Takaharu Totsuka
Partner- 81-3-6888-1156
- 81-3-6888-3156
Practice Areas
Practice
Takaharu Totsuka is a partner and has been involved with various types of financial transactions including financial regulatory issues in relation to the Banking Law and Financial Instruments and Exchange Law, securitizations of real properties and receivables, PFI (private finance initiatives), and syndicated loans to operating companies and investment corporations. His scope of experience also includes mergers and acquisitions and general corporate issues.
Practice Groups
・Corporate Transaction
・Financial Services & Transactions
・Capital Markets
・Structured Finance
・Financial Services & Transactions
・Capital Markets
・Structured Finance
Publications/Lectures
| Books | |
| ・ | New Corporation Law and Financial Transaction Practice (Ginko Homu 21, September 2005 Special Volume) (co-author) |
| ・ | Guide to Japan's New Corporation Law: An analysis of the new corporate system based upon a review of the new provisions (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc., 2005) (co-author) |
| Thesis | |
| ・ | "Regulations on payment-services business in Japan," International Investment & ETFs Review 2011 (Euromoney Yearbooks) (2011) (co-author) |
| ・ | "New regulatory framework for commodity derivatives business in Japan," International Investment & ETFs Review 2010 (Euromoney Yearbooks) (2010) (co-author) |
| ・ | "New regulations on fund transfer business in Japan," (The Euromoney Financial Markets: The Next Generation Handbook 2010)(2010)(co-author) |
| ・ | "Proposed Amendments to the Trust Law - Impact on Asset Management Business in Japan," (Euromoney Global Asset Management & Trading Handbook 2006/07) (co-author) |
| ・ | "A Study of the Obligation to Produce Documents in Civil Procedure," Monetary and Economic Studies (Kinyu Kenkyu) Vol.18 No.1 (March 1999) |
| Reports | |
| ・ | "The Impact of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law on Securitization Transactions," participated in preparation of reports as a member of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law Subcommittee of the Securitization Council, Banking Law Journal, No. 1784 (October 2006) |
| Lectures | |
| ・ | "Outline of the Payment Services Act - New Business Chance and Impact on Existing Business" (Financial Management Forums, Inc.) |
| ・ | "Fund Practice under Financial Crisis" (Stock Research) |
| ・ | "Financial Crisis and Fund Practice - Noteworthy Points for Assets Reformation and Refinance and Countermeasures for Bankruptcy of Related Parties" (Kinyu Facsimile Shimbun Sha / K.K. FN Communications) |
| ・ | "Practice of Fund Business under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law - Noteworthy Points for M&A relating to the Fund, such as Asset Recombination and Refinance, etc." (Sogo Unicom) |
| ・ | "Various Legal Problems and Practical Effects under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law" (Stock Research) |
| ・ | "Practice of Fund Business under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law - Trend of Practice and Disclosure, Business and Activity Regulations of Collective Investment Scheme" (Institute for Financial Affairs) |
| ・ | "Practical Effect and Legal Countermeasures for the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law - Noteworthy Points for Fund Recombination and Refinance, Schemes, Intermediate Corporation, Business Regulations, etc." (Japan Planning Institute) |
| ・ | "Regulations on Quasi-Companies by New Corporation Law and Practical Issues Therefor," lectured at the Banking & Securities Research |
Education
The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1995); Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2000); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, 2002-2003.
Professional Admissions
・New York (2002)
・Japan (2003)
・Japan (2003)
Professional and Academic Associations
・Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association
・Worked for the Bank of Japan, 1995-2002.
・Adjunct Lecturer, the Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University, 2006-2010.
・Visiting Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo School of Law, 2010-present.
・Worked for the Bank of Japan, 1995-2002.
・Adjunct Lecturer, the Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University, 2006-2010.
・Visiting Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo School of Law, 2010-present.
Languages
・Japanese (first language)
・English
・English
