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Westlaw Japan K.K. (Minato Ward, Tokyo, President and Representative Director: Young Sun Bang) will hold a Premium Online Seminar with TMI Associates on Wednesday, January 26, titled “How Japanese companies should respond to the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (to enter into force in 2023) and the trends of legislation relevant to the prevention of human rights abuses in the EU and European/American countries.”
As we see global momentum for human rights, stricter controls are imposed on exports to foreign companies suspected of human rights abuses in Europe and the Americas. Especially in the United States, an increasing number of measures are taken to crack down on imports produced using forced labor. Measures have been imposed on some Japanese companies as well, and response to human rights issues is an urgent agenda for Japanese companies that have business transactions with such companies or with European and American countries.
This seminar will focus on the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (expected to enter into force in January 2023) which includes strict regulations related to human rights covering human rights due diligence. Key points for practical affairs will be covered, such as who the eligible companies are, human rights violations in the supply chain covered by the scope of the law, and the methods, penalties, etc. of due diligence activities that will become mandatory. The regulatory trends in the EU and other European and American countries besides Germany will also be explained.
The lecturers will discuss how Japanese companies should respond to the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act and other legislation on the prevention of human rights violations, not only from the perspective of risk prevention but also whether taking immediate responses can bring about business opportunities. We look forward to your participation.
| Details | |
| Date and Time | Wednesday, January 26, 2022 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm |
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| How to join | The seminar will be a LiVECAST webinar. You will be able to join from anywhere if you have internet access. After you sign up, we will send you the link together with details on how to join the seminar. |
| Fees | 10,000 (incl. tax) if you apply before Sunday, January 16, 2022 20,000 (incl. tax) if you apply on or after Monday, January 17, 2022 |
| Find details here | https://www.westlawjapan.com/event/premium/220126.html |
| Apply from | https://coubic.com/seminar-westlawjapan/420908 |
| Program | |
| 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Part 1 Germany’s Supply Chain Due Diligence Act Key practical points (with simultaneous interpreting) |
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| 3:00 pm – 3:10 pm | Break |
| 3:10 pm – 4:00 pm | Part 2 1) Trends of legislations and policies related to prevention of human rights violations in the EU 2) Trends of legislations and policies related to prevention of human rights violations in European and American countries other than Germany |
| 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm | Part 3 How Japanese companies should act in response to international trends (discussion-based, with simultaneous interpreting) |
Lecturers
■ARQIS Foreign Law Office Foreign Law Joint Enterprise with TMI Associates
Ulrich Kirchhoff, Registered Foreign Lawyer (German Law)
Dr. Carmen Appenzeller LL.M. Attorney-at-Law, The Federal Republic of Germany
■TMI Associates
Kazuyasu Shiraishi, Partner
Kazuhide Ueno, Partner
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