Kenichi Tanizaki is a Senior Partner at Atsumi & Sakai; he is qualified as an attorney (Bengoshi) in Japan and is also admitted in New York. He currently co-heads the firm’s Project Finance Team and Derivatives Team.

He has experience advising major banks and financial institutions, fintech companies and venture capitalists on a wide range of banking and finance matters, including (i) API deployed by a bank, a securities firms, and insurance companies, (ii) cashless settlement, (iii) money transfer service, (iv) regulatory, compliance and AML/CFT issues and (v) other innovative services (e.g., emerging technologies, digital economy, AI, data protection, data usage).

Mr. Tanizaki has presented seminars on financial regulations, fintech and financial transactions at domestic and international financial institutions, as well as at seminar companies. He holds an LL.B degree from Kyoto University, an LL.M degree from Northwestern University School of Law and a J.D. from Omiya Law School.