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Bar admissions:

Japan

Jurisdictions:

Japan

Practice areas:

Banking


1987 - : Hamada & Matsumoto

1989 - September 1990 : London Office of Hamada & Matsumoto 

1992 : Trainee at Freshfields in London 

March 1993 - : Returned to Hamada & Matsumoto

December 2002 - : Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (established through merger of Mori Sogo and Hamada & Matsumoto)

  • Advised a public offering of Luxemburg investment fund managed by a major European financial institution.
  • Advised one of the first private placements of offshore wine-funds in Japan.
  • Advised one of the first public offerings of Japanese investment funds designed for FinTech.
  • Yasuzo Takeno has had extensive experience, since the early 1990s, in advisory work for corporate finance, financial regulation, both domestic and foreign investment managers and investment fund businesses, including structuring, public offerings and private placement of off-shore investment funds in Japan. He also offers legal advice on the day-to-day management of investment fund businesses. He has advised on various innovative funds including investment funds aimed at products with less liquidity such as private equity, real estate and commodities.
  • He is a frequent speaker on investment funds at conferences such as International Bar Association and other events and seminars.

  • Financial services regulatory
  • Hedge funds
  • Investment funds
  • Private equity funds
  • Real estate funds

  • Accounting
  • Financial services
  • Investment management

  • Japan (1987)

  • Daini Tokyo Bar Association

  • LL.B., Waseda University (1985) 
  • M.Litt, University of Oxford, Worcester College (1992)