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谷澤 進
谷澤 進

Susumu TANIZAWA

  • Partner
  • Tokyo

Susumu is a partner in our finance team. He handles a wide variety of cases in the finance sector through leveraging his working experience as a secondee to multiple financial institutions as well as his extensive experience with financial regulations, capital markets, asset finance, M&A transactions, and communication with financial authorities.

After earning his LL.M. at Vanderbilt University Law School in the U.S., he worked as a secondee at a NY office of a leading Japanese bank and the Tokyo office of an international investment bank. Upon returning to N&A, he developed an extensive track record in a broad range of finance matters, including financial regulations, capital markets (especially REIT), ship finance, M&A in the financial sector, compliance, and communication with financial authorities. He is one of the main members of our FinTech practice team and has extensive experience with respect to FinTech-related matters, and has advised a wide variety of clients, ranging from traditional financial institutions to start-ups. He also has particular expertise in regard to the payment space. In addition, he advises clients on financial regulations in M&A transactions involving financial institutions, and has experience in a broad range of cross-border matters, including inbound and outbound transactions.

Representative Work

N&A Newsletters

Seminars

Publications

News

Education

2012
Vanderbilt University Law School (LL.M. in Law & Business Track)
2004
The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)

Professional Experience

International Investment Bank (Toyo Office)
Financial Institution (in New York)