- Languages:
- Japanese English
- Practice areas:
- M&AJoint VenturesCross-border M&ACorporate GovernanceCorporate & Commercial TransactionsCorporate Reorganization & Civil RehabilitationOut-of-Court WorkoutsCross-border RestructuringCivil LitigationPersonal Data & Privacy/Big Data BusinessesIT/CloudLabor LawRobotics/Artificial Intelligence
- Qualifications:
- Admitted in Japan (1998)
Admitted in New York (2007)
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