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Data Protection - Asia-Pacific Region

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Band 3

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.

Notable practitioners

Hitomi Iwase is a key contact at the firm.

Work Highlights

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  • Nishimura & Asahi assisted Internet Initiative Japan with researching and summarising the data protection regulations in 57 jurisdictions.

Strengths

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