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Yasuhiro Usui
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Yasuhiro Usui

Senior Partner

Fukuoka Affiliate Office*

Main Practices
General Corporate Legal Affairs / Venture Finance / Establishing Companies and Businesses for Startups / M&A, Corporate Reorganization, and Joint Ventures / Regional Corporate Restructuring / Inward Investment / Financial Regulation / Structured Finance and Securitization / Real Estate Transactions / Regional Finance / Regional Industrial Promotion / DMO / Destination Management Frameworks / Accommodation tax and other locally generated revenue / Area Management / Integrated Resorts / Night-time Economy / (Untitled) / Fintech / Cashless Payments and E-money / Crowdfunding / AgriTech and Food Tech / Food, Beverages, and Alcohol / Food and Agricultural Regulation and Product Safety / Protection of Rights in Agricultural Products and Foods / Distribution of Agricultural Products and Food / Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in General / Subcontracting and Misrepresentations / Intellectual Property Transactions / Intellectual Property Registration / Brand Protection and Counterfeiting / Digital Platforms / Open Innovation and Startups / Public Relations, Regulatory Reform, and Sandbox / Data Protection, Privacy, and Cybersecurity / Personal Information, Privacy/Big Data / Data Utilization / Labor and Employment Law / Product Liability / Finance/investment-related Disputes
Languages
Japanese / English
Office
Fukuoka
TEL
+81-(0)70-1267-8601

* Member of A&S Fukuoka LPC**. Not a member of Atsumi & Sakai.

**Although A&S Fukuoka LPC is affiliated with Atsumi & Sakai Legal Professional Corporation, it is a separate corporation and is not a branch office of Atsumi & Sakai Legal Professional Corporation.

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Publications & Seminars

Awards

Admitted

Japan (2007)

Bar Association

Fukuoka Bar Association

Education

Keio University (LL.B., 2004)
Sophia Law School (J.D., 2006)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
Queen Mary College, University of London (Diploma in Intellectual Property Law, 2014)
University of Pennsylvania (LL.M., 2015)

Background

Seconded with the investment banking division of a major securities company (April 2011-March 2012)
Major seeds and pesticides manufacturer (January 2016-February 2017)
Secondment with Cool Japan Fund Inc. (February 2017-January 2018)
Atsumi & Sakai, Partner (2017-)
Establishment of A&S Fukuoka LPC (2022)

Member

Intellectual Property Lawyers Network Japan (IPLNET)
Intellectual Property Association of Japan

Publications

  • “Lawyers Guide 2024,” Lexis Nexis and Business & Law LLC (January 2024) [Interview]
  • “Contract Templates for Equity Investment in Startups,” Fintech Association of Japan (2023) [as a Study Group Secretariat]
  • Techniques for Utilizing Regional Financing, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (2022) [Co-author]
  • Revised Intellectual Property Strategies for Proactive Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries – Establishment of Japan Food Brand - Textbook for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Intellectual Property, the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (2021) [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]
  • Legal Consulting on Intellectual Property of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Part II, SEIRIN SHOIN (2019) [Co-author]
  • Real Estate Investment Trust – Theory and Practice, 2nd Edition,  Koubundou Publishers Inc. (2019) [Co-author]
  • “Application of Blockchain to Intellectual Property and Content Management: Based on Actual Cases of Services Overseas and Discussions of Legal Systems,” Intellectual Property Management Journal, April Edition, Vol. 69 No.4 (No. 820) (2019) [Co-author]
  • “Research Study on Recent Trends of Data Protection Acts in Other Countries,” Personal Information Protection Commission (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]
  • Intellectual Property Strategies for Proactive Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries – Establishment of Japan Food Brand - Textbook for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Intellectual Property, the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (2018) [Co-author]
  • Manual for Drafting Syndicated Loan Agreements New Edition‐Practical Know-how in Domestic and Overseas Joint Financing‐Second edition, CHUOKEIZAI-SHA INC. (2014) [Co-author]
  • Manual for Drafting Syndicated Loan Agreements New Edition‐Practical Know-how in Domestic and Overseas Joint Financing, CHUOKEIZAI-SHA INC. (2011) [Co-author]
  • Real Estate Investment Trust – Theory and Practice, Koubundou Publishers Inc. (2011) [Co-author]
  • “Q&A: Responding to Borrower Requests for Amendment of Residential Home Loan Terms” Financial Compliance, Banking Education Co., Ltd. (May 2010) [Co-author]
  • Theory and Practice of TMKs—Asset Liquidation Using TMKs, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (2009) [Co-author]
  • Quick Guide to the Revised Insurance Law, Nippon Jitsugyo Publishing (2009) [Co-author]
  • Commentary on the Insurance Law, Koubundou (2008) [Co-author]
  • “Outline of the Revised Insurance Law and Compliance Issues concerning Insurance Sales through Banks and other Depository Institutions,” Financial Compliance, September 2008, by Banking Education Co., Ltd., 2008 [Co-author]

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