PwC Legal Japan

General corporate and M&A, Regulatory implications and finance, Governance and compliance, Litigation and arbitration

Director / General corporate and M&A, Regulatory implications and finance, Governance and compliance, Litigation and arbitration

Naoki Mizuta is an attorney-at-law admitted to practice in Japan. He has experience in the Japanese market advising on various financial regulations, particularly banking regulations. His practice also covers a variety of financing matters including trust business.

Prior to joining PwC Legal Japan, he worked as in-house counsel at a major Japanese financial institution. Prior to that, he also served as a judge for a civil court in Japan.

PwC Legal Japan (2022-Present)

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (2019-2021)

Assistant Judge (Tokyo District Court, etc.) (2011-2019)

Japanese, English

Tokyo Bar Association (2019)

Southern Methodist University Law School (Visiting Scholar)(2014)

Kobe University Law School (LL.M.)(2009)

Kwansei Gakuin University (B.A.)(2007)