Masako Banno#6057

Masako Banno

Partner, Attorney at Law (Japan and New York), Okuno & Partners
Masako is an attorney at law licensed in Japan and New York, and a partner at Okuno & Partners, a full-service independent business law firm in Tokyo. She focuses on cross-border finance/commercial transactions and investment fund formation, as well as international corporate transactions such as M&A and joint ventures for global companies setting up their business in Japan. She teaches Japanese securities law, investment fund regulations and corporate law to foreign law students as a lecturer at Chuo University and Graduate School Faculty of Law in Tokyo. Masako has worked as a senior counsel to the Japan Securities Dealers Association (JSDA) for three years, where she obtained the first-hand experience in enforcement of FIEA (Financial Instruments Exchange Act). She regularly advises the clients about registration for share offering, statutory/timely disclosure, TOB, investment fund transactions, and regulatory issues of FIEA such as licensing, compliance, or extraterritorial application of FIEA. She is a member of the Japanese Law Translation Council at the Ministry of Justice of Japan, as well as an officer of Diversity & Inclusion Council of the International Bar Association (IBA), and the International Affairs Office of Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA). 
Contributed to

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International Financial Markets Guide—Japan
International Financial Markets Guide—Japan
Practice notes

This is a chapter in a survey of World-Wide Financial Services Laws and Regulations, intended to provide a quick and easy overview of the key laws and regulations applicable to financial businesses. The questions have been developed in discussion with the industry. The answers are intended to contain sufficient detail to be helpful but not too much to inhibit their use as a reference tool. Clearly detailed legal advice is required when new services are to be undertaken, products developed or offices opened.

Practice Area

Panel

  • International Panel

Qualified Year

  • 2004

Membership

  • International Bar Association (Officer, Diversity & Inclusion Council)
  • Japan Federation of Bar Associations (Officer, Office of International Affairs)
  • Tokyo Minato Rotary Club

Qualifications

  • 2012 LL.M.
  • 2000 LL.B.

Education

  • 2012 University of Washington School of Law (U.S.) (LL.M.)
  • 2000 Waseda University (LL.B.)

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