Practice Expertise

  • Due Diligence
  • Banking
  • Corporate
  • Finance

Areas of Practice

  • Banking
  • Corporate
  • Due Diligence
  • Finance
  • IP&IT
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Regulation and Compliance
  • Securities
  • Structured Finance and Securitization
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WSG Leadership

  • Banking & Finance Group - Member
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Group - Member

Profile

[Member]
Daini Tokyo Bar Association International Committee (2010-, Vice-Chairperson 2012-)
JFBA Center for Promotion of International Legal Service (2014-)
Designated by the JFBA as a support attorney under the system to introduce support attorneys for small and medium-sized enterprises doing business in overseas countries/regions
The Japan Association of International Economic Law
Trustee of Japan Institute of Life Insurance
Member of the Individual-type Pension Policy Formulation Committee of the National Pension Fund Association
Member of a Tokyo Metropolitan Government led study group on attracting foreign finance related corporations
Legal adviser to the Japan Blockchain Association
Member of the Registered Foreign Lawyers Disciplinary Actions Committee of the JFBA
Member of the International Bar Association
Member of the study group "Innovation and Laws" (February 2017-)
Vice-Chair of the Banking, Finance & Securities Committee, the Inter-Pacific Bar Association
Japan Association of the Law of Finance
Temporary Special Advisor (part-time) to the Ministerfs Secretariat, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (September 2018-)
Supporter of "Fintech Business Camp Tokyo" and "Tech Business Camp Tokyo", Tokyo Metropolitan Government Accelerator Program

Bar Admissions
Japan (2001) and New York (2006)

Education
University of the Sacred Heart Tokyo (B.A., 1991);
Waseda University (LL.B., 1997);
The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan;
New York University School of Law (LL.M. in Corporation Law, 2005)

Areas of Practice

  • Banking
  • Corporate
  • Due Diligence
  • Finance
  • IP&IT
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Regulation and Compliance
  • Securities
  • Structured Finance and Securitization

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
Asialaw Profiles 2018 Leading Lawyers
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets
IFLR 1000 Financial and Corporate 2018
Leading Lawyers (Highly regarded)
- Banking
Asialaw Profiles 2017 Leading Lawyers
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets
IFLR 1000 Financial and Corporate 2017 Leading Lawyers
- Banking
Asialaw Profiles 2016 Market-Leading Lawyers
- Capital Markets
Women In Law Awards 2016
- Securitization Transactions



Professional Associations
  • International Bar Association
  • IPBA

Daini Tokyo Bar Association International Committee (2010-, Vice-Chairperson 2012-)
JFBA Center for Promotion of International Legal Service (2014-)
Designated by the JFBA as a support attorney under the system to introduce support attorneys for small and medium-sized enterprises doing business in overseas countries/regions
Trustee of Japan Institute of Life Insurance
Member of the Individual-type Pension Policy Formulation Committee of the National Pension Fund Association
Member of a Tokyo Metropolitan Government led study group on attracting foreign finance related corporations
Secretariat of the Fintech Association of Japan
Legal adviser of the Japan Blockchain Association
Member of the Registered Foreign Lawyers Disciplinary Actions Committee of the JFBA
Member of the International Bar Association
Vice-Chair of the Banking, Finance & Securities Committee, the Inter-Pacific Bar Association

Seminars/ Presentation
- hPersonal Information Protection Systems in Countries Outside Japan - From Recent Trends to the Statuses in Emerging Countries," hosted by Atsumi & Sakai and Japan Institute for Overseas Investment (JOI), June 15, 2018
- "[FINTECH 2018] A sequence of Crypto currency: Truth & Fiction," hosted by the Korea Financial Times, April 24, 2018
*Panelist at a session entitled "Analysis of Japan's Crypto currency market and Policy direction of the Japanese Government"
- "Inter-Pacific Bar Association 28th Annual Meeting and Conference in Manila," hosted by IPBA, March 15, 2018
*Panelist at a session entitled "Fintech Panel: Cryptocurrencies and ICOs"
- Panelist at a symposium session entitled "Tech X Law Firm: Collaboration for the Future," at the event entitled "REG/SUM," hosted by Nikkei Inc., sponsored by Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd., December 21, 2017
- Speaker at a Banking Law Committee's session entitled "Banks and financial technology: will banks become back offices for FinTech companies?," at the International Bar Association's 2017 Annual Conference held in Sydney, October 12, 2017
- Moderator and speaker at a workshop entitled "Sony Financial Holdings presents "Future of Insuretech"," at an event entitled "FIN/SUM WEEK 2017," co-hosted by Nikkei Inc., the Financial Services Agency, and the Fintech Association of Japan, sponsored by Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd., September 20, 2017
- "Cutting Edge FinTech: Enforcement of the Revision of the Banking Act and Other Acts of 2016 (Relaxation of Banking Regulations and so-called "Virtual Currency Act"), Revision of the Banking Act of 2017 (Open API and Electronic Payments Service Providers, etc.,) and Other Latest Information," hosted by Westlaw Japan K.K., July 14, 2017
- "Developments on InsTech and the Insurance Business Act," at the 35th regular meeting of the Insurance Sound Promotion Organization on July 11, 2017
- "Legal Key Points on Financial Institutions� Use and Commercialization of Artificial Intelligence," hosted by Seminar-Info, April 27, 2017
and more.

Professional Activities and Experience
Kirkland & Ellis LLP (Chicago)

Articles

- "Getting the Deal Through - Fintech 2019," Japan Chapter, Law Business Research Ltd. (2018) [Co-author]
- "Research Study on Recent Trends of Data Protection Acts in Other Countries,h Personal Information Protection Commission (July, 2018) [Co-author]
- "Fintech, LegalTech, AI, GDPR," LAWYERS GUIDE ~Trends in Innovation~, Business Law Journal No.125, LexisNexis Japan (2018) [Co-author]
- "Firm but fair," ASIA FINTECH SPECIAL FOCUS-JAPAN, IFLR May 2018, IFLR (2018) [Co-author]
- Manual for Drafting Syndicated Loan Agreements New Edition]Practical Know-how in Domestic and Overseas Joint Financing]Third edition, CHUOKEIZAI-SHA INC. (2018) [Co-author]
- "Getting the Deal Through - Defence & Security Procurement 2018," Japan Chapter, Law Business Research Ltd. (2018) [Co-author]
- "5000 Legal Countermeasures for Financial Institutions Vol.3: Lending, Management, and Guarantees," Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (2018) [Co-author]
- "5000 Legal Countermeasures for Financial Institutions Vol.2: Exchange, Bills and Checks, Electronically Recorded Monetary Claims, Auxiliary Business, and Peripheral Business," Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (2018) [Co-author]
- "The Entire Picture of the "Global Financial City: Tokyo" Vision � Global Financial City in Asia Revealed by the Project Team of Tokyo Metropolitan Government," Banking Education Co., Ltd. (2017) [Co-author]
- "Although it's Booming, Investor Protection is Urgently Needed for ICOs," Weekly Financial Affairs (Kinyu Zaisei Jijyo) Vol. 68 No. 46, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (December, 2017) [Co-author]
- "Growth Strategy 2017: Fine-tuning Japan's Banking Act for Fintech," Who's Who Legal: Japan 2017, Law Business Research Ltd. (2017) [Co-author]
- "Getting the Deal Through - Fintech 2018," Japan Chapter, Law Business Research Ltd. (2017) [Co-author]
- "Look Before You Leap: Issues that Mercari Users Should Know When Using the Services," in Toyo Keizai Weekly Magazine, September 23rd issue, Toyo Keizai Inc. (September, 2017) [Comment]
- "Guidance to the Asset Management Industry in Japan," Tokyo Merropolitan Government (with the cooperation of the Financial Services Agency) (2017) [Co-author]
- "Realization Likelihood of the "Tokyo Version of the Financial Big Bang"," GINKO JITSUMU Vol. 47 No.9, Banking Education Co., Ltd. (September, 2017) [Co-author]
- "Amendments to the Banking Act and Practical Tips: Mainly from a Financial Institution's Perspective," Finance Law Journal No.2070, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc. (July, 2017) [Co-author]
- "Fintech: Business Strategies and the Law," Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc. (2017) [Co-author]
- "Moving forward," ASIA FINTECH SPECIAL FOCUS-JAPAN, IFLR May 2017, IFLR (2017) [Co-author]
and more.

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