Professionals
Partner
Haruyuki Hirata
- Admitted
- 1986, Japan; 1991, New York
- haruyuki.hirata@city-yuwa.com
- Languages
- Japanese/English
Practices
Haruyuki Hirata has been involved principally in the fields of banking transactions, securities transactions, fund management and trust. He has extensive experience with respect to consultation of various new financial products including derivatives, cryptocurrencies and digital assets, establishment and distribution of various funds in the form of tokumei kumiai, domestic and offshore LPS and LLC, public offering and private placement of offshore investment trusts, structured finance, and cross boarder finance. He is also an expert of banking and securities transactions for retail and private banking, as well as corporate banking. He represents domestic and foreign financial institutions and securities firms in the area of various financial regulations such as banking, securities and fund management regulations.
- General Corporate
- Banking and Other Financial Transactions
- Capital Markets
- Structured Finance, Acquisition Finance and Securitization
- Asset Management, Funds, Investment Trusts, J-REIT and Private Placement REIT
- Derivative Transactions
- Financial Services Regulations
- Venture Capital / Private Equity
- Real Estate Fund and REIT
- Real Estate Finance
- Cross-Border Transactions
Professional Background / Education
Professional Background
- 1986
- Masunaga, Nagashima & Hashimoto
- 1986-1995
- Anderson Mori
- 1995-1999
- Country General Counsel, Citibank, N.A., Japan
- 1999-2003
- Yuwa Partners
- 2003 to Present
- City-Yuwa Partners
Education
- 1984
- Waseda University (LL.B.)
- 1986
- Legal Training and Research Institute
- 1990
- University of Washington (LL.M.)
- Structured Finance, Acquisition Finance and Securitization
- Advised on the formation and distribution of private funds that invest in various assets (securities, real estate, receivables, crypto assets, etc.) in Japan and abroad using various contractual forms such as tokumei kumiai, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships and foreign LPS.
- Financial Services Regulations
- Advised on the registration of financial instruments business (Type I, Type II financial instruments business, investment management business and investment advisory business) under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
- Provide continuous legal advice on compliance with the Banking Act and the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and other laws and regulations concerning banking and other financial-related businesses in Japan.
- Asset Management, Funds, Investment Trusts, J-REIT and Private Placement REIT
- Continue to provide legal advice on the formation and management of domestic investment trusts and foreign investment trusts, prepare various contracts for public and private placement, and take procedures for notification under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and the Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations.
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SeminarsSeminar for members of The Life Insurance Association of JapanAct on Protection of Private InformationHaruyuki HirataMarch 23, 2018Practices : Personal Data Protection
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SeminarsSeminar for members of The Life Insurance Association of JapanAct on Protection of Private InformationHaruyuki HirataMarch 6, 2017Practices : Personal Data Protection
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SeminarsSeminar for members of The Life Insurance Association of JapanAct on Protection of Private InformationHaruyuki HirataMarch 7, 2016Practices : Personal Data Protection
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SeminarsSeminar for members of The Life Insurance Association of JapanAct on Protection of Private InformationHaruyuki HirataFebruary 23, 2015Practices : Personal Data Protection
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SeminarsSeminar for members of The Life Insurance Association of JapanAct on Protection of Private InformationHaruyuki HirataFebruary 8, 2013Practices : Personal Data Protection
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SeminarsSeminar for members of The Life Insurance Association of JapanAct on Protection of Private InformationHaruyuki HirataFebruary 9, 2012Practices : Personal Data Protection
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SeminarsSeminar for members of The Life Insurance Association of JapanAct on Protection of Private InformationHaruyuki HirataJanuary 26, 2011Practices : Personal Data Protection
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SeminarsSeminar for members of The Life Insurance Association of JapanAct on Protection of Private InformationHaruyuki HirataJanuary 26, 2010Practices : Personal Data Protection
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SeminarsSeminar for members of The Life Insurance Association of JapanAct on Protection of Private InformationHaruyuki HirataJanuary 20, 2009Practices : Personal Data Protection
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SeminarsSeminar for members of The Life Insurance Association of JapanAct on Protection of Private InformationHaruyuki HirataDecember 11, 2007Practices : Personal Data Protection
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SeminarsSeminar for members of The Life Insurance Association of JapanAct on Protection of Private InformationHaruyuki HirataDecember 12, 2006Practices : Personal Data Protection