Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

The team at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu is ‘hardworking and committed to excellent service,’ acting for clients in high-profile regulatory investigations and white-collar crime cases, specialising in compliance cases with a cross-border element. The sizeable team fields former judges, prosecutors, accountants, government officials, and PR specialists, and is well-equipped for a broad range of situations. Takayoshi Tao heads up the practice, with expertise in financial and securities regulations, accounting fraud and third-party investigations. Core team members include Daisuke Fukamizu, who focuses on white-collar crime, regulatory compliance, antitrust and corporate crisis management issues; Yoshihiko Matake , who has experience assisting multi-national clients with white-collar crime defence, export control and anti-corruption matters; and senior counsel Hideaki Kobayashi, who excels in corporate crisis cases. Ayumi Fukuhara and Tomohiro Hen, who handles regulatory and compliance investigations, enhance the team’s cross-border expertise, which is further supported by the promotion of John Lane to partner.