Mr Hiroo Atsumi Partner Atsumi & Sakai - Lawyer Biography - International Law Office
Lawyer Biography
- Mr Hiroo Atsumi, Partner
- Atsumi & Sakai - Tokyo, Japan
- hiroo.atsumi@aplaw.jp
Admitted
Japan (1977) and New York (1982)
Education
The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1974)
The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
New York University School of Law (M.C.J., 1981)
Practice Areas
Banking, Structured Finance, International Finance, and Other General Corporate Legal Matters
Member
Daini Tokyo Bar Association, New York State Bar Association
Languages
Japanese and English
Recommendations and Awards
- Legal 500 2010 Leading Individual
- Banking and Finance
- Projects and Energy
- IFLR1000 2010 Leading Lawyer
- Banking
- Capital Markets — Structured Finance and Securitization
- Asia Law Leading Lawyers—Japan, 2009
- Leading Lawyer—Securitization & Structured Finance
- Best Lawyers 2009
- Asset Finance
- Banking and Finance Law
- Structured Finance
- IFLR1000 2009 Leading Lawyer
- Banking
- Capital Markets — Structured Finance and Securitization
- Chambers Asia 2009 Band 1 Leading Individual
- Banking and Finance
- Capital Markets: Securitisation & Structured Finance
- Legal 500 2009 Leading Individual
- Banking and Finance
- Projects
- AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers 2008
- Leading Lawyer — Securitization & Structured Finance
- Chambers Global 2008 Band 1 Leading Individual
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets: Securitisation
- IFLR1000 2008 Leading Individual
- Banking and Finance
- Projects
- Legal Media Guides to the World’s Leading Lawyers
- Securitization & Structured Finance
- Banking
- Project Finance
- PLC Which Lawyer? 2008 Leading Individual
- Banking: Lenders & Borrowers
- AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers 2007 Leading Lawyer
- Securitization & Structured Finance
- Chambers Global 2007 Band 1 Leading Individual
- Banking and Finance
- Capital Markets: Securitisation
- IFLR1000 2007 Leading Individual
- Banking and Finance
- Projects and Energy
- PLC Which Lawyer? 2007 Leading Individual
- Finance: Banking
- PLC Cross Border Finance: Secured Lending 2007/2008
- Leading Individual—Banking
- Recommended Individual—Debt Capital Markets
- AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers 2006 Leading Lawyer
- Securitization & Structured Finance
- Chambers Global 2006 Band 1 Leading Individual
- Banking and Finance
- Capital
- Markets: Securitisation
- IFLR1000 2006 Leading Individual
- Banking and Finance
- Projects and Energy
- PLC Which Lawyer? 2006
- Leading Individual—Finance: Banking
- Highly Recommended Individual—Corporate Real Estate
- Recommended Individual—Finance: Debt Finance
Publications
- Theory and Practice of TMKs—Asset Liquidation Using TMKs by Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, 2009 (Co-author)
- “Securtisation 2008/09 Country Q&A Japan”PLC Cross-border Handbooks: Finance Volume 2 Practical Law Company (2008) [Co-author]
- “Secured Lending 2008/09 Country Q&A Japan” PLC Cross-border Handbooks: Finance Volume 1 Practical Law Company (2008) [Co-Author]
- “Japan Overview” The Legal Media Group Guide to the World’s Leading Structured Finance and Securitization Lawyers IFLR (2007) [Co-author]
- “Secured Lending 2007/08 Country Q&A Japan” PLC Cross-border Handbooks Practical Law Company (2007) [Co-author]
- “Legal Aspects (of aircraft registered in Japan)” Airfinance Annual 2002/2003 [Co-author]
- “Legal Aspects of PFI Financing in Japan” Japan Now Open For Business, The Essential Investment Guide From Asia Law & Practice (1999)
- “A case of securitisation of bank loan assets in U.K.—Structure of Rose Fund”(in Japanese) NBL No. 618 (1997)
- “Legal Aspects (of aircraft registered in Japan)” Airfinance Annual 1994/95
- “Opinion on asset-backed CP—Discussion on taxation in connection with securitisation overseas of domestic debt obligations” (in Japanese) NBL No. 517 (1993)
- “Relative rules for securitisation in the Cayman Islands” (Translation) (in Japanese)NBL No. 529 (1993)
- “New Amendment Strengthens Shareholder Control” Asia Law (August, 1993)
- “International Banking, Japan” International Financial Law Review, Special Supplement (September, 1992)
- “The Daiwa Scandal” Asia Law (December, 1995/January,1996) [Co-author]
Seminars
- “Legal Issues associated with Securing Lease Receivables in Japanese Leveraged Lease Transactions—From the Lenders’ Viewpoint”, March 14, 1994, organized by the Business Law Institute (Shoji-Homu-Kenkyu-Kai)
