Partner, DLA Piper // DLA Piper パートナー
Koji Yamamoto is a partner in the Investment Funds team at the DLA Piper Tokyo office. He has advised clients in the investment funds and investment management area for over 20 years at international law firms in Tokyo. Prior to joining DLA Piper, Koji was Partner in an international law firm and is a part of a group that is recognized as a top investment management practice in Japan by Chambers Asia Pacific.
Koji has significant experience in advising offshore fund managers and financial institutions with respect to a wide range of activities in Japan from capital raising to trading on the Japan exchanges and applications for Japan financial registrations.
Koji has advised numerous top tier fund managers with respect to rules and regulations applicable to capital raising activities in Japan. Scope of such regulatory advice included submission of filings and registrations applicable to Japan offerings with the Financial Services Agency of Japan as well as fund managers regarding the rules and regulations of Japan with respect to Japan exchange trades, including Block Shareholding Reports; Short Selling (including Japan Regulation M), Insider Trading.