Wataru Kawai
Hogan Lovells
Articles
Singapore ramps up data protection requirements around identity cards
Singapore - September 27 2018 Data - legislative reform, consumer concern, regulatory inquiry, and corporate compliance, among other things, have prompted a review of…
Japan's plea bargaining system
Japan - April 17 2018 A new plea bargaining system offering reduced penalties to companies that report certain violations and cooperate with government investigations will…
Kathryn Hellings, Wataru Kamoto, Ethan Kate, Peter S. Spivack
The lesser spotted, greatly discussed DPA
Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA - April 13 2018 On 19 March 2018, Singapore's Parliament ushered in a raft of criminal justice reforms, including the significant introduction of a deferred…
Japanese Bar Association Publishes New Guidance on Foreign Bribery Prevention
Japan, United Kingdom - August 3 2016 In July 2016, the Japanese Federation of Bar Associations ("JFBA") published new guidelines on foreign bribery prevention (the "JFBA Guidelines")…
Who gets the first bite? Singapore High Court gives primacy to the tribunal where existence of an arbitration agreement is in dispute
Singapore - September 17 2015 In Malini Ventura v Knight Capital Pte Ltd [2015] SGHC 225, the Singapore High Court dismissed an application for an interim injunction staying SIAC…
