Akihiro Wani
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Practice Areas
Akihiro has over 30 years of experience in the capital markets arena and is widely renowned as an expert in the financial sector. Throughout his extensive career, he has acted for major domestic financial institutions on financial regulations and cutting-edge derivatives transactions, including advising on the first public offering of credit-linked securities in Japan and the establishment of new commodity funds. Akihiro has also advised clients on the establishment of head/branch offices of type I financial instrument business operators, investment management companies, life insurance companies, and other financial institutions, as well as a wide variety of matters involving cross-border banking, securities, insurance, and general corporate transactions.
Career
Akihiro is admitted to practice in Japan (Bengoshi) and is a qualified lawyer in New York.
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Akihiro Wani has extensive experience in handling an array of legislative and transactional matters in the securities and derivatives arenas.
Akihiro Wani is head of Morrison Foerster's banking and finance group and is renowned for his expertise in regulatory issues.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is practical and very patient when explaining to us certain concepts under Japanese laws and regulations which we are not familiar with."
"Mr Wani is famous in the derivatives market."
"He is practical and very patient when explaining to us certain concepts under Japanese laws and regulations which we are not familiar with."
"Mr Wani is famous in the derivatives market."
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