Morrison Foerster

Finance

Senior Counselor

Akihiro has almost 30 years of experience in the capital markets arena and is widely renowned as an expert in the financial 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. Akihiro has also advised on the establishment of head/branch offices of type I financial instruments business operators, investment management companies, life insurance companies and other financial institutions, as well as acting on a wide variety of matters involving cross-border banking, securities, insurance and general corporate transactions.

Japanese and English

University of Tokyo, LL.B.

University of Tokyo, LL.M.

Columbia Law School, LL.M.

Bar Admissions: Japan and New York