JAPAN Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Keiji Tonomura, Shu Sasaki, Kazuyuki Ohno and Otoki Shimizu Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu is the first in - tegrated full-service law firm in Japan and one of the foremost providers of international and commercial legal services based in Tokyo. The firm’s overseas network includes offices in New York, Singapore, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Shanghai, and collaborative relation - ships with prominent local law firms. Finance has long been one of NO&T’s core practice ar - eas, and NO&T has an established reputation as a leading Japanese law firm with respect to financial transactions and has always been
regarded as a pioneer in the Japanese finance market, having been involved in numerous inno - vative and epoch-making transactions. NO&T’s fintech team consists of experienced lawyers from among a wide variety of practice fields, including financial regulations, M&A/corporate, IT/technology, intellectual property, data pro - tection, cybersecurity, antitrust and tax, and it provides its clients with innovative and compre - hensive solutions suitable for the fast-develop - ing fintech field.
Authors
Keiji Tonomura is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. His practice focuses on M&A, IP/IT-related transactions, and data security/privacy matters. He has extensive experience
Shu Sasaki is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. His practice focuses on financial regulations/compliance and M&As for financial institutions. He has been advising on laws
representing global and local clients on complex business transactions as well as regulatory matters, with a particular focus on the TMT sectors, including new business fields such as AI, fintech, healthtech, MaaS and blockchain/crypto. He served as a member of the Web3.0 Study Group, established by Digital Agency of Japan in 2022. He is a member of the Tokyo Dai-ichi Bar Association.
and regulations applicable to banking institutions, securities companies, fund managers and other financial institutions and a wide variety of corporate legal matters. He worked for the Inspection Bureau of the Financial Services Agency (2013–2014) and for a private financial institution (2015–2016). He is a member of Tokyo Dai-ichi Bar Association.
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