In recent years, the development of new financial services utilizing information technology (FinTech) has drawn worldwide attention. We advise on the cutting-edge of this emerging sector, where it is not always clear just which laws and regulations are applicable, a state that is exacerbated by the fact that there is a wide range of laws that could be relevant. In the face of these challenges in the FinTech sector, AMT is a one-stop provider of comprehensive legal services. We help our clients successfully address all the issues that arise in the rapidly-developing regulatory environment of the FinTech sector, with our extensive knowledge in financial regulation, information technology, intellectual property rights, information security, capital markets, venture capital and other relevant practice areas. Our clients in the field of FinTech include FinTech companies, financial institutions and venture capital firms. We provide advice in respect of a diverse range of areas of FinTech, including the Blockchain, virtual currency, electronic payment, personal financial management (PFM), artificial intelligence (AI), crowdfunding and social lending. In addition to the above, we are actively involved in the development of related legislation and rulemaking through our participation in various conferences and study groups hosted by the relevant authorities and associations related to FinTech, as well as through holding seminars and authoring articles.
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Takeshi handles finance and corporate transactions, and has significant experience advising on a variety of matters, including public and private M&As, joint ventures and fintech advisory matters. His clients range from prominent financial institutions to virtual currency start-ups. Between 2013 and 2014 Takeshi, was seconded to the Disclosure Department of the Financial Services Agency of Japan, where he was part of a team that revised the laws and guidelines governing disclosure by listed companies, and prepared the Japanese Stewardship Code. Additionally, he has experience, on secondment, at the legal department of major Japanese securities firm from 2015 to 2017, where he handled a broad range of finance and corporate transactions. As a result of the exposure gained on these secondments, Takeshi is often sought for his advice on finance-related matters, with particular focus on the regulator’s point of view.
Recently, Takeshi has also been advising on virtual currency laws, including registration requirements applicable to virtual currency exchange service providers, regulations for initial coin offerings, and the like.
Ken Kawai has extensive experience advising financial institutions, fintech startups, investors and corporate clients on complex finance and financial regulatory matters. Ken's focuses primarily on the fintech industry, and regularly advises fintech companies, financial institutions, international organizations and industry organizations on legal issues surrounding fintech, including the complex legal framework governing cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings and blockchain.
Ken also specializes in derivatives, and has counseled global banks, broker-dealers and investors on regulatory matters and best practices in respect of derivatives and related products. He derives his deep and practical knowledge in this area from his 17-year career at MUFG Bank, Ltd. (formerly known as The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and, prior to that, The Bank of Tokyo Ltd.), where he was involved in derivatives trading and marketing.
Ken's practice also involves corporate bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganizations. He has represented debtors or creditors in several insolvency cases that involve complex financial transactions and cross-border issues. He also advises several G-SIFIs and related institutions on Bank Recovery and Resolution Regimes.
Based on his experience at Financial Services Agency (“FSA”) and Japan Virtual and Crypto-asset Exchange Association (“JVCEA”), Takato Fukui has been advising Fintech companies, financial institutions and a self-regulatory organization on Fin-Tech legal issues including those of Crypto Assets. Takato was in a supervisory position where he overlooked the functioning of money transmitters and prepaid card issuers under the Payment Services Act (“PSA”) and money lenders under the Money Lending Business Act at FSA from 2014 to 2017.Based on his experience, He was further instrumental in drafting JFSA's Guidelines for Virtual Currencies Exchange Business Operators. He also served as the Director General of the JVCEA from 2018 to 2020. He was instrumental in developing set of self-regulatory rules and obtaining certification from the FSA as a self-regulatory organization under the PSA and Financial Instrument Exchange Act.
Keisuke Hatano is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. Keisuke specializes in payment and settlement-related regulations. He has also been involved in a number of significant finance transactions, including representing clients in many cross-border and domestic litigations on finance-related matters, among others. During his time at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, he was also seconded to the Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA), where he was an instrumental part of the team tasked with making significant amendments to the Banking Act with the aim of facilitating a pro-FinTech ecosystem and environment in Japan.
Keisuke also serves as a board member of the Japan Association for Financial APIs, which is a self-regulatory body certified by the FSA under the Banking Act.
From 2023 to 2024, leveraging his knowledge in payment and settlement-related regulations and his experience working for the FSA, Keisuke played significant roles in several leading stablecoin projects under the new regime established under the amended Payment Services Act.
Shunsuke Aoki has been engaged in a broad range of matters including equity and debt offerings in both domestic and international capital markets, FinTech matters, financial regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions, capital and business alliances, and other general corporate matters.
Akihito Miyake focuses on all aspects of legal issues related to the asset management businesses. He has significant experience in providing legal services and advice in relation to formation, offering and distribution of various types of investment funds both in and outside of Japan, registration of asset managers and distributors acting in Japan, operations of financial instruments business operators regulated in Japan, business deployment in the Japanese market and inbound investments by foreign asset managers, as well as outbound investments by domestic investors. His experience also encompasses support in various capital market transactions and financing projects. Additionally, Mr. Miyake has worked extensively on general corporate matters at various phases of corporate activities ranging from ordinary course of business to corporate crisis situation.
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 Act, 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.
Kei Sasaki provides comprehensive advice in a wide range of areas, centered on financial transactions, financial regulation and taxation.
In particular, Kei specialize in structured finance (including real estate finance), PFI, project finance (including solar and other renewable energy projects), syndicated loans, cross-border loan transactions, fund transactions and trust transactions. In recent years, Kei is handling FinTech projects including payment services and crypto assets matters.
His client’s range from international financial institutions, Japanese large financial institutions, foreign investors to small financial service providers as well as foreign law firm.
Koichi Miyamoto is a partner who has specialized expertise in providing advice on financial regulatory issues including the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, Banking Act and Investment Trust Act. His professional experience also includes providing legal services and advice in relation to structuring, formation and marketing of domestic and foreign investment funds, including private equity funds, venture capital funds, mezzanine funds, real estate funds, infrastructure funds, as well as asset management, FinTech and various types of financial transactions. In addition to his professional experience at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, he has also worked for the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission of Japan (from May 2008 to May 2010), where he was in charge of the inspection of financial instruments business operators.
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