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Shusuke Fukunaga

Shusuke is a Partner in the Assets & Structured Finance group. Shusuke is a licensed Japanese lawyer (Bengoshi) and is also admitted as Solicitor in England & Wales. Shusuke has extensive experience in a broad range of banking and finance transactions (both domestic and cross-border) with a focus on aviation and maritime asset finance. He frequently advises banks, trading houses, leasing companies, ECAs and other financial institutions as well as corporate investors on wide-scale cross-border transactions. He offers clients with commercially balanced high quality legal services. Shusuke is well regarded by clients and peers in the Japanese market and has been commended by legal directories such as Chambers and Legal 500 in relation to Asset Finance and Banking practices in Japan. Before joining the firm, Shusuke had spent 8 years with Clifford Chance, including secondment to Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities, and also worked at White & Case for 6 years. He is one of the founding members of the firm’s Tokyo office, Watson Farley & Williams (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo Horitsu Jimusho). · Watson Farley & Williams (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo Horitsu Jimusho)

JapanAsset Finance, Aviation FinanceEnglish, Japanese

About

Shusuke Fukunaga is a Partner in the Assets & Structured Finance group at Watson Farley & Williams (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo Horitsu Jimusho) in Japan. He is a licensed Japanese lawyer (Bengoshi) and Solicitor in England & Wales. He has extensive experience in domestic and cross-border banking and finance transactions, focusing on aviation and maritime asset finance, advising banks, trading houses, leasing companies, ECAs, and financial institutions. He previously spent 8 years at Clifford Chance (including a secondment to Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities) and 6 years at White & Case, and is a founding member of the firm’s Tokyo office.

Practice areas

Asset FinanceAviation FinanceMaritime FinanceBanking and Finance

Office

Expertise

Aviation FinanceMaritime Asset FinanceCross-border Banking and FinanceStructured Finance

Education

  • 2011 · University College London, LLM in International Banking and Finance Law
  • 2006 · Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Law, J.D.
  • 2004 · Hitotsubashi University, LL.B.

Admissions

  • Japan (Bengoshi)
  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Languages

EnglishJapanese