Fumiko Oikawa

Ms Fumiko Oikawa has some 20 years’ experience advising on finance transactions and also handles international trade matters. She is a core member of the firm’s finance practice group, and co-heads the Structured Finance/Securitization/Trust Team and the Financial Regulation Team. Her experience in securitisation includes active involvement in various securitisations of lease and credit card receivables, bank loans (collateralised loan obligations), housing loans (mortgages) etc. She also co-heads our firm’s International Trade Team and advises on JAPAN-EU EPA matters, export controls and economic sanctions. She worked in the Planning and Coordination Bureau of the Financial Services Agency from 2005 to 2007, assisting with revisions to financial regulations, including the Banking Act and the Trust Business Act.

• “Study Report on Overseas Stablecoin Use Cases and Analysis of Related Regulations,” Financial Services Agency (2022) [Co-author]
• Asset Managers & FinTech Companies Registration Guidebook 3rd Edition, Tokyo Metropolitan Government (with the cooperation of the Financial Services Agency and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) (2023) [Co-author]

• Capital markets: Debt
• Financial services regulatory
• Investment funds
• Structured finance/securitisation
• Trade finance

• Banking
• Financial services
• Food and beverage
• Government and public policy
• Investment management

• Japan
• New York

• Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association

• Gakushuin University (LL.B., 1997)
• Gakushuin University (J.D., 2000)
• University of Michigan Law School (LL.M., 2013)