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Japan

6 Years Ranked

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Ken has extensive experience advising global and local financial institutions, fintech firms, self-regulatory organizations, as well as investors and corporate clients across a number of industry sectors on complex financial regulatory matters. Ken is known as one of the leading figures in fintech law area. Ken regularly advises clients on all fintech related legal issues, including cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, digital securities, NFTs, digital asset investment funds, DID/VC, cross-border electronic payments, open banking and metaverse. Ken also specializes in derivatives, and has counseled global banks, broker-dealers and investors on regulatory matters and best practices in respect of derivatives. For more information, please visit: http://www.amtlaw. com/en/professional/profile/KWK

Career

Admitted in Japan (2009). The Bank of Tokyo Ltd. / The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd.(presently MUFG Bank, Ltd.)(1988-2005)

Professional Memberships

Tokyo Bar Association (Japan), 2009. Japan Association of the Law of Finance

Publications

The Legal 500's Comparative Legal Guide: Fintech Japan Chapter (co-author) (2024); Chambers Global Practice Guides : Fintech Law & Practice Japan Chapter (co-author) (2024); LEXOLOGY Panoramic: Fintech Japan Chapter (co-author) (2023); GLI – Fintech 2024, Sixth Edition | Fintech Laws and Regulations 2024 – Japan; Others.

Personal

Kyoto University (LLB, 1988); Kobe University Graduate School of Law (LLM, 2008).

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Ken Kawai is well known in the cryptocurrency industry and advises FinTech startups on a wide range of regulatory matters. Clients praise his high level of knowledge.

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Ken Kawai
Shunsuke Aoki
Takeshi Nagase
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Ken Kawai, Keisuke Hatano, Shunsuke Aoki, Takato Fukui @Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Tokyo, Takeshi Nagase
Article • Dec 2024
Global Practice Guide
Ken Kawai
Kei Sasaki
Shunsuke Aoki
Takeshi Nagase
Authored by
Ken Kawai, Kei Sasaki, Shunsuke Aoki, Takeshi Nagase
Article • Mar 2024

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