Counsel Kayoko Naito

Daini Tokyo Bar Association, Japan Federation of Bar Associations (1985)
New York State Bar Association (1990)

Location : Tokyo Office

Professional Summary

Kayoko Naito has extensive knowledge and experience in the areas of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and financial transactions. Among other things, she has been involved in bank transactions including derivatives and loans, establishments of partnerships such as venture capitals and investment funds, and finance transactions relating to M&As including those overseas.
Besides, in response to the confidence of numerous domestic and overseas company clients, she provides advice on a broad range of issues relating not only to the Companies Act but also to shareholders’ general meetings and risk management.
Furthermore, with her experiences in cases on investments in Asian countries and the United States, she has deep expertise in the laws on investments and enterprises of Asian countries including but not limited to Vietnam.
She also contributes to educational activities by teaching a course on overseas investments at a law school in Japan and a class on business-related laws at unversities in Vietnam.

Education & Professional Experience

2004-present
Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners
2019.01- Counsel
2004.09-2018.12 Partner

1991-2004
Mitsui, Yasuda, Wani & Maeda

1989-1990
Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York

1985-1991
Hamada & Matsumoto

Columbia University School of Law (LL.M.)

Kyoto University (LL.B.)

Activities

2018-2022
Outside Director, Sojitz Corporation

2017-present
Supervisory Officer, Tokyo Infra Energy Toshihojin(Listing on the Infrastructure Fund Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange)

2016-present
Member of the Japan-Mekong Business Cooperation Committee, Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI)

2014-present
Lecturer, Ritsumeikan University School of Law

2022
Guest Lecturer (Asian Business Laws: Compliance) of Business Law Department, Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Law

2023-
Lecturer (Law and Business), Vietnam Japan University (Hanoi)

2021-present
Auditor, NSK Scholarship Foundation

2018-present
President, Research Institution of Laws of Asia-Pacific Regions(RILAP)

2016-present
Small and Medium Enterprises Outbound Legal Support Lawyer of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations

2010-present
Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)

Seminars/Lectures Archives

2022.12.09
Corporate management and ESG
2022.04.30
Asian Business Law: Part II (Compliance) - ESG Investing
2019.09.19
Important Issues in Business Legal Affairs in View of Latest Developments - Venture Capital Fund
2019.07.23
Vietnam's Law on Enterprises and Law on Investment - Focusing on Amendments Thereto which are Expected to be Enacted in 2019
2018.06.26
An Explanation of the Sample Investment Limited Partnership Agreement Revised Mainly for VC Funds
2018.05.15
Practices of Partnerships as Private Equity Funds and Legal Points to Consider
2018.03.02
Strategic Overseas Expansions and Private Equity Fund Investments Using Offshore Schemes
2017.12.13
Recent Legal Practices on Partnerships as Private Equity Funds - A Commentary on the Toshijigyo Yugensekinin Kumiai (an Investment Limited Partnership Formed in Japan) and Foreign Limited Partnerships
2017.04.27
Legal Practices concerning Foreign Investments: Joint Ventures, Acquisitions, Administration of Subsidiaries, etc.
2017.03.17
A Detailed Comparison of the Company Laws and Investment Laws of the Five Mekong Countries - Based on Recent Amendments Thereto
2016.02.18
Summary of the Amendments to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act in 2015 (A Review of the Specially Permitted Businesses for Qualified Institutional Investor, etc.)
2015.10.08
Seminar on the Vietnam Law on Investment and Enterprises
2015.02.12
Recent Amendments and Important Judicial Precedents concerning the Regulations on Insider Trading
2014.10.20
Seminar on the Vietnamese Corporate Laws
2013.09.24
Fund Procurement under the current Law on Enterprises
2012.07
Myanmar Business Law Forum
2010.03.05
Legal Aspects of Setting up and Doing Business in Vietnam Seminar
2009.05.29
Various Issues on the Composition, Dissolution and Sales of Foreign Trust Funds
2009.01.21
Outline of the Tokyo Pro Market
2008.10.28
Commentary on the Tokyo Pro Market
2008.08.05
Latest Practice of Limited Partnerships for Investment Funds under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act
2008.03.11
Practice of Overseas Limited Partnership Contracts and Financial Instruments and Exchange Act
2007.10.27
The Effects of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act on Investment Funds

Languages

Japanese and English

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