Practice Expertise

  • Banking
  • Finance
  • New Energy
  • Securities

Areas of Practice

  • Banking
  • Finance
  • New Energy
  • Securities

Profile

[Member]
Member of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association Business Succession Research Group
Special Member of the Asset Based Lending Association
Supporting Member of the Japan Personal Property Appraisal Non-profit Organization "Nihon Dosan Kantei"

Bar Admissions
Japan (2002)

Education
The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1999);
The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
Washington University in St. Louis, School of Law (LL.M.) (2006)

Areas of Practice

  • Banking
  • Finance
  • New Energy
  • Securities

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
Asialaw Profiles 2018 Leading Lawyers
- Banking & Finance
- Corporate/M&A
Legal 500 2018 Leading Individual
- Projects and Energy
Asialaw Profiles 2017 Leading Lawyers
- Banking & Finance
- Corporate/M&A
Legal 500 2017 Leading Individual
- Projects and Energy
Asialaw Profiles 2016 Leading Lawyers
- Banking & Finance
Legal 500 2016 Leading Individual
- Projects and Energy



Professional Associations
Daini Tokyo Bar Association

Seminars/ Presentation
- "Wording Agreements to Handle the Potential Bankruptcy of an ABL Borrower, and the Legal Issues of Actual Collection - A Look at Lending under a Model Agreement on Attachment of Movables and Claims by way of Assignment as Security (joto-tanpo).", hosted by Financial Facsimile News, organized by FN Communications, June 11, 2013
- "ABL for Financial Institutions: Important Case Law and Recent Developments", hosted by the Computer Based Management College, May 22 and 23, 2012
- "Introduction to the Law and Practice of Asset Based Lending for Financial Institutions: Key Points to Remember at Implementation", hosted by the Computer Based Management College, November 15 and 16, 2011
- "Recent Growth in Asset Based Lending: Issues, Future Directions and Tips for Practitioners", hosted by the Computer Based Management College, February 17, 2010
- "Examples of Asset-Based Lending to Fund Improvement in Operation of Retail and Commercial Facilities", hosted by SOGO UNICOM Co., Ltd., December 16, 2009
- "New Merger & Share Acquisition Filing Requirements in Japan", hosted by LexisNexis, September 24, 2009


Articles

Additional Articles- 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]
- 5000 Legal Countermeasures for Financial Institutions Vol.3: Lending, Management, and Guarantees, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (2018) [Co-author]
- "IFLR Project Finance Report 2017," Japan Chapter, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC (2016) [Co-author]
- "Manual for Drafting Syndicated Loan Agreements New Edition]Practical Know-how in Domestic and Overseas Joint Financing]Second edition," CHUOKEIZAI-SHA INC. (2014) [Co-author]
- "Aiming at diversity", IFLR JULY/AUGUST 2012, IFLR (2012) [Co-author]
- "Manual for Drafting Syndicated Loan Agreements New Edition]Practical Know-how in Domestic and Overseas Joint Financing," CHUOKEIZAI-SHA INC. (2011) [Co-author]
- "Raising Funds Backed by Nursing Care Fees ", Senior Business Market, SOGO UNICOM Co.,Ltd. (October, 2011)
- "Legal Issues in Asset Based Lending Part 4; Legal Issues related to Post-Drawdown Ongoing Management", Ginko Homu 21, Economic Legal Research Institute (February, 2011)
- "Commentary on the Trust Law," Gyosei (2008) [Co-author]
- "Workbook for the 1st Tier Exam for Consulting Work concerning Financial Instruments (2008 edition)," Kinzai (2008) [Co-author]
- "Workbook for the 2nd Tier Exam for Consulting Work concerning Financial Instruments (2008 edition)," Kinzai (2007) [Co-author]
- "Workbook for the 3rd Tier Exam for Consulting Work concerning Financial Instruments (2008 edition)," Kinzai (2007) [Co-author]
- "Dematerialisation of shares," Asian Counsel, February 2005, Pacific Business Press

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