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Honami Sohkawa

Honami Sohkawa

Associate
Tokyo Office
Sohkawa Honami
Practice Areas Practice Groups Background Publications Achievements Professional Admissions Professional and Academic Associations Languages

Practice Areas

Finance and Financial Institutions
Insurance

Topics

Achievements
Apr 18, 2024
The Best Lawyers in Japan™・Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2025 Edition)
Newsletters
May 2023
Draft Cabinet Ordinances and Cabinet Office Ordinances, Etc. Concerning Stablecoin Legislation (Part II)
Achievements
Apr 20, 2023
The Best Lawyers in Japan™ 2024

Practice Groups

  • Financial Services & Transactions Group

Background

Mar 2008 Koka Gakuen Senior High School
Mar 2011 Waseda University (LL.B.)
Mar 2014 The University of Tokyo School of Law (J.D.)
Dec 2015 - Dec 2016 The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
Aug 2019 - Jun 2020 Worked for the Credit System Office, the Planning and Management Division, the Policy and Markets Bureau of the Financial Services Agency
Jul 2020 - Jun 2021 Worked for the Financial Services Intermediaries and Payment Services Legislation Office, the Planning and Management Division, the Policy and Markets Bureau of the Financial Services Agency

Publications

Draft Cabinet Ordinances and Cabinet Office Ordinances, Etc. Concerning Stablecoin Legislation (Part II) AMT Newsletters
May 2023
Draft Cabinet Ordinances and Cabinet Office Ordinances, Etc. Concerning Stablecoin Legislation (Part I) AMT Newsletters
Apr 2023
Banking Regulation 2023 (Japan Chapter) - Trends and Developments
Dec 2022
Financial Services & Transactions Group Newsletter - Amendments to the Payment Services Act and the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds, etc. (Introduction of Regulations on Stablecoins) AMT Newsletters
Sep 2022
Financial Services & Transactions Group Newsletter - Outline of the Report by the Financial System Council’s “Working Group on Payment Services” (Introduction of Regulations on Stablecoins and the Tightening of Regulations on Prepaid Payment Instruments) AMT Newsletters
May 2022
The Banking Regulation Review (8th edition) (Japan Chapter) The Banking Regulation Review (8th edition)
Jun 2017

Achievements

Apr 18, 2024
The Best Lawyers in Japan™・Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2025 Edition)
Apr 20, 2023
The Best Lawyers in Japan™ 2024
Apr 14, 2022
Best Lawyers 2023

Professional Admissions

  • Japan (2016)

Professional and Academic Associations

  • Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association

Languages

  • Japanese (first language)
  • English