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Akihiro Wani
Work Department
Finance
Position
Senior Counselor
Career
Akihiro has almost 30 years of experience in the capital markets arena and is widely renowned as an expert in the financial sector. Throughout his extensive career, he has acted for major domestic financial institutions on financial regulations and cutting-edge derivatives transactions, including advising on the first public offering of credit-linked securities in Japan and the establishment of new commodity funds. Akihiro has also advised on the establishment of head/branch offices of type I financial instruments business operators, investment management companies, life insurance companies and other financial institutions, as well as acting on a wide variety of matters involving cross-border banking, securities, insurance and general corporate transactions.
Languages
Japanese and English
Education
University of Tokyo, LL.B.
University of Tokyo, LL.M.
Columbia Law School, LL.M.
Bar Admissions: Japan and New York
Lawyer Rankings
Japan > Banking and finance: International firms and joint ventures
(Leading individuals: Bengoshi)Morrison Foerster‘s banking and finance practice, complimented for its ‘great depth of knowledge‘, is headed up by Akihiro Wani, who is especially experienced in derivatives transactions and advising major Japanese financial institutions. The general team are also adept at assisting clients with financial regulatory matters, real estate finance mandates, project and acquisition finance issues, and IPOs. Katsuhiko Fujihira departed the team for Kaynex Law Offices in 2022.
Japan > Capital markets: International firms and joint ventures
The capital markets group at Morrison Foerster is headed by Fuyuo Mitomi, Mitsutoshi Uchida, and Jesse Gillespie, frequently handling cross-border mandates for large financial institutions and underwriters. The group is particularly experienced in advising on mandates within the US high-yield debt space, with work involving US disclosure rules, derivative matters, investment-grade offerings, and SEC-registered transactions. Key contacts in the team also include Akihiro Wani, associate Naoko Ueda, and of counsels Reiko Omachi and Hiroki Etani. Associate TJ Park is rated by clients as ‘one of the best in the industry‘. Ex-head of the team Kenji Hosokawa left the practice for an in-house position in 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals: Bengoshi Japan > Banking and finance: International firms and joint ventures
- Capital markets: International firms and joint ventures Japan
- Banking and finance: International firms and joint ventures Japan
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- TMT: International firms and joint ventures