Kazuo Yoshida
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 3 : Insurance
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About
Provided by Kazuo Yoshida
Practice Areas
Insurance and banking. Financial regulations and compliance, especially communication strategies with regulators. Providing one-stop comprehensive advice from both transactional and regulatory perspectives.
Career
Deputy Director at Insurance Business Division of the Supervisory Bureau, Financial Services Agency of Japan (2012-2014)
Professional Memberships
Admitted in Japan, 2008; New York, 2017. Member of the Japanese Society of Insurance Science and Japan Association of the Law of Finance
Publications
"Commentary: the Insuranse Business Act [2nd ed.]" Kinzai 2023; "Essay on Nature and Legal Issues of InsurTech: The Potential for an Insurance-based Version of FinTech" Kinyu Houmu Jijo, 2017; "Importance of Information Banks and Potential for Financial Institutions to Operate as Information Banks - Including Relationships with FinTech and InsurTech" Kinyu Houmu Jijo, 2020
Personal
The University of Tokyo (LLB 2004, JD 2007); Columbia University School of Law (LL.M. 2015, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Kazuo Yoshida regularly represents insurance companies in insurance law and regulatory mandates, drawing upon his prior experience seconded to the Insurance Business Division of the Supervisory Bureau of the Financial Services Agency.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Kazuo Yoshida always exceeds expectations and is a very reliable partner. Needless to say, he has a deep understanding of our business and provides very client-oriented support."
"In addition to understanding the trends and supervisory guidelines of the industry in which our company operates, he has been able to respond appropriately and flexibly based on past experience."
"His understanding of business, sense of balance and quick response are all impeccable."
"Kazuo Yoshida always exceeds expectations and is a very reliable partner. Needless to say, he has a deep understanding of our business and provides very client-oriented support."
"In addition to understanding the trends and supervisory guidelines of the industry in which our company operates, he has been able to respond appropriately and flexibly based on past experience."
"His understanding of business, sense of balance and quick response are all impeccable."
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