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Watson Farley & Williams (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo Horitsu Jimusho) Offices
Tokiwabashi Tower 9F
2-6-4 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-0004
Japan
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Shusuke Fukunaga
Work Department
PARTNER IN THE FIRM’S ASSETS & STRUCTURED FINANCE GROUP
Position
Shusuke is a licensed Japanese lawyer (Bengoshi) and is also admitted as Solicitor in England & Wales.
Shusuke has extensive experience in a broad range of banking and finance transactions (both domestic and cross-border) with a focus on aviation and maritime asset finance. He frequently advises banks, trading houses, leasing companies, ECAs and other financial institutions as well as corporate investors on wide-scale cross-border transactions. He offers clients with commercially balanced high quality legal services.
Shusuke is well regarded by clients and peers in the Japanese market and has been commended by legal directories such as Chambers and Legal 500 in relation to Asset Finance and Banking practices in Japan.
Before joining the firm, Shusuke had spent 8 years with Clifford Chance, including secondment to Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities, and also worked at White & Case for 6 years. He is one of the founding members of the firm’s Tokyo office, Watson Farley & Williams (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo Horitsu Jimusho).
Memberships
Law Society of England and Wales
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
Education
2011 · University College London, LLM in International Banking and Finance Law
2006 · Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Law, J.D.
2004 · Hitotsubashi University, LL.B.
Lawyer Rankings
Japan > Banking and finance: International firms and joint ventures
Watson Farley & Williams (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo Horitsu Jimusho)‘s asset and structured finance department, which is particularly experienced in cross-border asset, structured finance, and leasing transactions in the aviation field, benefited from the 2022 recruitment of Keisuke Imon, Simon Collins, Shusuke Fukunaga, and senior associate Christian Orton, who moved to the practice from White & Case LLP – White & Case Law Offices (Registered Association). Imon leads the team alongside Collins; duo add expertise in commercial shipping transactions and Japanese operating leases.