Koji Yamamoto

Partner | Tokyo

Email Koji
VCARD
+81 3 6810 2565

Secretary Shiori Ishiguro

Email Shiori
+81 3 6810 2339

*Our Firm is a foreign law joint enterprise (gaikokuhou kyoudou jigyou) between Withers Gaikokuhou Jimu Bengoshi Houjin (whose Partners are attorneys-at-law admitted in California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii and New York, all of whom are foreign registered attorneys (Gaikokuhou Jimu Bengoshi) in Japan) and Withers Bengoshi Houjin (whose Partners, Associates and Counsel are qualified Japanese bengoshi), as defined under Article 2, item 15 of the Special Measures Law Concerning the Handling of Legal Business by Foreign Lawyers (Gaikoku Bengoshi ni yoru Houritsu Jimu no Toriatsukai ni kansuru TokubetsuSochiho) of Japan.

 

Insight

1 November 2023 | Article

Navigating fund management licensing in Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan

5 October 2023 | Event

Seminar | Asking the hard questions and straight talk – a comparison of the Asian regulatory landscape for fund managers | Tokyo
Kathy Matsui

3 April 2023 | Article

The Global Rethinkers: Financial Times interview with Kathy Matsui

26 January 2023 | Article

An update on the rules and regulations governing the private placements of fund interests to Japan investors – January 2023
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28 April 2022 | Article

Revisiting the JFSA Market Entry Office - why this is an ideal time for financial institutions to expand their business in Japan

7 March 2022 | Firm news

Withers represented Bear Logi in merger with EQT AB

18 January 2022 | Podcast

Mindfulness, green finance and sustainable investment

6 December 2021 | Podcast

Leadership, perseverance and diversity in financial services

21 October 2021 | Article

Overview of the new exemptions for fund managers operating in Japan

15 July 2021 | Article

Structuring an ESG investment fund in Japan

3 June 2021 | Firm news

Withers advised on the launch of Japan's first ESG-focused global venture capital fund
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20 April 2021 | Article

Japan FSA and NTA's announcement regarding the tax treatment on carried interest distributed to SLPs
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8 March 2021 | Article

Promotion of the investment management industry of Japan: a discussion on the proposed new exemptions by the JFSA Working Group Committee

11 February 2021 | On-Demand

Webinar series on funds: Part 5 - Marketing to Japanese investors from abroad – The Foreign Securities Firm Exemption
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28 May 2020 | Article

Overview of the amendments to Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act of Japan - listed securities and prior notifications
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4 September 2019 | Article

Navigating the private placement regime of fund interests in Japan
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4 July 2019 | Article

An overview of the rules and regulations governing the private placements of fund interests in Japan

External publications

  • 'Revisiting the JFSA Market Entry Office - Why this is an ideal time for financial institutions to expand their business in Japan', - Apr 2022, co-author

  • 'Overview of the new exemptions for fund managers operating in Japan', Oct 2021, co-author

  • 'Structuring an ESG investment fund', - July 2021, co-author

  • 'Overview of the Amendments to Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act of Japan - Listed Securities and Prior Notifications' - May 2020, co-author

  • 'An overview of the rules and regulations governing the private placements of fund interests in Japan' - 4 July 2019, co-author

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