Nishimura & Asahi

Financial and capital markets practice

Advisor, Tokyo

Member of Ono and Partners (Not affiliated with our firm)

Strength in creating new structures in the financial and capital markets, and in strategic advice that is not bound by legal framework against potential conflicts and crises in corporations.

Masaru Ono is a Former Representative Partner, and has been working to open up and develop new finance areas, such as by laying the groundwork for the introduction of securitization in Japan. Outside the finance sector, he also provides strategic advice on corporate crisis management, international disputes, and new projects that require the expertise and organizational strength of his practice groups, as well as on strategies that are not necessarily covered by conventional practices, precedents, or legal interpretations.

By acting as a bridge between the practical, academic, educational, and legislative fields, he played a major role in publishing the “CORPUS JURIS FINANCE” and establishing securitization in Japan. He also was called upon to provide his expert opinion as a witness before the Diet of Japan on the Trust Law and the Special Law on the Assignment of Claims. In addition, he has participated in the Legislative Council, Financial Council, etc., has lectured at Hitotsubashi University Law School, and has acted as a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo for more than a decade. "

Japanese, English

1983 | Admitted in New York 1978 | Admitted in Japan

1982 | The University of Michigan Law School (LL.M.) 1976 | The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)