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Trends and Developments Contributed by: Masayuki Atsumi and Yuhei Sakao Miura & Partners
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Miura & Partners was established by partners from top-tier Japanese firms in 2019. During the past seven years, the number of attorneys at the firm has quadrupled to over 120, and it now has 14 offices worldwide. In the crisis management practice, the firm has many attorneys with experience working as public servants at government agencies, as well as extensive experience in global matters. Miura & Partners also has attorneys who previously worked as judges or prosecutors. The firm co-operates and collaborates with lawyers specialising in other fields,
enabling the formation of the optimal team for each case, ranging from complex regulatory matters to cutting-edge areas. Miura & Partners has helped its clients deal with large-scale scandals. One of the firm’s lawyers was appointed as a member of a governance review committee to deal with improper quality control practices. From seed-stage start-ups to publicly listed companies, Miura & Partners sup - ports the establishment of optimal compliance struc - tures for its clients.
Authors
Masayuki Atsumi is a partner at Miura & Partners, specialising in competition/antitrust and white-collar crime matters. As a bilingual attorney qualified in Japan, New York, and England and Wales, he has advised a
Yuhei Sakao is a partner at Miura & Partners. His practice focuses on corporate crisis management, white- collar crime, corporate governance, compliance and ESG/SDGs. He is a graduate of the University of Tokyo,
number of international clients on cross-border anti-bribery investigations. Masayuki has held various positions in private practice and government agencies (he is one of the few Japanese attorneys with experience at both the Japan Fair Trade Commission and the US Federal Trade Commission). This broad and diverse experience enables him to provide creative solutions to clients facing difficult regulatory issues.
the University of Tokyo Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he earned an LLM with a Wharton Business and Law Certificate. He has worked in prominent law firms in Japan and Washington DC, and has dealt both with domestic and global investigations. He is admitted to the Bar in Japan and New York, and is qualified as a Certified Fraud Examiner.
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