Admitted
Japan (2005)
Bar Association
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
Education
Hitotsubashi University (LL.B., 2000)
University of Washington (LL.M. in Asia Law in 2013)
The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
Background
Shimizudani Law Office (October 2005-December 2007)
Hasegawa & Co. Law Offices (January 2008-July 2012)
On secondment with a Japanese real estate company (July 2010-June 2012)
Publications
- Techniques for Utilizing Regional Financing, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (2022) [Co-author]
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6000 Legal Countermeasures for Financial Institutions Vol.3: Incidental and Ancillary Services, Fintech, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (2022) [Co-author]
- Manual for Drafting Syndicated Loan Agreements New Edition‐Practical Know-how in Domestic and Overseas Joint Financing‐Fourth edition, CHUOKEIZAI-SHA INC. (2021) [Co-author]
- "Survey on Data Collaboration and Utilization of AI, etc. in the Healthcare Sector," the Cabinet Secretariat's National Strategy Office of Information and Communication Technology (Commissioned by Seed Planning, Inc., recommissioned to NTT Data Institute of Management Consulting, Inc. and Atsumi & Sakai) (June 2020) [Co-author]
- Contracts and Practice of Overseas Energy Projects, CHUOKEIZAI-SHA INC. (2019) [Co-author]
- "A fresh dose of regulation and promotion," Asia Pacific Fintech Special Focus 2019, IFLR April/May 2019, IFLR (2019) [Co-author]
- Getting the Deal Through - Fintech 2019, Japan Chapter, Law Business Research Ltd. (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]
- 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]
- Getting the Deal Through - Fintech 2018, Japan Chapter, Law Business Research Ltd. (2017) [Co-author]
- "Fintech: Business Strategies and the Law," Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc. (2017) [Co-author]
- Getting the Deal Through - Fintech 2017, Japan Chapter, Law Business Research Ltd. (2016) [Co-author]
- "FinTech Legislation in Japan", Global Banking & Financial Policy Review 2016/17, IFLR (2016) [Co-author]
- “FinTech for Beginners Part 4: Law, Accounting & Other Services in Relation to Virtual Currencies,” Ginko Homu 21, Economic Legal Research Institute (September, 2016) [Co-author]
- "Practical Implications of the 2016 Amendments to the Banking Act and Payment Services Act, etc.—With a Focus on Fintech," Junkan Shoji Homu No. 2108, Japan Institute of Business Law (August, 2016) [Co-author]
Web Articles
- " ," Chambers FinTech 2020 (December, 2020) [Co-author]
- " ," Chambers FinTech 2020 (January, 2020) [Co-author]
- "Legal opinions (loan financing) Q&A: Japan," Country Q&A, Practical Law, Thomson Reuters (2019) [Co-author]
- "Japan: stablecoins and their promises," IFLR Fintech Leaders 2019 (September 2019)
- "Japan: sandbox reform," IFLR Fintech Leaders 2019 (July 2019)
- "Moving Forward to a Cashless Society", Chambers FinTech 2019 (January, 2019) [Co-author]
Newsletter
- "Trends in Syndicated Loans and Related Regulations in Japan" (December 19, 2022)
Seminars
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"Corporate Legal Research Seminar," hosted by the Second Association of Regional Banks, March 11, 2024
- "Trends and Key Points on Infrastructure and Energy Projects Abroad – Upon Publishing of the Book “Contracts and Practice of Overseas Energy Projects”," hosted by Atsumi & Sakai, supported by Japan Institute for Overseas Investment (JOI), November 20, 2019
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