecurities & Capital Markets
Office
Expertise
Investigating wrongdoing / corporate scandalsInternal investigationsAccounting fraudInsider tradingMarket manipulationBribery and anti‑corruption (domestic and foreign)Matters under the Financial Instruments and Exchange ActCriminal defence and initial response to criminal casesRegulatory / government authority interaction
Education
- Hitostubashi University (LL.B., 2000)
- The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
Admissions
- Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association
Languages
JapaneseEnglish