Fumihiko SAWADA

Fumihiko focuses his practice on assisting clients in global data protection law compliance for cross-border projects, which includes not only the EU GDPR but also the data protection laws in Asia, Oceania, North, Central, and South America, the Middle East, and Africa, and global privacy governance. In particular, he excels in supporting clients in emergency situations, such as global data breaches and exercise of data subject rights, as well as in complex data protection matters requiring insights into the security or medical field.

In the corporate field, Fumihiko has experience not only in traditional M&A transactions and intra-group reorganizations but also in a number of cross-border investments at a U.S. law firm and a general trading company. In addition to the establishment of corporate governance systems and operation of shareholder meetings, he also has extensive experience in advising on the design and revision of executive compensation systems. He is skilled at providing advice on complex legal issues from a multifaceted perspective, making use of his background in accounting and taxation.

In recent years, as a resident attorney in the firm’s Dusseldorf office, Fumihiko has been focusing on providing a wide range of support to the European affiliates of Japanese companies.