On 2 February 2023, Rajah & Tann’s Japan Desk organised a seminar titled “Asset Recovery and Regulations on Cryptocurrency for the Japanese”. Topics discussed at the seminar included a lookback at the collapse of prominent financial entities in 2022, the legal actions including tracing and recovery of cryptocurrency, the future of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, and regulations.
Yam Wern-Jhien from the Fraud Asset Recovery & Investigations Practice, Samuel Lim from the Financial Institutions Group and Shuhei Otsuka, Head of the Japan Business Unit of Rajah & Tann Asia, were the speakers.