Takeshi Nagase
Partner
Tokyo
LEGAL AWARDS
Chambers FinTech 2024
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024
The Best Lawyers in Japan™・Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2025 Edition)
The Best Lawyers in Japan™ 2024
Global Law Experts: FinTech
Key Practice Areas
Financial Technology (FinTech)
Financial Regulation
Copyright and Entertainment
Government Investigations and Crisis Management
M&A
TEL:81-3-6775-1200
/FAX:81-3-6775-2200
Takeshi handles finance and corporate transactions, and has significant experience advising on a variety of matters, including public and private M&As, joint ventures and fintech advisory matters. His clients range from prominent financial institutions to virtual currency start-ups. Between 2013 and 2014 Takeshi, was seconded to the Disclosure Department of the Financial Services Agency of Japan, where he was part of a team that revised the laws and guidelines governing disclosure by listed companies, and prepared the Japanese Stewardship Code. Additionally, he has experience, on secondment, at the legal department of major Japanese securities firm from 2015 to 2017, where he handled a broad range of finance and corporate transactions. As a result of the exposure gained on these secondments, Takeshi is often sought for his advice on finance-related matters, with particular focus on the regulator’s point of view.
Recently, Takeshi has also been advising on virtual currency laws, including registration requirements applicable to virtual currency exchange service providers, regulations for initial coin offerings, and the like.
SERVICES
Practice Areas
Key Practice Areas
Finance and Financial Institutions
Intellectual Property
Government Investigations and Crisis Management
M&A
Corporate
Media and Entertainment
Related Practice Areas
Finance and Financial Institutions
Media and Entertainment
Industries
Financial Technology (FinTech)
Securities
Other Finance Industries
Telecommunication, Media, and Entertainment
IT, Internet and Security
Consumer Product and Retail
Aviation/Space
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CAREER
Mar 2005
The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
2008 - 2009
The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
Aug 2014 - May 2015
Graduate study, University of Pennsylvania Law School (LL.M., Wharton Business and Law Certificate)
Apr 2022 - Mar 2023
Project Lecturer, Capital Tokyo Intl School (CTIS)
QUALIFICATIONS
Japan (2009) New York (2016)
PROFESSIONAL AND
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
LANGUAGES
Japanese (first language)
English
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Takeshi Nagase
TEL:81-3-6775-1200
/FAX:81-3-6775-2200
Financial Technology (FinTech)
Financial Regulation
Copyright and Entertainment
Government Investigations and Crisis Management
M&A
Nagase Takeshi
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