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February 25, 2019	Atsumi & Sakai will provide the tournament judiciary hearing rooms for Rugby World Cup 2019TM

February 25, 2019	Atsumi & Sakai concluded a consultancy agreement with Rugby World Cup Limited

August 21, 2019	Setsuko Yufu, Partner, Saori Hanada, Partner and Tatsuo Yamashima, Partner, have been identified as being one of the leading Competition Lawyers in Japan in Who's Who Legal: Competition 2019.

August 19, 2019	Reiko Yoshida, Partner, has been admitted as an Attorney and Counselor of the Courts of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

August 16, 2019	[Newsletter] "Data Contract Guidelines in the Agricultural Sector"

July 01, 2019	Kazuki Ito, an attorney admitted in Japan, joined Atsumi & Sakai on July 1, 2019, as an associate.

June 28, 2019	2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in Germany - Private Equity Law: Frank Becker

June 14, 2019	At the Asian Legal Business (ALB) Japan Law Awards 2019, Hiroo Atsumi (Partner) was chosen as Managing Partner of the Year, and the Firm was chosen as Overseas Practice Law Firm of the Year.

June 10, 2019	Membership in “FinCity.Tokyo”

June 07, 2019	Admission as Group Member to International Bar Association (IBA)

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Publications & Seminars

August 13, 2019	[Article] "GO with a criminal defense attorney! Vol. 86: Response to prosecutor’s appeal in a lay judge trial," authored in Japanese by Kumpei Ohashi, Partner, has been published in LIBRA August 2019 Edition (Tokyo Bar Association).

August 08, 2019	[Online Guide] The Legal 500 Comparative Guides - Competition Litigation, Japan chapter, co-authored in English by Setsuko Yufu, Partner, Hisashi Miyatsuka, Partner, Saori Hanada, Partner, and Kohei Murakawa, Partner, has been published by Legalease Ltd.

August 05, 2019	[Seminar] Naoki Kanehisa, Partner, gave a presentation entitled "Japanese Fintech and Asset Management Market and Regulation," at the seminar entitled "Access2Tokyo industry4.0 and fintech seminar," on August 5, 2019, hosted by Access to Tokyo Paris Office.

August 02, 2019	[Report] A research report entitled, "Trends of Data Protection Regulations in Japan and Overseas and the Responses of Japanese Financial Institutions," co-authored by Takafumi Ochiai, Partner, Kenichi Tanizaki, Partner, and Kentaro Minato, Associate, was posted on the website of The Center for Financial Industry Information Systems (FISC). (Chapter I, co-authored)

August 02, 2019	[Seminar] Akimoto Kawamura, Partner, presented a seminar entitled "Legal and Practical Aspects of M&A for Listed and Listing Companies – Legal Points to Keep in Mind and Co-operation with Outside Counsel From the Point of View of a Client," hosted by Financial Management Forums, Inc., on August 2, 2019.

August 02, 2019	[Publication] Private Equity Fund 2nd Edition, authored in Japanese by Takumi Fukuda, Partner, has been published by CHUOKEIZAI-SHA INC.

July 31, 2019	[Seminar] Kentaro Minato, Associate presented a seminar entitled "Doing Business in India," on June 28, 2019, hosted by Atsumi & Sakai and Link Legal India Law Service.

July 30, 2019	[Seminar] Takafumi Ochiai, Partner, as a board member of the Real Estate Tech Association for Japan, presented a seminar entitled, "The Dawn of Real Estate Tech: What is Happening in the Industry Now?" at an event entitled, "Rental Housing Fair 2019 in Tokyo," hosted by Zenkoku Chintai Jutaku Shinbun, on July 30 to 31, 2019.

July 27, 2019	[Seminar] Takafumi Ochiai, Partner, as Secretary of the Business Research Institution, served as a moderator at a special symposium entitled, “Personal Data Utilization in the Age of Data Portability,” hosted by the Business Research Institution, Information Network Legal Group on July 27, 2019.

July 26, 2019	[Presentation] Hiroyuki Sanbe, Partner, gave a presentation entitled, "Practical Aspects of GDPR," at the event entitled "Global trends and legal milieu for data protection," hosted by Keio University Global Research Institute (KGRI), on July 26, 2019

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