Lawyers

Atsushi Yamashita

Atsushi Yamashita

Work Department

Capital Markets

Position

Partner:Practicing in the capital markets area and providing advice relating to offering of equity and debt securities by Japanese and non-Japanese companies including major financial institutions in the Japanese market and overseas market, offering of fund interests in Japan, investment in start-up companies, granting of equity awards and securities law related issues including disclosure related issues and insider trading issues. Also practices in areas such as financial regulations, corporate and M&A, corporate governance and international dispute related matters.

Career

Joined Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu in 2001; became partner in 2014.  Worked at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (New York) in 2007-2008; Securities Business Division, Supervisory Bureau, Financial Services Agency in 2009-2010.

Languages

Japanese, English

Memberships

Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association, Japan.

Education

LLB, (Tokyo University) 2000. LLM, (Columbia Law School) 2007.