Practice Expertise

  • Corporate
  • Finance
  • Regulation and Compliance
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Areas of Practice

  • Corporate
  • Finance
  • Regulation and Compliance
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Profile

Bar Admissions
Japan (2012) and New York (2004)

Education
Kyoto University (LL.B., 1994)
Northwestern University School of Law (LL.M., 2003)
Omiya Law School (J.D., 2008)

Areas of Practice

  • Corporate
  • Finance
  • Regulation and Compliance

Professional Career

Seminars/ Presentation
- "Open API: Practical Solutions for Banks Including Repercussions for Credit Card and Insurance Companies," hosted by Seminar-Info, May 28, 2018
- "Open API: Practical Solutions for Banks Including Repercussions for Credit Card and Insurance Companies," hosted by Seminar-Info, December 20, 2017
- "Latest Legal Compliance for Open API Introduction required of Financial Institutions, including Repercussions from the Amended Banking Act to Credit Card APIs," hosted by Financial Facsimile News, organized by FN Communications, September 22, 2017
- "Latest Legal Compliance for Open API Introduction required of Financial Institutions, including Repercussions from the Amended Banking Act to Credit Card APIs," hosted by Semina-Info, August 2, 2017
- "Practical Key Points on Open Bank API Based on the Proposed Amendments to the Banking Act," hosted by Financial Facsimile News, organized by FN Communications, May 22, 2017
- "Practical Key Points on Open Bank API Based on the Proposed Amendments to the Banking Act," hosted by Seminar-Info, May 12, 2017


Professional Activities and Experience
Shinsei Bank, LimitediPreviously The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan) (April 1994-June 2016)
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (New York) (September 2003-May 2004)

Articles

- "Practical Compliance at the Time of Transaction with a Representative Person, Such as Electronic Settlement, under the Revised Banking Act," Finance Law Journal No.2099, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc. (2018) [Co-author]
- "Getting the Deal Through - Fintech 2019," Japan Chapter, Law Business Research Ltd. (2018) [Co-aurhor]
- "Open Banking in Japan," Payments & Fintech Lawyer Volume 12, Issue 7, Cecile Park Media (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]
- "Overview of the Amended Banking Act Obligation to Make Efforts for Open API Required of Banks," REGULATIONS Vol.11, Seminar-Info (December, 2017)
- "Essential Changes to the Personal Information Protection Act," GINKO JITSUMU Vol. 47 No.8, Banking Education Co., Ltd. (August, 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]
- "Work in progress," BANKING & PROJECT FINANCE JAPAN, IFLR April 2017, IFLR (2017) [Co-author]
- "Issues for Developing New Systems for Introduction of Open Bank API," Junkan Shoji Homu No. 2130, Japan Institute of Business Law (April, 2017) [Co-author]
- "FinTech: Key Points on Agency Services Including Electronic Payment," GINKO JITSUMU Vol. 47 No.3, Banking Education Co., Ltd. (March, 2017) [Co-author]
- "Bank Application Programming Interface (API): Terms of Use Model and Practical Key Points," Finance Law Journal No.2060, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc. (February, 2017) [Co-author]
- "Developments in FinTech : A Look at the Impact on Payment Systems," Business Research No. 1071, Business Research Institute (November, 2016) [Co-author]

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