March 1999Keio University, Bachelor of Law (LL.B.)
April 2005Entered the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (59th Legal Trainee)
October 2006Atsumi & Partners (Current: Atsumi & Sakai), Registered with Daini Tokyo Bar Associations
May 2007Worked in the Investment Banking Division of Securities Company (Secondment)
September 2014Worked in Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP(New York)(- July 2015)
November 2014Queen Mary, University of London (LL.M.)
October 2015Worked in the Legal Department of Shipping Company (Secondment)
January 2017Partner, Atsumi & Sakai
May 2019Kaname Partners (Partner)
January 2022Sustainable Investments Investment Corporation Supervisory Officer (- July 2024)
June 2023Japan Machinery Co., Ltd. Outside Statutory Auditor (Current)
General Corporate Legal Affairs / Financial Transactions (Structured Finance, Corporate Finance, Asset Management, REITs, Investment Funds) / Financial Regulatory Law / Business Alliances, Corporate Restructuring, Merger and Acquisition / International Transactions and Overseas Expansion / Intellectual Property Law, Data Transaction / Information Technology Law / Bankruptcy Law
Japan(Daini Tokyo Bar Associations)
Japanese, English
・Real Estate Investment Trust – Theory And Practice, 2nd Edition, Koubundou Publishers Inc. (2019) [Co-author]
・Real Estate Investment Trust – Theory and Practice, Koubundou Publishers Inc. (2011) [Co-author]
・Speaker at a workshop entitled "Innovation through Data Utilization: Legal practice dealing with GDPR, cross-border transfers of personal data, AI, data agreements, Amended Unfair Competition Prevention Act, and Open API, etc.," at an event entitled "FIN/SUM X REG/SUM 2018," co-hosted by Nikkei Inc. and the Financial Services Agency, sponsored by Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd., September 2018
・“Legal Issues in the IoT Open Platform for Shipping Industry”, at a workshop entitled “Workshop on the IoT Open Platform for Shipping Industry”, hosted by ClassNK, May 2017
・"M&A and Capital Markets Seminar: Capital Adequacy under Basel III - New Public Notice and Terms of Securities Compliant with Basel III", hosted by Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai, June 2012
・"M&A and Capital Markets Seminar: Dealing with Moves to Prohibit the Listing of Subsidiaries, and the Traps in Foreign Joint Venture Acquisitions", hosted by Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai, December 2011
・"M&A and Capital Markets Seminar: Negotiating M&A Contracts - Learning From Recent Cases and Spin-offs in Restructuring", hosted by Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai, November 2011
・"M&A and Capital Markets Seminar; Financial Instruments under Basel III Rules and The Impact of Recent Legal Precedents on Preparations for Takeover Bids and Management Buyouts", hosted by Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai, September 2011
・"M&A Capital Markets Seminar; Future Practice of Take Over Bids as seen from the Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice and Practical Measures towards Asset Management Companies", hosted by Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai, August 2011
・"M&A Capital Markets Seminar; Exchange Tender Offer in Overseas M&A and Securities Markets", hosted by Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai, July 2011
・"M&A Capital Markets Seminar; Exchange Tender Offer under the Law on Special Measures for Industrial Revitalization and Management Buyout Strategies of Executives and Funds", hosted by Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai, June 2011
・"M&A Capital Markets Seminar; Overseas M&A Financial Strategy – Scheme of Arrangement, etc. -", hosted by Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai, May 2011
・"M&A and Capital Markets Seminar; Due Care of a Prudent Manager in Management Buyouts and Earthquake Disaster Countermeasures in M&A Transactions", hosted by the Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai, April 2011
・"Overview of the Amended Act on Special Measures for Industrial Revitalization and Practical Measures against an Exchange Tender Offer", hosted by the Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai, April 2011
・"M&A and Capital Markets Seminar; New Trends in Management Buyout Practices as seen in the Gentosha Inc. and TSUTAYA Transactions", hosted by the Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai, March 2011
・"M&A and Capital Markets Seminar; Innovation in M&A and Fundraising as observed in Revisions to the Act on Special Measures for Industrial Revitalization, Rights Issues and the Introduction of Islamic Bonds", hosted by the Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai, February 2011「
"M&A and Capital Markets Seminar; M&A and Capital Markets as Seen from Cases Involving the Management Buyout of Gentosha, Inc., and DeNA Co., Ltd.", hosted by the Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai, January 2011