Finance

In financial services and transactions, Japan's regulations are wide-sweeping and complex, including the Banking Act, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, the Act on the Provision of Financial Services, the Trust Business Act, the Act on Engagement in Trust Business by Financial Institutions, the Insurance Business Act, the Money Lending Business Act, the Payment Services Act, the Installment Sales Act and the Act for Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds. Our services are comprehensive, covering the entire spectrum of financial regulation.

We provide continuously and regularly expert and practical legal advice in a wide range of fields, including advice on the interpretation and application of legislation, regulations and regulatory guidelines, compliance, and customer protection. . In addition, we support our clients when urgent response is necessary, such as a regulatory inspection, an incident of misconduct or corruption, or litigation or other dispute resolution. We support and advise on internal investigations, explanations and reports to regulators, and prevention of recurrence, with particular attention to providing advice promptly and appropriately.

Our support for our clients is not limited to a passive response to regulations. We use our up-to-date knowledge and understanding of financial regulation to support financial institutions in their challenges, including development of new business, collaboration with affiliates in the same financial group, adoption of new business models, use of technology, post-merger integration, and use of holding company structures. In collaboration with our M&A and competition/antitrust lawyers, we offer one-stop full service.