Contact: Email: Hiroo Atsumi
Tel. +81-3-5501-2120
Hiroo Atsumi, founding partner of Atsumi & Sakai, has been recognized over a number of years by legal and financial commentators as one of Japan’s leading finance lawyers. He has extensive experience in banking, capital markets and structured/asset finance, and has represented most major Japanese financial institutions, and many global investment banks on high value and complex banking and finance transactions. (Bengoshi registered at Tokyo 2nd Bar Association, also admitted in New York). He speaks Japanese and English.
| Admitted | 1997: completion of legal trainee (member of the 29th graduating class), registered lawyer 1982: registered in the US, lawyer of New York |
| Bar Association | Tokyo 2nd Bar Association New York State Bar Association |
| Education | 1974: Tokyo University (LL.B) 1981: New York University (M.C.J.) |
| Practice Area | legal affairs at the bank, securitisation, structured finance, international finance, corporate law |
| Language | Japanese, English |
Recommendation and Awards
- Expert Guides 2019
Banking
Structured Finance and Securitisation - asialaw Leading Lawyers 2020
Senior statesmanBanking and finance
Capital markets - IFLR 1000 Financial and Corporate 2020
Leading Lawyers (Market leader)
Banking
Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
Publications
- “International Banking, Japan” International Financial Law Review, Special Supplement (September, 1992)
- “Japan Overview” The Legal Media Group Guide to the World’s Leading Structured Finance and Securitization Lawyers, (IFLR, 2007) [Co-author]
- “Growth Strategy 2017: Fine-tuning Japan’s Banking Act for Fintech,” Who’s Who Legal: Japan 2017, Law Business Research Ltd. (2017) [Co-author]
