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Nishimura & Asahi Achieves Global Expansion and Highest Japan Rankings at IFLR1000 2024
Katsu Sengoku specializes in both cross-border and domestic asset finance and asset trading (in particular, aircraft and ship finance and trading), banking and structured finance/securitization.
Katsu has over 35 years’ experience working in the area of asset financing and trading transactions (including, structuring, negotiating, documenting and executing transactions). In particular, his practice focuses on aircraft/ship leasing, financing, and trading. He represents a wide range of clients, including leasing companies, banks, trading houses, airlines and investors, and other individuals and entities, and his key clients include a number of Japanese leasing companies, banks, and airlines. Katsu also regularly acts as a moderator and panelist at international conferences.
Awards & Rankings
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15 Lawyers Selected for Asia Business Law Journal’s The A-List: Japan’s Top 100 Lawyers 2024
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Nishimura & Asahi Receives Top Rankings in Chambers Global 2024
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Outstanding Results for Nishimura & Asahi at the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024
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Nishimura & Asahi Highly Recognized by Who's Who Legal in 2023
Publications
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Getting the Deal Through - Aviation Finance & Leasing 2022: Japan
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Getting the Deal Through - Aviation Finance & Leasing 2021: Japan
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Getting the Deal Through - Aviation Finance & Leasing 2020: Japan
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Getting the Deal Through - Aviation Finance & Leasing 2019: Japan
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Civil Procedure in Japan - Third Edition
Books
Education
- 1987
- Waseda University (LL.M.)
- 1984
- Yale Law School (LL.M.)
- 1980
- Waseda University (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
- Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law