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Compliance Insights Session | Tokyo

NOVEMBER 27th 2024 | 4.00PM-7.30PM | EMBASSY OF IRELAND RESIDENCE , TOKYO, JAPAN

This free event explores the future of Product and Corporate Compliance, with a special focus on Sustainability (ESG), aiming to simplify and clarify key regulations that shape the compliance landscape. Attendees will have the opportunity to identify and discuss their pain points, fostering a collaborative environment where we can learn from one another’s experiences and perspectives.

Join discussions on how AI is revolutionizing compliance providing smarter insights, enriched by human expertise.

Engage with industry leaders and participate in insightful presentations during our interactive Q&A session.

Prepare to be inspired, informed, and empowered to navigate the evolving landscape of compliance with confidence.

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Speakers

Joanne O’Donnell: Head of Compliance

With 21 years post-qualification experience, Joanne heads up the Global Regulatory Compliance team at Compliance and Risks. She has extensive national and international legal experience in private practice, in-house and industry and has been with Compliance and Risks for over 12 years. She helps support its clients with their global legal compliance challenges with a particular interest and focus on Sustainability, ESG, Climate Change, Human Trafficking and Slavery as well as Business and Human Rights.

Joanne has a Bachelor of Arts (Legal and French) and a Bachelor of Law (LLB) from the National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland as well as a Masters in International law (LLM) from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland. She also has a Masters Degree in French from the University of Limerick, Ireland. She recently completed a Masters course in Business and Human Rights at the University of Bergen, Norway. She qualified as a Solicitor with the Law Society of Ireland in 2003.

Yuko Yamamoto: Regulatory Compliance Specialist

Yuko has been working as a Regulatory and Compliance Specialist with the Global Regulatory Compliance Team at Compliance and Risks. She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Hosei University in Japan and has over five years of experience working as a legal assistant at a major Japanese legal firm. During her time there, she was primarily involved in preparing registration documents for clients dealing with inheritance, mortgages, and other land-related registrations, as well as drafting documents for company formation and related corporate changes.

Since joining the company in 2022, she has been primarily responsible for researching Japanese regulations and monitoring regulatory updates on a daily basis. She also liaises with the relevant Japanese authorities for inquiries and clarifications whenever necessary.

She is a native Japanese speaker and is fluent in English

Paul McGovern: Director of Business Development

Paul is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience in global business development, including CEO of ISPtel, a pioneering VoIP network that spanned 4 continents.

At C&R, he secured partnerships with ten Fortune 100 companies and has established a significant penetration in the Japanese electronics sector. He is adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams, including legal, finance, engineering, and supply chain.

Sarah-Jane Dobson, Partner, Head of Product Litigation and Product Risk, Safety and Regulatory Practice

Sarah-Jane is a partner in Ashurst. She is an international products lawyer, acting on regulatory, litigious and policy matters across the full product life cycle in respect of product safety, compliance and product liability issues.

Her practice is focused on multi-jurisdictional matters for corporate clients across a range of sectors including consumer goods, cosmetics, chemicals, food and beverages, life sciences, industrial and regulatory compliance and global product recalls.

Her product liability work includes managing large portfolios of international product liability claims, advising on product safety, inquests, public inquiries, judicial reviews and anti-competitive practices and advertising. Her policy work has focused on assisting clients responding to legislative change, including Brexit, change of regimes (medical devices) and new legislation (collective redress and product sustainability. She has advised clients in respect of submissions to law makers regarding proposed change.

Junichi Ikeda, Partner

Junichi Ikeda is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. His areas of practice include energy and environment, construction and infrastructure, cross-border dispute resolution, including international commercial mediation and arbitration, and product laws.

Prior to joining NO&T, he served as a judge at the Tokyo District Court and the Kushiro District Court, as a Staff Attorney with the Civil Affairs Bureau of the General Secretariat of the Supreme Court of Japan, and as a Deputy Director of the Industrial Finance Division of the Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau in the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI). He has also served as a Coordinator at the Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice.

He currently serves as a committee member of the Subcommittee on Contract & Legal of the Engineering Advancement Association of Japan (ENAA) and, is an IMI (International Mediation Institute) Qualified Mediator, and is a CEDR (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution) Accredited Mediator.