JAPAN Law and Practice Contributed by: Koichi Saito, Wataru Shimizu, Suguru Yokoi, Ai Tanaka and Mai Kurano, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune is a full-service law firm with around 700 professionals best known for serving overseas companies in Ja - pan since the early 1950s. It is proud of its long tradition of serving the international business and legal communities and its reputation as one of Japan’s largest full-service law firms. Its combined expertise enables it to deliver com - prehensive advice on all legal issues that may arise during a corporate transaction, including
those related to M&A, finance, capital markets, restructuring/insolvency, litigation/arbitration, international trade and economic security and sustainability. Most of its lawyers are bilingual or more and experienced in communicating, draft - ing and negotiating across borders and around the globe. Offices in Osaka, Nagoya, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Bang - kok, Jakarta, Hong Kong, London, Hanoi and Brussels support the firm’s main office in Tokyo.
Authors
Koichi Saito is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. He specialises in various ESG- related matters, including climate change, biodiversity, business and human rights, DEI
Wataru Shimizu is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. He specialises in a wide range of technology and intellectual property matters and has a strong interest in ESG and SDG
and sustainability finance. He advises Japanese and multinational corporations, governments and international organisations on these matters. Recently, he has been focused on advising clients on both mandatory and voluntary disclosure of ESG-related information. In addition, he has contributed numerous articles on this topic, particularly regarding equity-based incentive compensation and business and human rights, both in Japan and overseas. He has also delivered presentations on business and human rights issues at panel discussions for international conferences organised by the International Bar Association.
issues, particularly climate change and business and human rights. He advises Japanese and multinational companies on ESG and SDG issues. Since 2022, he has also been a member of the SDGs Consortium at Keio University, and in 2024, he was a project professor at Keio University, exploring how law can contribute to global sustainability.
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