Scott A. Warren

Squire Patton Boggs, lawyer

Scott Warren is a partner in our Tokyo office and leads a team that specializes in cybersecurity, 

data privacy and digital data disclosures in Japan and Asia. He advises on digital compliance, 

eDiscovery and corporate data privacy for global and local corporations. He also has significant 

experience in compliance, intellectual property, litigation, dispute resolution and government regulatory 

and internal investigations. He has provided advice to global multinational corporations in the hi-tech, 

software, retail, healthcare, pharmaceutical, automotive, banking, trading, telecommunications and 

professional services industries.

Scott started his career as a civil litigator in California and is experienced in all phases of disputes 

resolution, from pleadings through conducting jury trials. He moved to Japan in 1993 and wrote the 

Japan Employers Handbook for CCH, a large international publishing company. While general counsel 

at Sega Corporation, he handled various intellectual property issues, including licensing and anti

-counterfeiting actions on infringers on every continent except Antarctica. He also oversaw Sega’s 

internal and regulatory investigations, including anti-competition, US International Trade Commission 

and safety reporting matters.  

As senior attorney for Microsoft, Scott was responsible for the Xbox launch in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, 

Taiwan and Singapore. He was the head of anti-piracy for Xbox worldwide, head of anti-piracy for all 

Microsoft products in North Asia and served in the region as the head of Internet Safety, working with law 

enforcement and governments to better protect the public from cyber threats. He handled internal 

cyberbreach issues from a legal perspective. In this capacity, he became involved with The Society for 

the Policing of Cyberspace, a nonprofit organization, where he serves on the executive board.

He was the managing director of Kroll in Japan and regional managing director of Kroll Ontrack in Asia, 

providing clients with investigative, computer forensics and eDiscovery services. Later, he opened Epiq 

Systems in Japan and built the team and services in order to provide eDiscovery solutions to global 

organizations. Many of these investigations involved antitrust, bribery, SEC and other regulatory matters. 

Having served as in-house counsel for more than 13 years and having built two successful legal services 

companies in Asia, Scott brings a unique understanding, expertise and global perspective to his clients.

Scott is also a Certified International Counter-Cyber Crime Professional and is certified as a Member of the

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).