December 15, 2022

Daisuke was invited to give a speech on the Japanese Guidelines on Respecting Human Rights in Responsible Supply Chains in the webinar “Doing Business in Japan” organized by UNDP Ukraine for Ukrainian companies. We express our deepest sympathy to the Ukrainian people.

June 14, 2022

Daisuke was interviewed by Thomson Reuters' Asian Leagl Business in the "Geopolitical Risks and Corporate Japan".(in Japanese and with English subtitles)
"Japanese companies have seen rising geo-economic risks from the Ukraine war, which not only requires them to cut Russian businesses but also may force appraisal their businesses with China, as Russia moving closer to China in the face of tightened Western sanctions. ALB has talked to Daisuke Takahashi, international compliance expert and partner of Shinwa Sohgoh Law Offices, about important points to comply with sanctions while keeping businesses alive."

May 31, 2021

Daisuke will give a speech in JFBA OECD Joint Webinar “Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence in practice – Responsible Business Conduct and the Role of Lawyers”.
He will give a presentation entitled "How Japanese business and lawyers can improve due diligence practices – takeaways from legal practices on Business and Human Rights and case studies on environmental due diligence”.

March 17, 2021

Daisuke has been appointed as of counsel of Akrivis Law Group, a boutique law firm focusing on Sanctions, Export Controls & Trade Regulation Compliance, Banking & Finance, International Business Transactions, and Anti-Corruption based in Washington DC, while he continues to provide legal service as Japanese attorney through Shinwa Sohgoh Law Offices based in Tokyo.

March 1, 2021

Daisuke authored "What management should do for human rights in the age with COVID-19", which was featured as a headline article of Risk Management Today Issue 125 (Japanese).