Ayumi Fukuhara

Biography

Utilizing her experience in the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutors’ Office, Ms. Fukuhara’s main practice area is corporate crisis management and litigation. She is also highly knowledgeable and experienced in matters involving foreign investigations and regulatory authorities and has dealt with cases in relation to investigations conducted by the Japanese Public Prosecutor’s Offices, Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission, etc., as well as foreign authorities such as the U.S. Department of Justice. She has also dealt with a variety of cases such as data falsification in quality tests, accounting fraud, and other misconduct by executives and employees. In addition to working on the crisis management team, which handles cases requiring emergency response, she has advised many companies regarding to how to deal with personal information and trade secrets, and how to build effective anti-bribery compliance programs from the compliance perspective.