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| Kunihiko Morishita is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, and has primarily worked in the fields of domestic and international securities and finance matters. He has been named as a leading banking lawyer by several publications including the International Financial Law Review and Chambers' "The World's Leading Lawyers", and is a member of the Financial Law Board, an influential advisory body regarding financial law matters sponsored by the Bank of Japan. He is also an Adjunct Lecturer of Seikei Law School from 2004. He is well experienced in representing financial institutions before the regulatory authorities such as the Financial Services Agency. He regularly advises a number of multinational financial institutions, located inside and outside Japan, in relation to financial regulatory issues in the field of banking, securities, trust and asset management. Mr. Morishita is also highly experienced in insurance matters and has worked as primary counsel on complex matters such as demutualization and other restructuring of insurance companies. |
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| Practice Groups |
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Financial Services & Transactions |
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Capital Markets |
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| Publications/Lectures |
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"Litigation against Foreign Corporations," Horitsu no Hiroba, Vol. 39 No. 7 (July 1986) (co-author) |
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"On Currency Exchange Transactions," Kinyu Homu Jijo, No. 1346 (February 1993) |
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"Legal Issues for Derivatives in Japan," International Financial Law Review (December 1994) (co-author) |
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"Japan Makes Steady Progress," International Financial Law Review (June 1996) (co-author) |
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"On Cross-border Application of Law Related to Financial Matters," Jurist, No. 1232 (October 2002) |
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"Various Issues Concerning Sales of Insurance Products," "Types of Actions Required for Preventing Adverse Effects," Noteworthy Points for Compliance with Laws relating to Bancassurance, Kinyu Compliance, (February 2007) (co-author) |
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"Case Studies - Japanese Banking Regulations on Advertisement / Personal Information Protection / Other Related Issues," Compliance Notes for Directors and Branch Managers, Kinyu Compliance (May 2007) (co-author) |
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"Changes in Accountability to Customer with Establishment of Specified Investor System," Financial Compliance (November 2007) (co-author) |
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"Securities World," Jurisdictional Comparison, European Lawyer, second edition (November 2007) |
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| Education |
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Tokyo University (LL.B. 1981; LL.M. 1993) |
| Professional Admissions |
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Japan (1986) |
| Professional and Academic Associations |
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Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association |
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Member, Financial Law Board |
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Adjunct Lecturer, Seikei Law School (April 2004 - March 2007) |
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Adjunct Lecturer, The Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University |
| Languages |
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Japanese (first language) |
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English |
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