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Provided by Akihiro Shiba
FinTech, Finance Regulations/Compliance, Asset Management/Funds, Structured Finance/Securitization, Banking
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)
Admitted: Japan (2007); New York (2018)
“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]; “Japan | Trends & Developments,” in Blockchain 2024, Chambers and Partners; “Japan Chapter,” in The Real Estate Law Review - Eleventh Edition, Law Business Research (2022); “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 and 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].
Japanese, English
Cornell Law School
LL.M.
2017
The University of Tokyo
LL.B.
2005
Provided by Chambers
Akihiro Shiba has considerable experience in domestic and international financial transactions, with particular expertise in financial regulation.
Provided by Chambers
Akihiro Shiba's degree of in-depth digging into individual events is amazing.
Akihiro Shiba is a very talented lawyer with diverse knowledge and good experience.
Akihiro has good knowledge about the Japanese financial regulations. He's a very good lawyer in this field.
Akihiro Shiba's degree of in-depth digging into individual events is amazing.
Akihiro Shiba is a very talented lawyer with diverse knowledge and good experience.
Akihiro has good knowledge about the Japanese financial regulations. He's a very good lawyer in this field.
