Finance

Miura & Partners’ expert finance law team provides accurate and prompt support, from structuring to documentation, including handling business regulations and authorities.

Capital Markets: Miura & Partners provides legal services for primary market fundraising, such as raising funds through stocks and bonds or listing, share repurchases, secondary market transactions, such as market transactions and block trades, and information disclosure and investor relations for listed companies.

Asset Management and Investment Funds: Miura & Partners provides comprehensive legal services relating to general asset management businesses including advising on the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and other applicable laws. We regularly advise clients on documentation, establishing internal controls, and compliance with ever-evolving laws. We also provide legal support for the establishment and registration of asset management and investment advisory companies; notification of specially permitted businesses for qualified institutional investors, etc. (tekikaku kikan toushika tou tokurei gyoumu); formation of various domestic and foreign funds (including investment trusts (toushi shintaku), J-REIT, private equity funds, venture capital funds, infrastructure funds, commodity funds, etc.); and documentation after the formation of funds.

Financial Regulations: Having worked for the Financial Services Agency, the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission, and numerous financial institutions, our attorneys have expertise in various fields of finance. We provide advice to financial institutions and companies operating in finance-related fields in the areas of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, Insurance Business Act, Banking Act, and other related laws. We provide legal services for registrations and obtaining permits in accordance with finance-related laws and regulations, regulatory compliance when starting a new business or conducting M&A, internal control and compliance frameworks, and compliance with financial industry regulations and financial institutions, including handling inspections and investigations.

Venture Finance: Venture companies raise a variety of funds for their operations, mainly through class shares. Unlike listed companies, these venture financing endeavors are conducted by coordinating the interests of the company, its founders, and investors such as venture capital funds and operating companies. Miura & Partners provides legal services to such parties regarding documentation of investment agreements, shareholder agreements, and other agreements, as well as issues under applicable laws and regulations such as the Companies Act and the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.

Acquisition Finance: Legal support is indispensable in acquisition financing since fund procurement involves a variety of legal and financial vehicles and hybrid structures such as senior, subordinated, and mezzanine debt financing, and preferred share financing. In financing structures involving multiple parties with different interests, it is especially important to protect the interests of the client. Miura & Partners provides expert legal advice to clients such as sponsors, senior lenders, mezzanine lenders, financial institutions, and borrowers. Our acquisition finance services include examining the structuring of the deal, producing documentation for financing and collateral agreements, and conducting negotiations. We also provide a wide range of legal services for domestic and cross-border acquisition finance deals, including those related to leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, financing, and refinancing.

Financial Technology: In the financial sector, not only regulatory compliance based on each legal area, but also cross-regulatory services utilizing IT are rapidly expanding, and various initiatives such as collaboration between financial licensees and non-licensees are also increasing. In this context, regulations in the financial sector (Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, Insurance Business Act, Banking Act, Trust Business Act, etc.) are applied in various situations in specific businesses, and various laws and regulations outside the financial sector, such as anti-money laundering, the Personal Information Protection Law and consumer protection laws, also have an impact. Miura & Partners provides legal services in this cross-sector fintech area, including the development of business models based on applicable laws and regulations, assistance in registrations and obtaining permits, establishment of internal control systems for new participating companies, and the preparation of various internal regulations and consumer policies, etc., with a focus on financial startups.

Project Finance: Miura & Partners provides comprehensive legal support for various infrastructure projects, such as telecom, railways, roads, ports, power generation involving private finance initiatives (PFI) and public private partnership (PPP), and other energy projects including renewable energy. Our services include advising on structuring, regulatory approvals, investigation, and drafting of loan agreements and security agreements, as well as negotiation with project stakeholders.