Derek Simmons

Partner

Main Practices: Banking / Financial Regulation / Aircraft, Ship, and Asset Finance / Project Finance / Asset Management and Investment Funds / M&A, Corporate Reorganization, and Joint Ventures / Real Estate Financing and REITs / Petroleum, Natural Gas, Minerals and Other Natural Resources / United Kingdom

Languages: English / Japanese

Office: Tokyo

Qualifications: Registered Foreign Lawyer (The Laws of England & Wales) (2019)
Solicitor admitted in England & Wales (2008)
* Atsumi & Sakai is not regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for England and Wales.

Contact

Overview

Publications & Seminars

Awards

Registration in Japan

Registered Foreign Lawyer (The Laws of England & Wales) (2019)
* Atsumi & Sakai is not regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for England and Wales.

Admitted

Solicitor admitted in England & Wales (2008)

Bar Association

Daini Tokyo Bar Association

Education

University of Warwick (B.A., History and Politics, 1993)
SOAS, University of London (M.A., Japanese Studies, 1997)
College of Law, London (Graduate Diploma of Law, 2005/LPC, 2006)

Background

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, London (September 2006-September 2008)
Ashurst, Tokyo (October 2008-January 2011)
Simmons & Simmons, Tokyo (July 2011-March 2012)
Baker & McKenzie, Tokyo (April 2012-July 2013)
Aozora Bank, Ltd., Tokyo (July 2013-August 2015)
MDY Legal, London (October 2015-August 2018)
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Tokyo (October 2018-October 2020)

Publications

“Study Report on Overseas Stablecoin Use Cases and Analysis of Related Regulations,” Financial Services Agency (2022) [Co-author]

Web Articles

"Contract Formation and Enforcement in Japan: Overview," Practical Law, Thomson Reuters (August, 2022)[Co-author]