Profession
Bengoshi, member of the Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association
Attorney at law (New York)
Experience
Akihiro has almost 30 years experience in the capital markets arena and is widely renowned as an expert in the traditional banking sector. Throughout his extensive career, he has acted for major domestic financial institutions on financial regulations and cutting-edge derivatives transactions, including advising on the first public offering of credit-linked securities in Japan and the establishment of new commodity funds. He has also advised on the establishment of head/branch offices of type I financial instruments trading firms, investment management companies, life insurance companies and other financial institutions, as well as acting on a wide variety of matters involving cross-border financial trading, securities, insurance and general corporate transactions. Akihiro has been a professor at Sophia University Law School since 2004 and has written and lectured on various legal issues relating to international capital markets. He is counsel for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) in Japan, a member of the Financial Law Board sponsored by the Bank of Japan and a Finance Expert of P.R.I.M.E. Finance.
Professional experience
2005 to date: Joint Managing Partner, Linklaters Tokyo
2004 to date: Professor, Sophia University Law School
2004 - 2005: Partner, Linklaters Tokyo
October to December 2004: Partner, Mitsui, Yasuda & Wani, Tokyo
2003 - 2011: Member, Financial System Council of the Financial Services Agency
1987 - 2004: Partner, Mitsui, Yasuda, Wani & Maeda, Tokyo
2001 - 2008: Adjunct Professor, Graduate Legal Studies, Hitotsubashi University
1999 - 2000: Adjunct Professor, Graduate Legal Studies, Waseda University
1999 - 2000: Wholesale/Retail Working Group Member, Financial Board of the Ministry of Finance
1998 - 1999: Specialist Member, Foreign Exchange Market Committee of the Ministry of Finance
1992 - 1993: Adjunct Professor, Graduate Legal Studies, University of Tokyo
1988 - 1989: Secondment to Bank of Tokyo International Limited, London
1985 - 1987: Oh-ebashi Law Office
1982 - 1984: Hill Betts & Nash
1979 - 1981: Kyoto Comparative Law Centre, Kyoto
Education
1983 - Admitted to the New York Bar
1982 - Columbia University School of Law, LL.M.
1979 - Diploma, Legal Training and Research Institute, Tokyo
1979 - Admitted to the Japanese Bar
1977 - The University of Tokyo, LL.M.
1975 - The University of Tokyo, LL.B.
Languages
Japanese , English
