Awards
Shinichi Araki is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. Main area of work is capital markets, including debt, equity and hybrid securities, IPOs and Samurai bonds, and financial regulations/compliance and governmental investigation. He was ranked by Chambers Global 2021 as Band 1 in the Capital Market: “He rises in the rankings after receiving extensive praise from market sources and clients alike, with one noting: ‘He can solve complex problems, challenge the status quo and drive innovation forward. Whenever we need a new approach, we call him first.’” He was also chosen as “ALB Dealmakers of Asia 2020 (Asian Legal Business).” In 2026, He advised underwriters on the NASDAQ IPO of PayPay Corporation, the SoftBank-backed digital payments platform, which was accompanied by a parallel “public offering without listing” (POWL) in Japan.
Practice Areas
Education/Professional Experience
- 1999
- The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
- 2001 -
- Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
- 2007
- Columbia Law School (LL.M.)
- 2007 - 2008
- Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York
- 2011 - present
- Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Awards
Seminars
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March 26, 2021 (Fri) 16:00 - 17:00Changes to Stock-Based Compensation and Executive Compensation Following Amendments to the Companies Act
- Shinichi Araki
Online (Live & On-Demand)
- Corporate
- General Corporate
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January 21, 2021 (Thu) 16:00 - 17:00
Capital Markets Seminar “Current State and Outlook of Digital Securities”
- Shinichi Araki
- Sosuke Kimura
- Ohki Mizuno
Online (Live & On-Demand)
- Finance
- Capital Markets
- Securitization/Structured Finance/Trust
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April 6, 2020 (Mon) 12:00 -COVID-19 and Public Disclosure involving Earning Announcement
- Shinichi Araki
Online (On-Demand)
- Corporate
- Corporate Governance
- General Corporate
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June 12, 2018 (Tue) 15:00 - 18:00
Governance and Overseas M&A Seminar “Latest Trends in Corporate Governance and Overseas M&A – the Revised CG Code, Overseas M&A Study Group, Subsidiary Management”
- Yuko Tamai
- Tomohiko Iwasaki
- Shinichi Araki
JP Tower Hall & Conference
- Corporate
- Corporate Governance
- M&A
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Publications
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Newsletters
Japan’s first Accelerated Share Repurchase (ASR) transaction
Shinichi Araki, Masao Ito, Naoki Komiya (Co-author)
- Finance
- Capital Markets
- Corporate
- General Corporate
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Books
“Advanced Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, 3rd Edition”
Shojihomu Co., Ltd. (August 2019)
Edited by Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Hiroyuki Ishizuka, Kazuo Mizutani, Masaki Konishi, Shigeki Minami, Masatsura Kadota, Keiko Shimizu, Taku Umezawa, Kensuke Suzuki, Shinichi Araki, Atsushi Sakai, Atsushi Yamashita, Ohki Mizuno, Kazuya Ogawa, Sosuke Kimura, Motoki Saito
- Finance
- Financial Regulations
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Articles
Lexology Getting the Deal Through – Securities Finance 2019 Japan
(May 2019)
Shinichi Araki, Motoki Saito (Co-author)
- Finance
- Capital Markets
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Articles
Chambers Global Practice Guides Capital Markets: Equity 2019 Japan – Law & Practice
(February 2019)
Shinichi Araki, Gaku Oshima (Co-author)
- Finance
- Capital Markets
