Nishimura & Asahi

Corporate crisis management and litigation practice

Partner, Tokyo

Kaku Hirao is a partner of our Crisis Management Team who has more than 10 years’ experience as a public prosecutor. He has profound experience and knowledge regarding domestic and international corporate crisis management. He has been highly appraised in various rankings such as the Nikkei ranking.

His main practice area is corporate crisis management and litigation. He is also highly knowledgeable and experienced on matters involving foreign investigations and regulatory authorities. He has dealt with many cases in relation to investigations by the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission, the Japanese Fair Trade Commission, the Japanese Public Prosecutor’s Office, etc., as well as foreign authorities such as the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also dealt with a variety of cases such as misconduct by executives and employees, violation of environmental regulations, violation of the regulation regarding pharmaceutical and medical equipment, etc. In addition to cases that require emergency responses, he has advised many companies to build effective whistleblowing systems and anti-bribery compliance programs, and he has assisted with due diligence procedures from a compliance perspective.

Japanese, English

2012 | Certified Fraud Examiner 2011 | Admitted in Japan

2001 | The University of Illinois College of Law (LL.M.) 1996 | The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)