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Provided by Masakazu Masujima
M&A (M&A / Reorganizations / Capital and Business Alliances, Private Equity, Start-Ups); Financial Regulation (Banking, Insurance and Pensions, Financial Instruments Business, Payment Services, Fintech); TMT (Technology, Media & Telecom) (Web Services, Data Privacy, Fintech, AI, Web3 / Metaverse, Telecoms, Cybersecurity)
Background
The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2000); Columbia Law School (LL.M., 2006); Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati P.C, California (2006-2007); assigned to Insurance Business Division and Banks Division I of the Supervisory Bureau, Financial Services Agency as a fixed-term government employee (Assistant Division Manager) (2010-2012)
Major Activities
Director of The Japan Crowdfunding Council (2013-); Legal Advisor to Japan Blockchain Association (JBA) (Name Before Reorganization: Japan Authority of Digital Assets (JADA)) (2015-); Representative Director of FINOVATORS (Association of Financial Innovation) (2016-); Advisor of Japan Cryptoasset Business Association (formerly Japan Cryptocurrency Business Association) (2017-); Member of Expert Committee for the Study of Intellectual Property Strategy for Promoting ; Temporary Member of the Industrial Structure Council and Member of the Intellectual Property Committee, the Japan Patent Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2021-); Member of the Committee for Evaluating the Effectiveness of New Technologies, Cabinet Office (2021-); Member of Monitoring Meeting on Ensuring Transparency and Fairness of Digital Platforms, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2021-); Member of Task Force for Creation of New Markets for Startups, organized by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2022-); Adjunct Specialist at “Medical Innovation Support Office,” Project Commissioned by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (2023-) ; Member of Incubation Lab Examination Committee of Information-Technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA/DADC) (2023-); Member of the Committee for Reform of Digital-Related Systems, the Digital Agency (2023-); Member of the Study Group on Global Data Governance, organized by the Digital Agency and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2023-); Member of the Study Group on Deliberating on Construction of Future Generation Financial Infrastructure, SBI Financial and Economic Research Institute Co., Ltd. (2023-); Member of the Trusted Web Promotion Council, Digital Agency (2024-); Member of the Study Group on Research Work Related to Projects to Promote the Creation, etc. of Deeptech Start-ups through Carve-Outs Using Innovative Technologies Held by Business Companies, etc., NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) (2025-); Associate Member of the Start-up and Innovation Working Group, Council for Promotion of Regulatory Reform, Cabinet Office (2025-); Member of Expert Meeting on Base Registry Promotion, Digital Agency (2025-)
admitted in Japan, 2001; New York, 2007; Patent Attorney (December,2020)
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He is a lawyer with strengths in the field of insurance and the innovative activities of financial institutions and one of the lawyers I trust and depend on.
He is a lawyer with strengths in the field of insurance and the innovative activities of financial institutions and one of the lawyers I trust and depend on.