Since the founding of our firm in 1902, we have continuously been a prominent adviser to banks (including the central bank, megabanks, trust banks and more recently online banks), securities firms, leasing companies, credit card companies, insurers (both life and non-life), and asset managers, as well as various other types of financial institutions. We are committed to providing our clients in the financial sector the advice they need as quickly as possible. In addition to the experience from our practice, many of our lawyers have been seconded to a financial institution or the FSA or other financial regulator.
Publications Related to Finance
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2024.03
IG lawyers author "Advice for Financial Institutions on Trends in Shareholder Meetings" in Kinyu Homu Jijou
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2024.03
Tomita Yusuke participates in the writing of Trusts and Law Part II: Laws and Regulations Related to Trusts (Seibunsha)
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- TOMITA Yusuke
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2024.03
IG lawyers co-author "Business Matching: Legal Issues and Contracts" in Kinyu Homu Jijou
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2023.12
Fukasawa Atsushi authors "AML Compliance: The Role of Front Line Staff in Re-checking Immediately Before the Deadline" in Ginko Jitsumu
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- FUKASAWA Atsushi
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2023.09
Fukasawa Atsushi authors a commentary on the FSA Financial Services Council's review of TOB rules (Shoji Homu Portal website)
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- FUKASAWA Atsushi
Lectures, Seminars and Conferences Related to Finance
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2023.07
Eiguchi Manabu, Fukasawa Atsushi and Sugisaka Haruna give a webinar at Seminar-info on "Fostering a Culture for Compliance Risk Management: Case Studies from Financial Institutions"
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2023.02
Kashiwagi Kensuke and Fukasawa Atsushi gave a lecture "Trading in Trust Beneficiary Rights: Documentation and Compliance" at the Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai
Speaker： KASHIWAGI Kensuke FUKASAWA Atsushi
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2022.10
Fukasawa Atsushi, Tomita Yusuke and Mori Shunsuke conducted a seminar for compliance managers at the Regional Banks Association of Japan
Speaker： FUKASAWA Atsushi TOMITA Yusuke MORI Shunsuke
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2022.03
Kashiwagi Kensuke and Fukasawa Atsushi conducted a seminar "Documentation of Trusts and Transactions in the Trading of Trust Beneficiary Rights, from Registration Procedures to Compliance" at KK Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai.
Speaker： KASHIWAGI Kensuke FUKASAWA Atsushi
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2022.02
Matsuda Akira, Tokumaru Daisuke, Fukasawa Atsushi, and Tomita Yusuke conducted a seminar "Changes in Bank Procedures and Documentation In Response To Legislative Amendments" at the Regional Banks Association of Japan.
News Related to Finance
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2022.04
11 lawyers of our firm were recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2023.
Best Lawyers
■ Litigation
TOJI Yoshihiro
WAKABAYASHI Shigeo
MOTOMURA Takeshi
URANAKA Hirotaka
■ Product Liability Litigation
TOJI Yoshihiro
■ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
TAGO Shinya
URANAKA Hirotaka
■ Labor and Employment Law
TAGO Shinya
■ Arbitration and Mediation
UEDA Atsushi
■ Banking and Finance Law
SAKAMOTO Tomoko
Best Lawyers - "Ones to Watch"
■ Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
KARASAWA Akira
FUKUCHI Takumi
■ Arbitration and Mediation
SAITO Hiroki
■ Privacy and Data Security Law
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2019.04
Okushi Kenichi is appointed as a Secretary of Real Estate Tech Association for Japan.
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2016.06
Hayashi Nobumitsu, who served as a Special Advisor at Iwata Godo, assumes office as COO, Senior Managing Director of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.
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2016.06
Ueda Atsushi, Tanaka Takashi represented a bank in a case at the Tokyo High Court and a commentary article on its judicial decision made on April 28, 2016 (the decision retaining the conclusion of the Saitama District Court's decision made on October 2, 2015 and rejecting the assertion of the credit guarantee corporation which provided credit guarantee to the bank that, in the case where the main debtor is an anti-social force, the guarantee agreement should be exempted on grounds of invalidity due to miscomprehension and a breach of duty to investigate) appears in the Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1493.
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2016.05
Ueda Atsushi, Tanaka Takashi represented a bank in a case at the Tokyo High Court and a commentary article on its judicial decision made on April 14, 2016 (the decision negating the bank's breach of duty to investigate, as a trial remanded from the Supreme Court by its judicial decision on January 12, 2016 holding that, in the case where a financial institution made a loan guaranteed by a credit guarantee corporation to a debtor who afterwards turned out to be an anti-social force, (i) the credit guarantee corporation's contention of invalidity of the guarantee agreement on the grounds of miscomprehension cannot be admitted, and (ii) when the financial institution is recognized to commit a breach of duty to investigate whether the main debtor is an anti-social force or not, the credit guarantee corporation's guarantee obligation will be exempted due to the financial institution's breach of the guarantee agreement) appears in the Kinyu Shoji Hanrei Vol. 1491