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Criminal investigations and proceedings can be one of the most serious business risks a company can face. Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has extensive experience in managing the defense of criminal investigations and proceedings. The firm has handled the defense of a number of high-profile criminal cases that have been brought under a variety of criminal statutes, including insider trading and other violations of securities laws, bid rigging and other violations of antimonopoly laws, tax evasion, bribery and aggravated breach of trust (tokubetsu hainin). The firm also represents individual officers and directors in criminal defense actions.
The firm's criminal defense practice offers a comprehensive range of services, including assisting corporate clients in instituting internal controls to try to prevent to possibility of potential criminal wrongdoing. For example, the firm may become involved as a member of a corporate ethics committee or in drawing up and implementing whistleblower procedures. In other cases, the firm may be called upon when criminal wrongdoing is expected but prior to actual proceedings having been commenced. In these circumstances, the firm may be called upon to conduct investigative activities or to arrange for independent third-party investigations. The firm also assists clients in responding to regulatory investigation procedures, such as those by the Fair Trade Commission or Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC) and in conducting crisis management and public relations activities when accusations arise.
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