Toranomon Chuo Law Firm

Our Team

Attorney at LawTaiji TAKAHASHI

Professional and Academic Associations:Tokyo Bar Association

Taiji Takahashi provides legal advice and services on laws and regulations relevant to banks, securities companies, asset management companies and other financial institutions, as well as corporate risk management and M&As for clients. When he worked as a government official at the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission, he was engaged in Securities Inspection.

March 2004Hitotsubashi University (LL.B.)
September 2007Admitted to the bar and joined TRC
February 2014Seconded to Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission, Financial Services Agency (Special Inspector)
March 2016Returned and resume working at TRC

Industry Sectors of Main Clients

Banks, Life insurance companies, Leasing companies, Moneylenders, Payment and settlement of funds servicers, Securities brokers, Private equity funds, Claim collection servicers, Shipping companies, Trading companies, Real estate companies, Manufacturing companies, Telecommunications carriers, Engineering companies, Incorporated educational institutions, Independent administrative corporations, Computer and video game software development companies・Amusement and commercial facility management companies, Information and Technology companies, E-commerce companies

Main Practice Areas

  • Litigation / Dispute resolution(Civil litigation, Commercial litigation, Commercial non-contentious case procedures, Arbitration and other Alternative dispute resolution procedures)/Corporate matters(M&A, Restructuring of organization, Corporate governance, Shareholders’ meeting)/Compliance(Compliance with regulatory laws, Support for establishing internal control systems, Prevention of unjust acts by anti-social forces)/Risk / Crisis Management(Investigations of unlawful acts, Support for public relations, Authorities relations)/Labor and Employment(General labor law, Labor Tribunal Committee relations, Labor unions, Labor Standards Inspection Office relations, Layoff / Workforce reduction)/Financial service / Payment and settlement of funds(Banking Law, Money Lending Business Law, Funds Settlement Law, Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, Financial Services Law)/Credit management / Debt collection(Credit management, Civil provisional remedies, Civil litigation, Civil execution, Financial alternative dispute resolution)/Financing arrangements(Issuance of stocks(options), Issuance of corporate bonds, Initial Public Offering)/Real Estate(Real estate management, Sales and Purchase / Leasing of real estate, Subleasing, Real estate financing, Construction-related disputes)/Criminal case

Principal Publications

  • “Transaction Counterparties and Finance Practice (Revised Edition)” (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc., 2013)
  • “Turnarounds and Debt Collection in Real Estate Financing” (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc., 2012)
  • “Insurance Law and Family Q&A: Insurance Contracts and Marriage, Divorce, Wills, and Succession” (Nippon Kajo Publishing, 2010)