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Data Protection - Asia-Pacific Region
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Band 4
What the team is known for

Nishimura & Asahi is a leading Japanese firm with notable practices in China, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar. The firm has a growing data protection practice, which already fields a number of specialists in the area who have experience with regulatory investigations and disputes, compliance across multiple jurisdictions and data localisation. Its teams also handle privacy impact assessment, data processing and internal policy reviews. The firm counts Toyota Motor, the Personal Information Protection Commission and INPEX among its key clients.

Notable practitioners

Hitomi Iwase is a key contact for the firm.

Work Highlights

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  • Nishimura & Asahi advised Toyota Motor on its company-wide privacy governance system.

Strengths

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