Chris specialises in internal and government investigations, regulatory matters, enforcement actions and crisis management.
Chris advises clients on internal and government investigations, regulatory inquiries, crisis management matters and civil and criminal enforcement actions before a wide range of authorities in the US, Europe, Japan and across Asia.
He began his career in the US and has extensive in-house experience at the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group in both New York and Tokyo.
Chris is deeply experienced in financial crimes matters involving economic sanctions, anti-money laundering, anti-bribery and corruption, export violations, antitrust and competition law, markets conduct, and other regulatory areas.
He has handled matters across a wide range of industries, including financial services, professional services, manufacturing, technology, energy, life sciences, defence contracting and trading firms. He is fluent in Japanese.
Background
Chris graduated with a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from Dartmouth College and a juris doctor degree from Boston College Law School. Before attending law school, he earned a doctorate in Japanese literature from Yale University, where he wrote his dissertation on the novels of Natsume Soseki.
Chris is licensed in New York and is a registered foreign lawyer in England and Wales. He is also a Registered Foreign Lawyer (Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi) in Japan.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- handled more than 15 cross-border regulatory investigations for a major US corporation related to its business practices in Japan and other countries in Asia
- represented a major Japanese bank on whistleblowing and retaliation claims
- represented a Japanese company during a corruption inquiry in Indonesia
- represented a US company on an anti-trust investigation in India
- represented a European life sciences company on matters implicating the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery Act
- originated dawn-raid policies for a global energy firm
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