Tatsu Katayama

Of Counsel

TEL:: 81-3-6775-1023

FAX:: 81-3-6775-2023

Tatsu Katayama is a partner whose areas of expertise are international banking, finance and securities matters on behalf of foreign clients. Mr. Katayama has been individually named as a leading lawyer in Japan in banking and finance and capital markets matters as well as real estate transactions in legal periodicals such as Chambers International and Euromoney. He often works together with overseas legal counsel on these matters and is well accustomed to meeting the needs of overseas clients as well as foreign-subsidiary domestic clients.

Mr. Katayama served as the international director of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations. He has expertise in cross border legal practices, anti-money laundering and other international aspects of bar issues.

Practice Areas Practice Groups Background Publications Lectures Achievements Professional Admissions Professional and Academic Associations Languages

Practice Areas

Key Practice Areas

Finance and Financial Institutions

Banking Financial Regulation Derivatives Asset Management and Investment Funds Structured Finance Real Estate Finance Acquisition Finance Project Finance Asset Finance PPP/PFI/Concession Financial Technology (FinTech) Financial and Securities Dispute Resolution

Real Estate

Real Estate Transactions Real Estate Investment Real Estate Finance REITs Real Estate Dispute Resolution

Dispute Resolution

Financial and Securities Dispute Resolution Real Estate Dispute Resolution Corporate Scandal Related Securities and Other Civil Litigation

Related Practice Areas

Finance and Financial Institutions

Real Estate

Real Estate Transactions Real Estate Investment Real Estate Finance REITs Real Estate Dispute Resolution

Dispute Resolution

Financial and Securities Dispute Resolution Real Estate Dispute Resolution Corporate Scandal Related Securities and Other Civil Litigation

Topics

Achievements

Sep 12, 2024

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Achievements

Apr 18, 2024

The Best Lawyers in Japan™・Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2025 Edition)

Achievements

Sep 14, 2023

asialaw 2023-24

Practice Groups

Structured Finance Group
Financial Services & Transactions Group

Background

Mar 1985	The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
May 1991	University of Pennsylvania （LL.M）
Jan 1992 - Jan 1993	Worked for Allen Allen & Hemsley
Jan 2016	Co-chair of Capital Markets Forum of International Bar Association

Publications

Special Feature: Constitutional Basis for Protection of Client Secrecy The Liberty & Justice, December 2022 issue

Dec 2022

UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers: independence of the legal profession and lawyer/client rights worldwide The Law Society of England & Wales

Feb 2022

Issues on Attorney-Client Privilege The Liberty & Justice, February 2021 issue

Feb 2021

Attorney's Professional Responsibility in the New Era Yuhikaku

Dec 2020

Privilege and Professional Confidences: An International Review

Sep 2020

Lawyers guidebook for Anti Money Laundering measures Kinzai

Mar 2020

The Law and Ethics of Jurists The University of Nagoya Press

Aug 2019

Japanese Risk Retention – The Final Rule; CLO Market Implications AMT/Milbank CLO Client Alert

Mar 2019

Increasing the Reach of Risk Retention: The Japanese Regulator’s Proposal AMT/Milbank CLO Client Alert

Jan 2019

Internal investigation and attorney-client privilege NBL 1134 (2018.11.15)

Nov 2018

Extraterritorial Application of Foreign Laws: A Primer for Japanese Companies Kinzai

Nov 2013

Extraterritorial Regulation Survey 2013 (Japan) IFLR

Jul 2013

"Focus on Trends of Practical Finance by Lawyers," in Careful Selection of Comments about Authority of Finance Nihon Kajoshiki Shuppan Kabushikigaisha

Feb 2013

Toughening up IFLR June 2011

Jul 2011

Japan's Amended Commodity Derivatives Act - New Regulations Regarding Commodity Derivatives Business in Japan

Jan 2011

Commodity derivatives changed forever IFLR July/August 2010

Aug 2010

Amendments to Japan's FSA Guidelines for the marketing of derivative transactions The Euromoney Derivatives & Risk Management Handbook 2010/11

Jun 2010

Conflicts of Interest (Japan Chapter)

Oct 2005

Lectures

International Legal Ethics Conference 2022 - Lawyers in a World of Crisis Lawyer-Client Privilege and the Administration of Justice - Implications for Japan UCLA School of Law

Aug 14, 2022

International Legal Ethics Symposium in Tokyo 2022 (ILEST22) International Association of Legal Ethics / Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA),International Association of Legal Ethics, Japan Institute of Business Law, Internet Link for Ethics of Law, Waseda University Legal Ethics Society

Mar 5, 2022

International Legal Ethics Symposium in Tokyo 2021 (ILEST21) International Association of Legal Ethics

Mar 6, 2021

UIA 2020 Virtual Congress - Asian Lawyers' Forum Union Internationale des Avocats

Oct 28, 2020

Une web-conférence sur les mesures prises par les gouvernements et organisations représentatives de la profession Conseil National des Barreaux

Apr 14, 2020

International Bar Association: 11th Annual Bar Leaders’ Conference IBA (International Bar Association)

May 25 - 26, 2016

International Bar Association - 4th Asia Pacific Regional Forum Conference: Borderless Asia IBA (International Bar Association)

Mar 18 - 20, 2015

International Bar Association Conference: Corporate Governance - Recent Trends and Developments IBA (International Bar Association)