- External Seminars
Navigating Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Issues in M&A Transactions
- Date
- October 24, 2024
- Venue
- The Peninsula Tokyo, Tokyo
Tokyo partner Yuko Kawai served as a panelist at a session titled "Navigating cybersecurity and data privacy issues in M&A transactions" at the Asia Pacific Mergers & Acquisitions Conference, which was hosted by the International Bar Association on October 24, 2024.
Yuko has continuously advised a multitude of global and prominent companies on data privacy issues, including data breaches and security incidents, data privacy structures in the design of their business, cross-border data transfers, global data compliance, data governance and medical/genome data. During her many years of professional practice as a corporate lawyer, she has also conducted transactional and advisory work in cross-border and domestic M&As, joint ventures and business alliances, and general corporate matters for listed companies.
Her recent major books include, “Amendments to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information in 2020 and Practical Approaches” (Shojihomu, 2022) and “Corpus Juris Series - Personal Information Protection Legislation (Global)” (Shojihomu, 2020).
She has served as a member of Committee for Promoting Open-data in Public Transportation Sectors, of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan, as well as a member of Tokyo Data Platform Case Study Project Review Board, Bureau of Digital Services, Tokyo Metropolitan Government.