Akihiro Shiba

Practice Areas

FinTech, Finance Regulations/Compliance, Asset Management/Funds, Structured Finance/Securitization, Banking

Career

Partner, Nishimura & Asahi (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo)

Lecturer, Tohoku University Law School (2021)

Assistant Vice President, MUFG Bank, Ltd, Singapore Branch (2017-2018)

Deputy Director, Planning and Coordination Bureau, Financial Services Agency of Japan (2011-2014)

Professional Memberships

Admitted: Japan (2007); New York (2018)

Publications

“Practical Issues on Stablecoins and Digital Moneys,” Financial Law Journal, No. 2225 (2024) [in Japanese]; “Major Legal Regimes Related to the Utilization of Tokens in the Content Industry,” Japan Business Law Review, Vol. 23, No. 9 (2023) [in Japanese]; “Japan | Trends & Developments,” in Blockchain 2024, Chambers and Partners; “Japan Chapter,” in The Real Estate Law Review - Eleventh Edition, Law Business Research (2022); “Consideration on Lending-based Crowdfunding (Social Lending) Regulations,” Financial Law Journal, No. 2187 (2022) [in Japanese]; Securitization of Assets and Receivables, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, 4th ed. (2022) [in Japanese]; Q&A Financial Service Intermediary Business, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (2021) [in Japanese]; “Legal Relationship and Practice of Transfer and Other Disposition of Crypto-Assets,” The Financial and Business Law Precedents, No. 1611 (Extra Number) (2021) [in Japanese]; 50 Q&As on Compliance for Financial Institutions, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (2021) [in Japanese]; “The Pandemic and Lending Financial Institutions,” Jurist No. 1551 (2020); Financial and Capital Markets and Public Policy: Evolving Technology and Governance, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (2020) [in Japanese]; “Introduction to Token Business and Law (1) - (6),” Japan Business Law Review, Vol. 19, No. 12 and Vol. 20, Nos. 1 and 3-6 (2019 and 2020) [in Japanese]; “Treatment of Crypto-Assets under Private Law,” Commercial Law Review, No.1138 (2019) [in Japanese].

Languages Spoken

Japanese, English

Education