Masuda & Partners Law Office

Corporate and Corporate Governance, M&A and Reorganizations, Financial Regulation (esp. advice concerning Insider Trading, TOB and Rules of Conducts for Financial Service Providers), Composition and Investment of VC fund(s), General legal advice for Start-up Companies (including Fintech Companies) and small to medium-sized Enterprises, Documentation and Negotiation for various types of Contracts, Litigation and Dispute Resolution and assistance to Administrative Proceedings.

Partner

Professional ExperienceWhite & Case Law Office (2004)Hikari Law Office (2010)Financial Services Agency (Fixed-term Official) (2011)SBI Holdings, Inc. (2013)Murata & Wakatsuki Law Offices (2014)Masuda & Partners Law Office (2015)Masuda & Partners Law Office-Of Counsel (2017)Masuda & Partners Law Office-Partner (2018-present)

Professional LicencesAdmitted to the Japanese Bar, Japan (2004)

Publications and Seminars"Credit union director's duty of caution and loyalty" Violation of Finance and Commercial Case No. 1411 “Analysis and Development of Cases Concerning Loan Liability” (March 2013 Special Issue), page 58

“Issues of Insider Transactions by Information Recipients”, Shoji Homu 2010 No. 15

“Practical Notes on Insider Trading Regulations-Based on the Knowledge of Lawyers from Administrative Authorities” (Financial Facsimile Newspaper Seminar, jointly held on March 13, 2014)

“Study on Significance and Requirements of Surcharge as Seen in Case of Cancellation Request for Cancellation of Order for Payment of Charges: Based on Tokyo District Court, February 14, 2014-” (Commerce Law 2060, page 32)

“Practical responses to be taken by special business notifiers who perform special business such as qualified institutional investors [top] [bottom]-based on the 2015 Financial Instruments and Exchange Act revision” (Commercial Affairs 2100, 55, 2101, 40 (co-author))

From the field of Q & A legal consultation, granting of stock options and insider trading regulations (Business Law Journal, October 2016, page 110)

Japanese and English

Professional Activities, Memberships and AppointmentsMember of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association (2004)Member of the Intellectual Property Management Skills Examination Committee (2013)

Waseda University, Faculty of Law, Japan (2001, LL.B.)