Professional Experience and Expertise

Koji graduated from Kyoto University in 2003, the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan in 2004, and Northwestern University School of Law in 2012. He was admitted as Attorney at Law in Japan (2004) and New York (2013), and registered as Foreign Lawyer in Singapore (2012).

Koji’s main areas of practice encompass broad range of corporate commercial transactions, corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions and general corporation works. In addition, he has advised on various financial institutions in all aspects of their operations, with a focus on financial regulatory matters. Especially, with his experience worked at the Financial Services Agency, Japanese Government, he has been working on compliance issues of financial institutions including AML/CFT, countermeasures against Anti-Social Forces, personal data protections. He has also worked for clients in commercial and banking litigations in Japan, and dispute resolutions.

Koji has represented both Japanese and overseas clients, mainly focusing on financial institutions including banks, insurance companies, security brokerages, asset management companies, investment funds, credit card companies, leasing companies and non-bank finance companies. Such representation extends to complex financial regulatory matters (including issues relating to the Banking Act, the Insurance Business Act, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, the Money-lending Control Act, the Investment Act and the Asset Securitization Act), structured finance and litigations arising from the sales of financial instruments.

Koji is a member of Japan Association of the Law of Trust. He frequently writes articles and appears as a frequent lecturer at public seminars on practical legal issues.

Koji is native in Japanese and proficient in English.

Professional Career

Jun. 2017
Member of the “Government, Industry and Academia Forum on the State of Financial Markets” hosted by The University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP)

Jan. 2016
Come back to Chuo Sogo Law Office, P.C.

Jan. 2014
Deputy Director, Supervisory Coordination Division, Supervisory Bureau, Financial Services Agency, Japanese Government

Aug. 2013
Admitted in the State of New York

Nov. 2012
Registered as Foreign Lawyer in Singapore(*de-registered)
Foreign Lawyer at Rodyk & Davidson LLP (Singapore)

Aug. 2012
Visiting attorney at Barack Ferrazano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP (Chicago)

May. 2012
Graduated Northwestern University School of Law (Chicago, IL, USA)

Apr. 2010
Registered with Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association

Apr. 2008
Joined Japan Association of the Law of Trust

Oct. 2004
Completed the requisite courses at the Supreme Court’s Legal Research and Training Institute(57th class);
Registered with Osaka Bar Association (joined Chuo Sogo Law Office,P.C.)

Publications