Katsuyuki Tainaka

Practice Areas

Since joining Mori Hamada & Matsumoto in 2008, Katsuyuki (also known as "Tyler") has involved himself in a wide range of capital markets transactions such as IPOs and global offerings of shares. Recently, he has been more focusing on transactions in debt capital markets such as Samurai bonds, straight bonds, subordinated (hybrid) bonds, green bonds, Euro medium-term notes and bonds with governmental guarantee.

Katsuyuki has broad experience representing Japanese public and non-public clients as well as companies in foreign jurisdictions such as the US, the UK, China and Taiwan.

In addition, based on his specialty of ESG-related matters, he is acting as a head of the ESG/SDGs Practice Group and a vice-chairperson of the Sustainability Committee of the firm.

Career

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2004)

The University of Tokyo, School of Law (J.D., 2006)

University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (LL.M., Wharton Business and Law Certificate, 2013)

with Slaughter and May, London (2013-2014)

seconded to Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. (2014-2015)

Professional Memberships

Daini-Tokyo Bar Association.

New York State Bar Association.

Chartered Member of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan.

Publications

"The challenges of standardising green bonds in Japan" (Co-Author, IFLR ESG Asia Report 2021)

"Trading of Listed Shares [2nd ed.]” (Chuokeizai sha, Inc., 2019)

"Public Offering, Secondary Distribution, and Exempt Transactions" (Co-Author, in Doing Business in Japan, 2016)

“The Theory and Practice of Equity Finance” [2nd ed.] (Shojihomu, 2014)