Ken Kawai

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, stablecoins, digital securities, NFTs, digital asset investment funds, DID/VC, 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

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

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

The Legal 500's Comparative Legal Guide: Fintech Japan Chapter (co-author) (2024); Chambers Global Practice Guides : Fintech Law & Practice Japan Chapter (co-author) (2024); LEXOLOGY Panoramic: Fintech Japan Chapter (co-author) (2023); GLI – Fintech 2024, Sixth Edition | Fintech Laws and Regulations 2024 – Japan; Others.

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