Banking
Atsumi & Sakai is recognized as a top-tier firm for banking work by independent commentators, and a number of our lawyers are ranked as leading practitioners in the field.
We advise on all types of, and all aspects of, financing transactions, including:
- Single-bank and syndicated loans (lender and borrower)
- Security & guarantees
- Cross-border lending (lender and borrower)
- Banking regulations
- Asset-based lending (ABL)
- Cash management services
- Supply chain financing
- Acquisition financing
When advising foreign clients, our firm can field a team of expert Japanese lawyers and foreign lawyers who have relevant experience and bi-cultural sensitivity. Our team can do business and draft documents in Japanese, English, German, Mandarin, Hindi, Korean, and Marathi, and provides services around the clock through our global affiliated offices.
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Related Publications
- 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]
- 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]
- "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]
- "Asset Based Lending: Legal Issues and Future Directions," SFJ JOURNAL, Securitization Forum of Japan (August, 2016) [Co-author]
- "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)
- "Recent Fund Raising Techniques to Improve Operation of Retail and Commercial Facilities (Part 1) Asset Based Lending" Gekkan Leasure Sangyo (Reference), SOGO UNICOM Co., Ltd. (January, 2010) [Co-author]
Related Seminars
- "Asset Based Lending: Current Status and Future Directions", hosted by the Securitization Forum of Japan, April 25, 2016
- "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
- "Law and Practice of Syndicated Lending: Contract Basics and Recent Developments," hosted by Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai, September 28, 2010
Related Newsletters
- "Trends in Syndicated Loans and Related Regulations in Japan" (December 19, 2022)