In the area of Robotics/Artificial Intelligence, Shin Fukuoka mainly handles AI, Big Data and IoT. He acts as a Committee Member of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Investigative Commission on "The AI and Data Contract Guidelines Review Committee".
In the area of Corporate, he mainly handles M&A and Corporate Governance.
In the area of Restructuring/Insolvency, he has been involved in numerous restructuring and insolvency cases, especially cross-border insolvency cases, representing both debtor parties and creditor parties. Most recently, he represented Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha and Japan Airlines as a legal counsel of the debtor and Elpida, Takefuji and Mt.Gox as a creditor’s counsel.

He has also contributed to many publications, including "Law and Strategy of the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence", "Artificial Intelligence: Law and Issues" and "Data Contract Law".

Recent activities

12/2020

Chambers Asia-Pacific 2021: Top rankings for Nishimura & Asahi

Awards

12/2020

Artificial Intelligence and the Law

Books

8/2020

A guidebook for electronic contracts

Books

Education

2006

Duke University School of Law (LL.M.)

1996

The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)

Professional experience

2020 -

Member, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, “The Study Group for the Promotion of Inter-company Data Provision for AI Human Resource Development”

2020

Member, NTT Group, “The Council of Experts on the formulation of the AI Charter”

2020 -

Member, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, “AI Social Implementation Architecture Study Group and AI Social Implementation Guide Working Group”

2020 -

Secretariat, Patent Office, “Survey and research on contract guidelines (AI, etc.) by technical field to promote open innovation”

2014 -

Member, International Bar Association, Insolvency Section

2014 - 2015

Visiting Professor, Osaka University Law School

2013 -

Member, International Insolvency Institute

2013 -

Secretariat, the East Asian Association of Insolvency & Restructuring

2013 -

Board Member, Japanese Federation of Insolvency Professionals

2013 -

Vice-President, Bankruptcy Law Division, Legal Studies Department, Daini Tokyo Bar Association

2007 - 2008

Blake Dawson Waldron, Sydney

2006 - 2007

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York

1998 - 2001

Nakajima Transactional Law Office