Ken Kawai

Practice Areas

Ken has extensive experience advising global and local financial institutions, fintech firms, self-regulatory organizations, as well as investors and

corporate clients across a number of industry sectors on complex financial regulatory matters. Ken is known as one of the leading figures in fintech

law area. Ken regularly advises clients on all fintech related legal issues, including cryptocurrencies, digital securities, NFTs, digital asset investment funds, cross-border electronic

payments, open banking and metaverse. Ken also specializes in derivatives, and has counseled global banks, broker-dealers and investors on regulatory

matters and best practices in respect of derivatives. For more information, please visit: http://www.amtlaw.

com/en/professional/profile/KWK

Career

Admitted in Japan (2009). The Bank of Tokyo Ltd. / The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd.(presently MUFG Bank, Ltd.)(1988-2005)

Professional Memberships

Tokyo Bar Association (Japan), 2009. Japan Association of the Law of Finance

Publications

The Legal 500's Comparative Legal Guide; Blockchain Japan Chapter (co-author) (2022; The Legal 500's Comparative Legal Guide: Fintech Japan Chapter (co-author) (2022); Chambers Global Practice Guides : Fintech Law & Practice Japan Chapter (co-author) (2022); LEXOLOGY Getting The Deal Through: Fintech Japan Chapter (co-author) (2022); The Virtual Currency Regulation Review Japan Chapter

(co-author) (2022); Others.

Personal

Kyoto University (LLB, 1988); Kobe University Graduate School of Law (LLM, 2008).