Takashi SHIBUYA

Takashi is a partner in our corporate crisis management practice. He assists companies in responding to various kinds of emergency situations, including cartels, corruption, window dressing, insider trading, market manipulation, product data falsification, and other misconduct in or outside Japan by aiding in internal investigations, communicating with the governmental authorities concerned or proposing recurrence prevention measures for such misconduct. He also assists companies to implement and improve their preventive measures and advises on how to build and strengthen compliance systems and measures. Not only is he skilled at dealing with large-scale and complex corporate legal scandals involving Japanese companies, but also their overseas branches in Southeast Asia, the USA and in other countries and areas. He also has strong expertise in assisting various foreign companies which face criminal, administrative or civil exposures in Japan. Takashi served as a Japanese public prosecutor from 1992 to 2010. During his time there, he investigated and tried a variety of high-profile white-collar crimes while serving with the Special Investigation Department of Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, and other Prosecutors Offices. He was also engaged in international affairs, including dealing with mutual legal assistance and extradition cases in criminal procedures while serving with the International Division of the Criminal Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Justice. While he was assigned as a First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Japan in Geneva under the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was involved in human rights matters, including drafting and negotiating work for various human rights instruments. During his time there, he earned an MBA degree at the International University in Geneva.