Professionals
Partner
Takashi Saito
- Admitted
- 2007, Japan
- Languages
- Japanese/English
Practices
- 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
- Project Finance
- Derivative Transactions
- Insurance
- Financial Services Regulations
- Fintech
- Real Estate Fund and REIT
- Real Estate Finance
- Cross-Border Transactions
- Foreign Direct Investment
- Renewable Energy
- Crypto Assets/NFTs
Professional Background / Education
Professional Background
- 2007 to Present
- City-Yuwa Partners
- 2015-2016
- Deputy of Director, Financial Markets Division, Planning and Coordination Bureau of the Financial Services Agency
Education
- 2003
- Waseda University (LL.B.)
- 2007
- Legal Training and Research Institute
- 2015
- Duke University School of Law (LL.M.)
- Asset Finance
- Advised a major domestic bank on financing transactions related to a logistics facility development project in Aichi Prefecture.
- Advised a major domestic bank on financing transactions related to the acquisition of an office building in Osaka Prefecture.
- Advised a major domestic bank on collateralization of assets located in Vietnam in connection with a syndicated loan transaction in Japan.
- Real Estate Transactions
- Advised a foreign financial institution, a lessee, on a new office lease agreement for an office relocation in Japan.
- Advised a life insurance company on acquisition and investment transactions for various types of real estate.
- Real Estate Finance
- Advised a trust company, the bond issuer, in connection with a private placement of trust bonds with real estate as the reserve asset.
- Capital Markets
- Advised a major domestic bank, a bond issuer, on the issuance of corporate bonds in the Taiwanese market under the Euro medium term note program.
- Banking and Other Financial Transactions
- Advised a major domestic securities finance company on securities lending transactions based on GMSLA and GMRA.
- Financial Services Regulations
- Acted for a US financial institution to perform procedures to register as a high-speed trader under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
- Asset Management, Funds, Investment Trusts, J-REIT and Private Placement REIT
- Advised a domestic investment manager on preparing and submitting disclosure documents for listed REIT.
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Books“The Complete Book of Trust Law and Practice Volume 2 Trust Regulations/Related Laws”Takashi Saito Taketomo MoritaMarch 2024Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Asset Management, Funds, Investment Trusts, J-REIT and Private Placement REIT Dispute Resolution in Financial Transaction and ADR
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Books“Legal Practice of Co-owned Property Management According to Each Property”Takashi SaitoNovember 2023Practices : General Corporate Asset Management, Funds, Investment Trusts, J-REIT and Private Placement REIT Real Estate Transactions
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Articles“Business Operations Taking into Account the Best Interest of Customers (Part 2) – Based on Interim Report of Customer-Oriented Task Force of Market System Working Group of Financial System Council/Bill to Amend the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, etc.”Takashi Saito Tsubasa ItoJuly 2023Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Financial Services Regulations
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Articles“Business Operations Taking into Account the Best Interest of Customers (Part 1) – Based on Interim Report of Customer-Oriented Task Force of Market System Working Group of Financial System Council/Bill to Amend the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, etc.”Takashi Saito Tsubasa ItoJune 2023Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Financial Services Regulations
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Articles“Changes ahead for electronic payment instruments in Japan”Yasuyuki Kuribayashi Takashi SaitoJuly 2022Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Financial Services Regulations Fintech
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Articles“Risk Management of Solar Power Generation Business through Legal Means and Insurance IV”Takashi SaitoMarch 2022Practices : Insurance Renewable Energy
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Articles“Risk Management of Solar Power Generation Business through Legal Means and Insurance III”Takashi SaitoDecember 2021Practices : Structured Finance, Acquisition Finance and Securitization Insurance Real Estate Finance Electricity / Gas Renewable Energy ...
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Articles“Analysis of Recent Court Cases on Leakage of Cryptoassets Due to Unauthorized Access”Izuru Goto Takashi SaitoOctober 2021Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Commercial Litigation Crypto Assets/NFTs
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Articles“Risk Management of Solar Power Generation Business through Legal Means and Insurance II”Takashi SaitoSeptember 2021Practices : Structured Finance, Acquisition Finance and Securitization Insurance Real Estate Finance Electricity / Gas Renewable Energy ...
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Articles“Risk Management of Solar Power Generation Business through Legal Means and Insurance”Takashi SaitoJune 2021Practices : Structured Finance, Acquisition Finance and Securitization Project Finance Insurance Real Estate Finance Electricity / Gas ...
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Articles“”W&I Insurance” as an effective risk-hedging means for M&A transactions concerning renewable energy generation business”Takashi SaitoMarch 2021Practices : Insurance Electricity / Gas Renewable Energy
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Articles“Virtual currencies: regulators make their move”Izuru Goto Yasuyuki Kuribayashi Takashi SaitoJuly 2019Practices : General Corporate Banking and Other Financial Transactions Crypto Assets/NFTs
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Articles“Fiduciary duty in case of solicitation and sales of investment trusts – based on the draft of the “Principles concerning the Operation of Fiduciary Duty” (kokyaku hon-i no gyoumu unei ni kansuru gensoku) released by Financial Services Agency”Takashi SaitoMarch 2017Practices : Asset Management, Funds, Investment Trusts, J-REIT and Private Placement REIT Financial Services Regulations
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Books“Visual Guide for Structure and Mechanism of Labor Laws”Noriko Higashizawa Yasuyuki Kuribayashi Noriyuki Katayama Katsuko Iizuka Kiyoshi Asada ...March 2014Practices : General Consultations on Personnel and Labor Matters Collective Bargaining Labor Litigation and Arbitration
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Articles“Avoidance of security by way of assignment of receivables (condition type / option type)”Izuru Goto Takashi SaitoSeptember 2011Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions
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CY Japan Legal UpdateAmendment of the Cabinet Office Ordinance on Disclosure of Corporate Affairs concerning Incentive Compensation for Corporate ExecutivesYasuyuki Kuribayashi Takashi SaitoJune 2017Practices : Corporate Governance / Shareholders Meetings
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CY Japan Legal UpdateThe Submission to the Diet of Legislation to Amend Financial Instruments and Exchange Act related to the Fair Disclosure RuleYasuyuki Kuribayashi Takashi SaitoApril 2017Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions
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CY Japan Legal UpdateThe Amendment to the Banking Law and other related laws relating to fintech and virtual currency will come into force within one year from June 3, 2016Yasuyuki Kuribayashi Takashi SaitoOctober 2016Practices : Regulatory Financial Services Regulations Crypto Assets/NFTs
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Yasuyuki Kuribayashi, Hirosato Nabika, Takashi Saito, Yuka Sakai and Naoki Matsuo have contributed to the World Bank Group’s annual report “Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs.”October 31, 2017Pro Bono
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Yasuyuki Kuribayashi, Hirosato Nabika, Takashi Saito, Yuka Sakai and Naoki Matsuo have contributed to the World Bank Group’s annual report “Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All.”October 25, 2016Pro Bono
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Yasuyuki Kuribayashi, Hirosato Nabika, Takashi Saito and Yuka Sakai have contributed to the World Bank/IFC report “Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency.”October 29, 2014Pro Bono
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Yasuyuki Kuribayashi, Hirosato Nabika, Takashi Saito and Yuka Sakai have contributed to the World Bank/IFC report “Doing Business 2014: Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises.”October 29, 2013Pro Bono
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Yasuyuki Kuribayashi, Hirosato Nabika, Hiroyasu Horimoto, Takashi Saito and Yuka Sakai have contributed to the World Bank/IFC report “Doing Business 2013: Smarter Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises,” which was published on October 23, 2012.December 28, 2012Pro Bono
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Yasuyuki Kuribayashi, Hirosato Nabika, Hiroyasu Horimoto, Takashi Saito and Yuka Sakai have contributed to the World Bank/IFC report “Doing Business 2012: Doing business in a more transparent world.”October 20, 2011Pro Bono