Nishimura & Asahi

Cross-border and domestic asset finance and asset trading, banking and structured finance/securitization practice

Of Counsel, Tokyo

Katsu Sengoku specializes in both cross-border and domestic asset finance and asset trading (in particular, aircraft and ship finance and trading), banking and structured finance/securitization.

Katsu has over 35 years’ experience working in the area of asset financing and trading transactions (including, structuring, negotiating, documenting and executing transactions). In particular, his practice focuses on aircraft/ship leasing, financing, and trading. He represents a wide range of clients, including leasing companies, banks, trading houses, airlines and investors, and other individuals and entities, and his key clients include a number of Japanese leasing companies, banks, and airlines. Katsu also regularly acts as a moderator and panelist at international conferences.

Japanese, English

1982 | Admitted in Japan

1987 | Waseda University (LL.M.) 1984 | Yale Law School (LL.M.) 1980 | Waseda University (LL.B.)