Director (ML), JP Legal Counsel

• May 2022 - Present

Head Of Legal & Compliance

• Jan 2021 - Apr 2022

- Management and support for legal affairs especially related to q-commerce business in Japan in a start-up environment, including; - Analysis and assessments of legal risks in q-commerce/food delivery platform business and other related business in Japan; - Legal advice for all company's business activities and operations (sales, marketing, customer services, HR, workplace, business licenses for food and other products, data protection, fin tech, etc.); - Reviewing contracts (Japanese and English) for various business departments, including localizations and updates of terms & conditions and contract templates for company's business; - Legal support for corporate legal affairs, including corporate registries (establishing a new local subsidiary, appointment of director, etc.); - Establishing internal policies related to legal affairs and compliance and implementation of global policies; - Alignment with a regional legal team (APAC region) as well as a headquarter legal team (Germany); - Built a legal team in the company from scratch, managing the team members and reporting to the country managing director

Counsel

• Oct 2003 - Dec 2020

- Specialized in business dispute resolution, not only court litigations in Japan (from small scale disputes to large scale litigations), but also JFTC hearings, labor mediations and tribunals, U.S. litigations and international arbitrations, in various industries, especially in the fields of information technologies.- Worked on large-scale investigations on compliance issues.- Legal advice to domestic and international clients on various legal issues arising in daily business operations, including labor laws and consumer laws.- High expertise especially in the field of information technologies and telecommunication.

Assistant Director, Legal and Compliance Department

• Oct 2010 - Mar 2013

- Working, as an assistant director, on a number of investigations of compliance matters, managing related disputes, and conducting workshops regarding sales activities- Having established a new department to manage compliance issues in the company, and working, as a secretary-general, on investigations for specific cases, planning and implementing preventive measures, as well as managing team members- Analysis of legal risks in new business areas, including providing legal advice on business schemes and negotiations with relevant governmental agencies- Reviewing contracts (Japanese and English) for various business departments

Intern

• Sep 2009 - Aug 2010

Support for U.S. litigations involving Japanese companies Support for U.S. litigations involving Japanese companies