Keisuke Hatano
Keisuke Hatano

Partner

Tokyo
LEGAL AWARDS
The Best Lawyers in Japan™ 2024
The Best Lawyers in Japan™・Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2025 Edition)
Key Practice Areas
Financial Regulation
Financial Technology (FinTech)
Finance and Financial Institutions
Government Investigations and Crisis Management
International Practice
TEL: 81-3-6775-1250
/FAX: 81-3-6775-2250
Keisuke Hatano is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. Keisuke specializes in payment and settlement-related regulations. He has also been involved in a number of significant finance transactions, including representing clients in many international & domestic litigations on finance-related matters, among others. During his time at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, he was also seconded to the Financial Services Agency of Japan, where he was an instrumental part of the team tasked with making significant amendments to the Banking Act with the aim of facilitating a pro-FinTech ecosystem and environment in Japan. Keisuke also serves as a member of the committee on self-regulatory regulation of Japan Association for Financial APIs, which is a self-regulatory body certified by the JFSA under the Banking Act. From 2023 to 2024, leveraging his knowledge in payment and settlement-related regulations and his experience working for the JFSA, Keisuke had prominent roles in a several leading stablecoin project under the new regime under the amended Payment Services Act.
SERVICES
Practice Areas
Key Practice Areas
Finance and Financial Institutions
Government Investigations and Crisis Management
Industries
Banks
Financial Technology (FinTech)
Securities
Insurance
Trust
Other Finance Industries
Digital
RELATED INSIGHTS
CAREER
Mar 2004
Keio Senior high School
Mar 2008
Keio University (LL.B.)
Mar 2010
Keio Law School (J.D.)
Dec 2011
The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
Jan 2012
Joined Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Jul 2015 - Jun 2017
Financial Services Agency Planning and Coordination Bureau
Jul 2017
Joined Anderson Mori & Tomotsune again
QUALIFICATIONS
Japan (2011)
PROFESSIONAL AND
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
LANGUAGES
Japanese (first language)
English
Keisuke Hatano
Keisuke Hatano
TEL: 81-3-6775-1250
/FAX: 81-3-6775-2250
Financial Regulation
Financial Technology (FinTech)
Finance and Financial Institutions
Government Investigations and Crisis Management
International Practice