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Akio Kawamura

Atsumi & Sakai

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Position: Senior Partner
Rating:
  • Notable practitioner
Bar Admissions:
Japan
New York
Practice Areas:
Corporate and M&A
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
Japanese
English
Biography

Akio Kawamura is a Senior Partner at Atsumi & Sakai; he joined the firm from Nishimura & Asahi in September 2019 prior to which he worked at Salomon Brothers Asia Limited (Currently Citigroup Capital Markets Japan Inc.) from 1987-2004. He has a law degree from Kyoto University and an LL.M. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Recent case highlights
  • Regulatory counselling for financial institutions and fund managers
  • Advice for cross border investments in Japanese companies
  • Capital markets
  • Investigations and enforcement
Practice areas
  • Banking and finance
  • Capital markets
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Regulatory
  • Investment funds
Sector expertise
  • Banking and financial services
Association memberships
  • Daini Tokyo Bar Association
  • New York Bar Association
Academic qualifications
  • Kyoto University (LL.B., 1980)
  • University of Pennsylvania Law School (LL.M., 1986)