Responsibility and current situation of internal control

Kojiro Fujii specializes in the fields of competition law and international trade law. He also covers emerging areas of digital policy/regulations and public policy/regulations, such as those related to sustainability. His expertise in these areas is frequently recognized by international and domestic legal publications. Kojiro also is regularly ranked by Chambers (Band 1 International Trade, Japan and Band 2 TMT, Japan) and Who’s Who Legal (Competition). He achieved the highest ranking in the “International Trade and Economic Security” category of Nikkei’s “Most successful lawyers” (as voted by Japanese companies and peer lawyers) in 2022; he was recognized by Asian Legal Business as one of the Top 15 Technology, Media and Telecommunications Lawyers in Asia in 2023; and he was shortlisted for the FT Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia-Pacific as the Most Innovative Practitioner for his work covering those areas in 2024.

In addition to his career at N&A, he served as the deputy director of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, where he handled several important WTO disputes on behalf of the Japanese government. He also worked at a highly reputable international law firm in Washington DC, where he focused on antitrust matters.

Takafumi has handled crisis management cases, and he has extensive experience in handling quality fraud, embezzlement and other misconduct by officers and employees, accounting fraud, cartels, FCPA, security incidents, whistleblower response, compliance due diligence, and handling investigations by foreign authorities. He constantly conducts fact-finding, which focuses on digital forensics. He is a member of the Special Committee on Measures against Racketeering through Intercession in Civil Disputes of the Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association, and he has extensive experience advising on transactions with companies suspected of having relationships with anti-social forces and on restoring reputations.