TAKAHIRO NAKAYAMA is a Senior Associate at Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners. He has extensive experience in data protection matters, including information and privacy governance and data management, internal compliance policies, privacy and security-related compliance strategies and programs and technology issues, such as IOT and DX, including Smart City and blockchain technologies. In particular, he has continuously advised numerous domestic and international companies regarding their usage of personal data. He also has substantial expertise in M&A and dispute resolution.

Mr. Nakayama has previously worked as a visiting attorney at the German office of Taylor Wessing, a major international law firm. Based on this experience, he gained substantial practical skills in advising companies on how to comply with international data protection laws, such as the GDPR.

Mr. Nakayama received his Bachelor’s degree in law and Juris Doctor’s degree at Kobe University and his Master’s Degree at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in Japan and is certified as a Certified Information Privacy Professional (Europe) by the IAPP.