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Hajime Taura

Hajime Taura

Special Counsel
Tokyo Office
TEL:
81-3-6775-1239
FAX:
81-3-6775-2239

Hajime Taura is a special counsel handling data, privacy, cybersecurity, internet and other technology related matters. His experience also includes M&A transactions (including cross-border transactions) and other corporate matters.

Taura Hajime
Practice Areas Practice Groups Background Publications Professional Admissions Professional and Academic Associations Languages

Practice Areas

Key Practice Areas

Personal Data/Data Protection
Technology and Information Industries
Intellectual Property/TMT
IT and Telecommunications law and Regulation
Government Investigations and Crisis Management
Information leakage
Corporate
Support for Start-ups Corporate and Commercial Transactions
M&A
M&A/Business Restructuring Joint Ventures Business Alliances Cross-border M&A

Related Practice Areas

Corporate
Corporate Governance Shareholders' Meetings and Relationships with Shareholders
Finance and Financial Institutions
Financial Technology (FinTech)
Intellectual Property/TMT
Copyright and Entertainment Health Care, Pharmaceutical and Life Science

Topics

Others
Oct 2024
Japan Legal Update : Upcoming Amendments to the APPI in 2025
Media
May 2022
The Personal Information Protection Commission releases "Study on systems for protection of personal information in foreign countries (report) (March 2022)."
Others
Apr 2022
Report on Data Protection Regulations in Foreign Countries

Practice Groups

  • Corporate Transaction Group
  • Data Privacy & Digital Group

Background

Mar 2008 Hokkaido University（LL.B.)
Mar 2010 Hokkaido University Law School (J.D.)
Dec 2011 The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
Jan 2012 - Dec 2014 Worked for Yahoo Japan Corporation
May 2019 New York University School of Law (LL.M.)
Sep 2019 - May 2020 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (San Francisco Office)
Apr 2024 Board Member, Japan In-House Lawyers Association

Publications

Japan Legal Update : Upcoming Amendments to the APPI in 2025
Oct 2024
The Personal Information Protection Commission releases "Study on systems for protection of personal information in foreign countries (report) (March 2022)." Shojihomu Portal
May 2022
Report on Data Protection Regulations in Foreign Countries Personal Information Protection Commission JAPAN Website
Apr 2022
Communications: regulation and outsourcing in Japan: overview Practical Law
Apr 2018

Professional Admissions

  • Japan (2011)
  • New York (2020)

Professional and Academic Associations

  • Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association
  • IAPP（International Association of Privacy Professionals）
  • Japan In-House Lawyers Association

Languages

  • Japanese (first language)
  • English