Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Ayako Kuyama

Associate
Ms. Ayako Kuyama is an associate of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune primarily working in the field of financial regulatory issues, derivatives, structured finance such as synthetic CDOs and securitizations, and various issues relating to trust laws and other financial transactions. In particular, with respect to her work in derivatives, she advises on a variety of issues relating to financial products and structured finance products which incorporate derivatives, and also she provides advice on regulatory and other issues relating to structuring, documentation, and handling of defaults and disputes relating to such derivatives. She also provides advice on the establishment and licensing procedures of companies engaging in derivatives business and on the investor protection regulations relating to the marketing of derivatives.
・Financial Services & Transactions
・Structured Finance
"The 2002 ISDA Master Agreement" lectured at "Understanding the ISDA Master Agreements Conference -Including an Overview of Japan, EU and US Regulatory Landscape" organized by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (April 19, 2012)
"Practical legal issues regarding derivatives transactions - regulatory framework and recent trends," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Financial Management Forums, Inc. (October 2011)
"Toughening up," (IFLR June 2011) (2011) (co-author)
"Regulations on payment-services business in Japan," (International Investment & ETFs Review 2011) (2011) (co-author)
"Japan's Amended Commodity Derivatives Act - New Regulations Regarding Commodity Derivatives Business in Japan -," (Futures & Derivatives Law Report, December 2010) (2010) (co-author)
"Impact of the Amended Commodity Futures and Exchange Act to the commodity derivatives business ~based on drafts of subordinate regulations~," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Financial Management Forums, Inc. (September 2010)
"Commodity derivatives changed forever," (IFLR July/August 2010) (2010) (co-author)
"Amendments to Japan's FSA Guidelines for the marketing of derivative transactions," (The Euromoney Derivatives & Risk Management Handbook 2010/11) (2010) (co-author)
"New regulatory framework for commodity derivatives business in Japan," (International Investment & ETFs Review 2010) (2010) (co-author)
"New regulations on fund transfer business in Japan, " (The Euromoney Financial Markets: The Next Generation Handbook 2010) (2010) (co-author)
"Impact of the Amended Commodity Futures and Exchange Act to the commodity derivatives business," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Banking & Securities Research Co.,Ltd. (December 2009)
"Benefit or burden?" (The 2009 Financial Crisis Guide) (2009) (co-author)
"ANALYSIS Take Over Bid" (Shoji Homu 2009) (co-author)
"Impact of the Amended Commodity Futures and Exchange Act to the Commodity Derivatives Business," NBL No.902 (April 1, 2009) (co-author)
Case review for "Gonzales v. Oregon, 546 U.S. 243 (2006)" Amerika Ho (American Law) (2007-1)
"Proposed Amendments to the Trust Law - Impact on Asset Management Business in Japan" (Euromoney Global Asset Management & Trading Handbook 2006/07) (2006) (co-author)
"Bioethics and Law" (Kobundo 2005) (co-author)
"The Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide: Analysis of the Oregon Death with Dignity Act and Practice" Kokka Gakkai Zasshi (The Journal of the Association of Political and Social Sciences), Vol. 117, No. 9-10 (2004)
"Death with Dignity and Autonomy: Perspectives from Law and Practices of Physician-Assisted Suicides in Oregon" Sophia Law Review, Vol. 47, No. 2 (2003) (co-author)
Book review for "KATHLEEN FOLEY & HERBERT HENDIN (eds.), THE CASE AGAINST ASSISTED SUICIDE: FOR THE RIGHT TO END-OF-LIFE CARE" Amerika Ho (American Law) (2003-2)
The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2001; LL.M., 2003); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, 2003-2004.
・Japan (2004)

・Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association
・Japanese American Society for Legal Studies
・Lecturer, the University of Tokyo School of Law (July 2005 - June 2006)
・Japanese (first language)
・English