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Atsumi & Sakai
Kazuo Nakai
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Kazuo Nakai

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London Office

Main Practices
Banking / Venture Finance / Project Finance / Fintech / Labor and Employment Law / Labor and Employment Compliance / Termination of Employment / Labor Disputes / M&A, etc. Labor Issues / HR System Reforms / Directors and Officers / Corporate Governance / Shareholder Meetings / Corporate Disputes / General Corporate Legal Affairs / Establishing Companies and Businesses for Startups / Cashless Payments and E-money / Financial Institution DX, BaaS, and API / Electronic Payment Services (PFM, Accounting Services), Information Banks, and Use of Financial Information / Small Business Financing / Regional Finance / Regional Corporate Restructuring / Regional Industrial Promotion / M&A, Corporate Reorganization, and Joint Ventures / General Civil Litigation / Arbitration, Conciliation, and Other ADR (Domestic) / Overseas Disputes and Litigation / Arbitration, Conciliation, and Other ADR (International) / Carbon Neutral / Renewable Energy, etc. / Infrastructure Projects, Construction and Disputes / PPP, PFI, and Concessions / Environmental Law / Global Warming Prevention / Germany / Europe and the EU / North/Latin America
Languages
Japanese / English
Office
London
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Overview

Publications & Seminars

Awards

Admitted

Japan (2013) and New York (2022)

Bar Association

Tokyo Bar Association

Education

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2010)
Keio University Law School (J.D., 2012)
The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan

New York University School of Law (LL.M., Advanced Certificate in the field of Law and Business, 2022)

Background

Kyowa-sogo Law Office (December 2013-May 2017)

Atsumi & Sakai Europa GmbH - Rechtsanwälte und Steuerberater (Frankfurt)(May 2022-June 2023)

Atsumi & Sakai Europe Limited (London) (July 2023-)

Publications

  • Guide to PPP/PFI Practices Covering Concessions, Conventional Type and New Methods, CHUOKEIZAI-SHA, INC. (2018) [Co-author]

Web Articles

  • "Lending to a Company in Japan: Regulatory Issues," Practical Law, Thomson Reuters (December, 2023) [Co-author]

Newsletters

Seminars

  • "Japan: Legal Considerations," at the Get Ready Workshop for the "Global Business Innovation Programme: Future Telecoms – Japan," hosted by Innovative UK, October 16, 2024
  • "Bare-Minimum Legal Knowledge for Business in Germany," hosted by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in Düsseldorf, April 19, 2024
  • “Basic knowledge of German business laws that Japanese expats should know in advance,” hosted by Atsumi & Sakai, Atsumi & Sakai Europa GmbH - Rechtsanwälte und Steuerberater, and Japan Institute for Overseas Investment (JOI), Novemver 15, 2023
  • “Fundamentals of German Law,” hosted by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in Düsseldorf, March 17, 2023
  • Panelist at a working session on "The EU directive from a non-EU perspective (views from the US, the UK and Japan)" at a two-day seminar entitled “EU Whistleblower Directive: is your organization ready to comply with the new Whistleblowing rules?,” hosted by Atsumi & Sakai Europa GmbH - Rechtsanwälte und Steuerberater, AKD, Bartolome & Briones, Cooley, Franklin, Magnusson, Molitor, Pavia Ansaldo and William Fry, June 8 and 9, 2022