Akihiro Shiba

Practice Areas

FinTech, Finance Regulations/Compliance, Asset Management/Funds, Structured Finance/Securitization, Banking

Career

Partner, Nishimura & Asahi (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo)

Lecturer, Tohoku University Law School (2021)

Assistant Vice President, MUFG Bank, Ltd, Singapore Branch (2017-2018)

Deputy Director, Planning and Coordination Bureau, Financial Services Agency of Japan (2011-2014)

Professional Memberships

Admitted: Japan (2007); New York (2018)

Publications

Corpus Juris Finance - Completely Revised Second Edition (second volume), Shojihomu (2025) [in Japanese];

“Bitcoin ETF” in Glossary of Current Financial Terms 2026, The Japan Financial News (2025) [in Japanese];

Japan chapter in Lexology Panoramic: Cryptoassets & Blockchain 2026, Law Business Research (2025);

Japan | Trends & Developments chapter in Blockchain 2025, Chambers and Partners (2025);

“Trends Towards the Realization of Cryptocurrency ETFs amid Rising Momentum and Domestic Regulatory Issues,” The Financial Economist No. 3578 (2025) [in Japanese];

Japan chapter in In-Depth: Real Estate Law – Edition 14, Law Business Research (2025);

“Practical Issues on Stablecoins and Digital Moneys,” Financial Law Journal, No. 2225 (2024) [in Japanese];

“Major Legal Regimes Related to the Utilization of Tokens in the Content Industry,” Japan Business Law Review, Vol. 23, No. 9 (2023) [in Japanese];

“Consideration on Lending-based Crowdfunding (Social Lending) Regulations,” Financial Law Journal, No. 2187 (2022) [in Japanese];

Securitization of Assets and Receivables, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, 4th ed. (2022) [in Japanese];

Q&A Financial Service Intermediary Business, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (2021) [in Japanese];

“Legal Relationship and Practice of Transfer and Other Disposition of Crypto-Assets,” The Financial and Business Law Precedents, No. 1611 (Extra Number) (2021) [in Japanese];

50 Q&As on Compliance for Financial Institutions, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (2021) [in Japanese];

“The Pandemic and Lending Financial Institutions,” Jurist No. 1551 (2020);

Financial and Capital Markets and Public Policy: Evolving Technology and Governance, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (2020) [in Japanese];

“Introduction to Token Business Law (1) - (6),” Japan Business Law Review, Vol. 19, No. 12 and Vol. 20, Nos. 1 and 3-6 (2019 and 2020) [in Japanese];

“Treatment of Crypto-Assets under Private Law,” Commercial Law Review, No.1138 (2019) [in Japanese].

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Japan

Education

Languages Spoken

Japanese, English