Ranked in 1 Practice Areas
3

Band 3

Insurance

Japan

5 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Kazuo Yoshida

Asia-Pacific

Practice Areas

Financial Regulation (Insurance and Pensions); Life Sciences / Healthcare; Consumer Law; Intellectual Property; Corporate Law (Corporate Governance); Dispute Resolution

Career

Background

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2004); The University of Tokyo, School of Law (J.D., 2007); assigned to the Insurance Business Division of the Supervisory Bureau, Financial Services Agency as a fixed-term government employee (Deputy Director), concurrently became a member of the Compliance Research Office, Banks Division I, General Coordination Division, Financial Services Agency (2012-2014); Columbia University School of Law (LL.M., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 2015)

Major Activities

Member of the Japanese Society of Insurance Science; Member of Japan Association of the Law of Finance; Member of Japanese Association of Medical Law; Member of Study Group on Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Genetic Testing Businesses, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2020-2021) ; Director of “Insurance Lawyer Forum,” Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc. (2024-2025)

Professional Memberships

admitted in Japan, 2008; New York, 2017

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Insurance - Japan

3
Band 3
Individual Editorial
Kazuo Yoshida regularly represents insurance companies in insurance law and regulatory mandates, drawing upon his prior experience seconded to the Insurance Business Division of the Supervisory Bureau of the Financial Services Agency.

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