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Koji Yamamoto

Partner
Koji Yamamoto is always kind enough to point out issues that I have not thought of, and this is a great help to me.
— Chambers Asia-Pacific, Japan Investment Funds 2025
Tokyo
About
Koji advises clients in the fields of investment funds and asset management. He has extensive experience assisting offshore fund managers and financial institutions with a wide range of Japan-related matters, including capital raising, transactions on Japanese exchanges, and applications for financial regulatory registrations in Japan.
Areas of FocusCorporateInvestment Management and FundsFinancial Services
Professional QualificationsAttorney-at-law admitted with the Supreme Court of New York

EXPERIENCE

  • Represented numerous top tier hedge fund managers and private equity fund managers with respect to rules and regulations applicable to capital raising activities in Japan. Scope of such regulatory advice included submission of filings and registrations applicable to Japan offerings with the Financial Services Agency of Japan.*
  • Advising fund managers regarding the rules and regulations of Japan with respect to Japan exchange trades, including Block Shareholding Reports; Short Selling (including Japan Regulation M), Insider Trading; Shareholder Proposals, etc.*
  • Assisted clients in registering as financial instruments business operator in Japan (Type 1, Type 2, Investment Manager, and Investment Advisor).

* Denotes experience from a previous firm

 
Languages
  • English
  • Japanese
Education
  • University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
  • University of Western Ontario, B.A.
  • University of Tokyo, Research Scholarship

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Leading Individual, Investment Funds, Japan: Registered Foreign Lawyer, Chambers Asia-Pacific, (2021-2025)

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Registered Foreign Lawyer in Japan
  • Daini Tokyo Bar Association, 2013

Connect

Phone

+81 3 4550 2807
(Work, Tokyo)
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