Asia-Pacific
Practice Areas
Structured Finance / Banking (Securitization, Real Estate Financing, Project Finance, LBO Finance, Derivatives, Banking); Sustainability / Environmental Law (Sustainability, Emissions Trading / Carbon Credits, Decarbonization / Green Transformation); Energy / Infrastructure (Power Generation / Battery Storage, Renewable Energy / Environmental Attributes, Infrastructure / PPP, Infrastructure Funds); Financial Regulation (Banking, Trusts, Financial Instruments Business); M&A (M&A / Reorganizations / Capital and Business Alliances, Private Equity); Asset Management / Funds (REITs, Infrastructure Funds); Real Estate / REITs (Real Estate Financing, REITs)
Career
Background
The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1988); University of Chicago Law School (LL.M., 1993); Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York (1993-1994); Linklaters, London (1994-1995)
Major Activities
Member of the Financial Law Board; Member of the Japan Branch Council of the International Project Finance Association; Professor at The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Law and Politics (April 2019-March 2022); Member of Study Group on “New Security Legislation and Trusts,” organized by Trust Forum Foundation (2025-)
Professional Memberships
admitted in Japan, 1990; New York, 1994
