Seishi focuses his practice in capital markets, securitization and banking and finance. Seishi has engaged in many share and convertible bonds issuance and offering transactions, both at the domestic and international level. Seishi has handled domestic listing matters, disclosures, TOB rules, insider trading, IPOs by Japanese companies with global offerings, structured finance involving trust and real estate, and merger and acquisitions. In addition, Seishi is skilled in handling securities-related litigation matters, which poses various disclosure and compliance issues involving the listed company and its directors. Domestic IPOs, global offerings, issuance of Samurai bonds by foreign investment banks, real estate finance and securitization of various type of real estate using a TMK structure and trust scheme, TOB finance, cross-border M&A and large securities related litigations. “Japanese Structured Finance” (Finance & Treasury, Vol. 27, 2001) “The Emergence of New Trends” (The Euromoney, International Equity Capital Markets Handbook 2005/06) Post-Merger Integration: Making a Merger Work (Chuokeizai-Sha, May 2006) “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law” (Information Disclosure Standard) (Nikkei Business Online, October 2007) “Cross Sharing and the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law” (Business Homu, December 2007) Seishi is a member of the working group regarding securities solicitation at the Japan Securities Dealer Association. He is also a member of the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association. Seishi has been named a leading lawyer for capital markets debt and equity (local law) in IFLR1000/Asialaw’s rankings since 2009. Seishi received a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law in 1991. From 1992 to 1994, he attended the Legal Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court. He attended Emory University School of Law from 1999 to 2000, where he received his LL.M. Seishi is admitted as an attorney at law in Japan (1994) and in New York State (2001). He is fluent in English.