Yoshihiro Kataoka

Practice Areas	Finance, （ Banking, Trust Transactions, Structured Finance, Project Finance, PFIs and PPPs, Equity Financing, Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, Loans, Credit, Leases, Factoring, Servicers, Electronically Recorded Monetary Claims, Payment Processing Services, Fintech and Virtual Currencies, Claims Management and Collection ）, Corporate and M&As, Lawsuits and Settlement of Disputes, Personal Information & Data Law, Crisis Management and Compliance, Dispatch of Lawyers and Appointment of Lawyers as Company Officers, Legal Services for the Central and Local Governments, Real Estate, Dealing with New and Revised Laws

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1981-84Director General, Financial Transaction Law Division, Legal Studies Department, Tokyo Bar Association
1986-87Special Member, Study Group of Mortgage Securities, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Finance
1988-89Member, Study Group of Prepaid Card, the Ministry of Finance
1997-98Special Member, Council for Environment Improvement of E-money and Electronic Payment, the Ministry of Finance
1999-02Supreme Court Legal Training and Research Institute (In charge of Civil Advocacy Instructor’s Office)
2003-05Part-time Instructor, the Graduate School of Law, Chuo University
2004-07Part-time Instructor (2005- Visiting Lecturer), Chuo Law School (In charge of “Lawyering” and “Information Technology Society and Law”)
2004-14Part-time Professor, Hosei Law School (In charge of Financial Transaction Law)
2005-08Examination Committee Member, New National Bar Examination (in charge of Company Act and Commercial Code)
2009-Member, Financial Law Board
2010-14Visiting Professor, the Graduate School of Strategic Management
2010-Supervisory Officer, Comforia Residential Reit, INC
2011-Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, The Higo Bank Ltd,
2013-Chairman, Financial Transaction Law Committee, Tokyo Bar Association
2013-Outside Auditor, Silis Co., Ltd
2014-18Outside Auditor, Casa inc.
2016-Inspector, The Securitization Forum of Japan
2016-Visiting Researcher, Research and Development Initiative, Chuo University

2007Awarded The Best Teachers Prize of the year by Chuo Law School
2015,2016Included in The Sixth Edition of Best Lawyers in Japan in the practice areas of (i) Banking and Finance Law and (ii) Structured Finance Law