Atsutoshi Maeda

Partner

03-6888-1083
03-6888-3083

Practice Areas

Key Practice Areas
Corporate and Commercial Law　 Establishing a Business Presence in Japan　 M&A　 Private Equity　 Banking　 Financial Regulation　 Structured Finance 　 Real Estate Transactions　 Real Estate Investment/Securitization　 Asia and Emerging Countries　 US　 EU　 Other Jurisdiction　

Related Practice Areas
Employment Law and Compliance　 IP Licensing and Transactions　 Trademark/Design Prosecution　 Copyright and Entertainment　 Health Care, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences 　 IT and Telecommunications Law and Regulation　 Energy and Natural Resources　 Commercial Litigation　 International Litigation and Arbitration　 Alternative Dispute Resolution　 Financial and Securities Dispute Resolution　 India　

Practice

Atsutoshi Maeda is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune who has been engaged in an extensive range of legal matters. In particular, he has provided general corporate advice on issues regarding various commercial laws and compliance problems, as well as negotiated contracts in a broad range of industries and tackled disputes for domestic and overseas clients. Mr. Maeda also specializes in finance law, where he has extensive experience in banking and securitization deals and regulatory advisory work for domestic and foreign financial institutions, including various types of funds. For foreign clients, Mr. Maeda aims to demystify Japanese law and local market practice.

Practice Groups

・Corporate Transaction Group
・Structured Finance Group
・Financial Services & Transactions Group

Publications/Lectures

・	"Alternative Corporate Re-engineering" (European Lawyer, 2011)(co-author)
・	"Who will compensate for damages arising from the Fukushima Nuclear Crisis –and when will these damages be determined?" (Power Law (Newsletter of the IBA Legal Practice Division), October 2011)
・	"Reforms to administrative monetary penalty on Large Shareholding Reports," (IFLR 1000 The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms, 2010)
・	"How to find legal risks for overseas subsidiaries," lecture delivered at the monthly seminar organized by the Association of Japanese Corporate Legal Departments (Keiei Hoyu Kai)(January 29, 2010)
・	"Practical issues arising in outbound M&As - cross-border regulatory and merger control considerations," lectured at ALB In-house Legal Summit Tokyo 2009
・	"Legal Issues and Practice of Cross-Border M&A Transactions - Comment with Practical Points in Documentation and Negotiations and to Exemplify with Points by Legal Jurisdictions," lectured for the seminar organized by Stock Research (February 25, 2009)
・	"Legal Issues and Practice of Cross-Border M&A Transactions," lectured for the seminar organized by Stock Research (January 26, 2009)
・	"Large shareholders much obliged," (The IFLR Guide to Japan 2007)
・	"Major Legal Issues Concerning Securitization of Real Estate Assets in Japan," (Asian Legal Business, November 2003)
・	"Considerations Concerning PFI Business and Legal Discussion Points," PFI News, No. 60 (April 10, 2003)

Education

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1998); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, 1998-2000; graduate study, University College London (LL.M., 2005). Associated with Herbert Smith, London, September 2005- June 2006.

Professional Admissions

・Japan (2000)

Professional and Academic Associations

・Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association

Languages

・Japanese (first language)
・English