Ryu Umezu
Partner / Managing Partner
Tokyo
LEGAL AWARDS
Chambers Global 2020
Chambers Global 2021
Chambers Global 2022
Key Practice Areas
Capital Markets
Finance and Financial Institutions
Real Estate
Energy and Natural Resources
Government Investigations and Crisis Management
TEL:81-3-6775-1030
Ryu Umezu specializes in finance, securities and capital market transactions, investments (including corporate, business and real property acquisitions), investment funds and regulatory matters for financial institutions and investment funds. As a capital markets specialist, he has prominent record in advising IPOs, listings, equity offerings and debt offerings in Japan as well as at the markets out of Japan including the US, UK, Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore and Israel. He advises a number of major global and Japanese financial institutions.
SERVICES
Practice Areas
Key Practice Areas
Capital Markets
Related Practice Areas
Finance and Financial Institutions
CASES
1996‐2001
IBM Corporation (JPY Bonds Offering)
2003
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd (HKSE Listing and IPO)
Innolux Corporation (formerly Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corporation) (HKSE Listing and IPO)
Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Limited (HKSE Listing and IPO)
2004
Air China Limited (HKSE Listing and IPO)
2004‐2013
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPY Bonds Offering)
2005
MediciNova, Inc. (Hercules Listing, Osaka Securities Exchange)
Shanghai Electric Group Company Limited (HKSE Listing and IPO)
Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. (HKSE Listing and IPO)
China Construction Bank Corporation (HKSE Listing and IPO)
China Cosco Holdings Company Limited (HKSE Listing and IPO)
Link Real Estate Investment Trust (formerly The Link Real Estate Investment Trust) (HKSE Listing and IPO)
2006
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (HKSE Listing and IPO)
China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. (HKSE Listing and IPO)
2006 ‐ 2015
Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. (JPY Bonds Offering)
2007
China Boqi Environmental (Holding) Co., Ltd (Tokyo Stock Exchange 1st Section Listing)
2007 ‐ 2017
National Australia Bank Limited (JPY Bonds Offering)
2009 ‐ 2013
Republic of Poland (JPY Bonds Offering)
2012 ‐ 2018
BPCE S.A. (JPY Bonds Offering)
2013
Xyec Holdings Co., Ltd. (Catalist Primary Listing, Singapore Exchange)
FRONTEO, Inc. (formerly UBIC, Inc.) (NASDAQ Listing)
2015 ‐ 2017
Macquarie Bank Limited (JPY Pro-Bond)
2017
Okura Holdings Limited (HKSE Primary Listing)
Techpoint, Inc.(Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Listing)
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CAREER
Mar 1989
The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
Apr 1991
Joined Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Jan 2000
Became a partner of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Apr 2023 -
Managing Partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
QUALIFICATIONS
Japan (1991)
PROFESSIONAL AND
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
LANGUAGES
Japanese (first language)
English
Ryu Umezu
TEL:81-3-6775-1030
Capital Markets
Finance and Financial Institutions
Real Estate
Energy and Natural Resources
Government Investigations and Crisis Management