Takeshi Nagase

Takeshi Nagase is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. Between 2013 and 2014, Takeshi served on secondment in the Disclosure Department of the Financial Services Agency of Japan. Additionally, he handled a broad range of finance and corporate transactions on a secondment stint with the legal department of a major Japanese securities firm from 2015–17. As a result of the unique perspective he has gained from these professional experiences, Takeshi has extended his focus to crypto-asset laws, including regulatory requirements applicable to the registration of crypto-asset exchange service providers, initial coin offerings, and NFT businesses.

Therefore, Takeshi advises not only traditional financial institutions interested in fintech and blockchain, but also a wide range of clients, including startups in the crytpo industry, fintech investment funds, gaming companies and general trading companies interested in web 3.0 businesses such as NFT.

Takeshi also serves as legal advisor to the NFT and use case subcommittees of the Japan Cryptoasset Business Association, one of the largest blockchain industry associations in Japan. As such, Takeshi is actively involved in policy formation activities, including collecting the opinions of the blockchain industry and making recommendations for legal reform.