Satoshi Inoue

Satoshi Inoue is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu.

Mr. Inoue received an LL.B. from the University of Tokyo in 1988 and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 1994. He is admitted to the bar of Japan (1990-present).

Mr. Inoue advises both Japanese and non-Japanese clients, including financial institutions, on structuring and arranging banking, securities, trust and other financial transactions as well as financial regulations and compliance matters based upon the latest supervisory trends. In addition, he has a wide range of experience in the reorganization of financial groups, financial institutions’ scandal/crisis management, and bankruptcy/business turnaround.

Mr. Inoue started his career with Nagashima & Ohno (1990), becoming a partner in 1998. Before becoming a partner, he was seconded to Sullivan & Cromwell (1994-95) and the Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, the Bank of Japan (1996-97). Afterwards, he served as a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo School of Law (2010-13); a member of the Working Group on Regulatory Framework Applicable to Banks of the Financial System Council (2012-13); a member of the Collateral Legislation Subcommittee of the Legal System Council (2021-2025); a member of the Working Group on the System Supporting Business Lending Practice of the Financial System Council (2022-2023); and a member of the Working Group on Funds Settlement of the Financial System Council (2024-2025). Currently, he is a member of the Financial Law Board (1998-present); a board member of the Securitization Forum of Japan (2007-present); a board member of the Japan Association of the Law of Finance (2015-present); a board member of the Japanese Association for Business Recovery (2015-present); an advisor to the Financial Services Agency (FSA) as a Financial Policies Monitor (2016-present); a board member of the Financial Lawyer Forum (2020-present); a member of the FSA’s Study Group on Digital and Decentralized Finance (2021-present); a member of the JBA Task Force on the Next Generation Funds Settlement System (2021-present); the Chairman of the JBA TIBOR Administration (2023-present); and a member of the Expert Meeting on CBDC (2023-present).