Professionals
Of Counsel
Izuru Goto
- Admitted
- 1986, Japan; 1993, New York
- izuru.goto@city-yuwa.com
- Languages
- Japanese/English
Practices
Professional Background / Education
Professional Background
- 1986-1989
- Furness, Sato & Ishizawa
- 1992-1993
- Coudert Brother's New York office (Secondment)
- 1993
- Standard & Poor's (Secondment)
- 1989-2001
- Tanaka & Takahashi
- 2001-2003
- Yuwa Partners
- 2003 to Present
- City-Yuwa Partners
Education
- 1981
- The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
- 1986
- Legal Training and Research Institute
- 1992
- Duke University School of Law (LL.M.)
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Books“Learning Theory and Practice of U.S. Trust Law – Looking Ahead to How Private Trust in Japan Will Look Like 10 Years from Now”Izuru GotoNovember 2024Practices : Corporate Governance / Shareholders Meetings Fintech
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Articles“Overview of EU AI Act and Its Background”Izuru GotoOctober 2024Practices : Asset Management, Funds, Investment Trusts, J-REIT and Private Placement REIT Probate / Estates / Wealth Management
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Books“Trust Act: Easy to Understand Guide”Izuru GotoJune 2023Practices : General Corporate Banking and Other Financial Transactions
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Articles“Use of Personal Data and Trust”Izuru GotoApril 2023Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Crypto Assets/NFTs
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Articles“Regulation on Stablecoin Issued by Limited Purpose Trust Company Established under New York Banking Law and Use of Trust under Its Mechanism”（2021 Research Study receiving grant from Trust Forum Foundation）Izuru GotoDecember 2022Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions TMT
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Articles“Commentary: Exclusive Data Management and Trust”Izuru GotoOctober 2022Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions TMT
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Articles“Overview of Regulations on Travel Rule Established by Self-Regulatory Body of Crypto Assets Exchange Business”Izuru GotoMarch 2022Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Financial Services Regulations TMT Crypto Assets/NFTs
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Articles“True Sale in Asset-based Finance”Izuru GotoMarch 2022Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Structured Finance, Acquisition Finance and Securitization
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Books“New Proprietary Value in Digitalized Society and Trust”Izuru GotoMarch 2022Practices : General Corporate Banking and Other Financial Transactions TMT Crypto Assets/NFTs
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Articles“Analysis of Recent Court Cases on Leakage of Cryptoassets Due to Unauthorized Access”Izuru Goto Takashi SaitoOctober 2021Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Commercial Litigation Crypto Assets/NFTs
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Articles“Stablecoin Issued by U.S. Trust Company”Izuru GotoOctober 2021Practices : General Corporate Banking and Other Financial Transactions Crypto Assets/NFTs
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Articles“Segregation requirement on crypto-assets”Izuru GotoSeptember 2020Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Crypto Assets/NFTs
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Articles“Virtual currencies: regulators make their move”Izuru Goto Yasuyuki Kuribayashi Takashi SaitoJuly 2019Practices : General Corporate Banking and Other Financial Transactions Crypto Assets/NFTs
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Articles“Legal analysis on Bitcoin transactions – comprehensive discussions – “Izuru Goto Masumi WatanabeDecember 2018Practices : General Corporate Banking and Other Financial Transactions Crypto Assets/NFTs
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Books“Future civil practice and legal theory”Izuru GotoDecember 2018Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Crypto Assets/NFTs
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Articles“Utilization of trusts and legal issues in electric power industry”Izuru Goto Yusuke ShimadaNovember 2018Practices : General Corporate Electricity / Gas
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Books“Framework and practice of the virtual currency law”Izuru GotoOctober 2018Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Crypto Assets/NFTs
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Articles“Cryptocurrency and Trust”Izuru GotoOctober 2018Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Crypto Assets/NFTs
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Articles“Legal analysis on Bitcoin transactions – detailed discussion – “Izuru Goto Masumi WatanabeFebruary 2018Practices : General Corporate Banking and Other Financial Transactions Crypto Assets/NFTs
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Articles“Basic structure of cryptocurrencies”Izuru Goto Masumi WatanabeNovember 2017Practices : General Corporate Banking and Other Financial Transactions Crypto Assets/NFTs
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Articles“Certain issues in practical use of trust notes”Izuru Goto Gen TakizawaSeptember 2017Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Capital Markets Structured Finance, Acquisition Finance and Securitization Derivative Transactions
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Books“Handbook for New Types of Trusts”Izuru Goto Taketomo MoritaJune 2017Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Capital Markets Structured Finance, Acquisition Finance and Securitization Asset Management, Funds, Investment Trusts, J-REIT and Private Placement REIT Real Estate Fund and REIT ...
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Articles“Analysis on Transactions between Trustee Assets and Trust Assets”Izuru GotoMarch 2017Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Structured Finance, Acquisition Finance and Securitization
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Articles“Structure of Renewable Energy Fund Following the Amended Enforcement Order Under the Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations”Izuru Goto Yuichi Maruyama Yukinori SasakiOctober 2014Practices : Asset Management, Funds, Investment Trusts, J-REIT and Private Placement REIT Renewable Energy
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Articles“The effect of a clause to require a creditor’s prior consent, etc., before a debtor’s filing of a petition for commencement of bankruptcy proceedings”Izuru GotoJuly 2013Practices : Structured Finance, Acquisition Finance and Securitization Bankruptcy and Restructuring
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Books“Civil Code Reform (Law of Obligations) from the Perspective of Business Recovery and Finance Practice”Izuru GotoFebruary 2013Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Structured Finance, Acquisition Finance and Securitization
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Articles“Non-petition Clause and Limited Recourse Clause in Securitization Transactions”Izuru GotoMay 2012Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Structured Finance, Acquisition Finance and Securitization
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Articles“Avoidance of security by way of assignment of receivables (condition type / option type)”Izuru Goto Takashi SaitoSeptember 2011Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions
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Articles“True Sale in securitization transactions”Izuru GotoJanuary 2011Practices : Structured Finance, Acquisition Finance and Securitization
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Articles“The Effect against a Third Party of Assignment of Future Receivables”Izuru GotoDecember 2010Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions
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Books“Trust and Insolvency”Izuru GotoNovember 2008Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions
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CY Japan Legal UpdateWhether or not a token falls under Crypto-AssetIzuru Goto Kenta Ikebe Akira YasukawaJune 2023Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Financial Services Regulations Fintech TMT Crypto Assets/NFTs ...
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CY Japan Legal UpdateThe effect of the introduction of negative interest rates of the Bank of Japan in the payment of interest for variable interest rate loansIzuru GotoFebruary 2016Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions
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SeminarsGC Summit Japan 2024Digital Assets – Regulatory Challenges in Japan: Crypto-asset AMLIzuru Goto Kenta IkebeOctober 3, 2024Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Financial Services Regulations Fintech
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Seminars“Overview of Amendment to Laws and Regulations on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds (Relating to Cryptoasset Exchange Service) in Connection with Legislative Bill on Law in Response to FATF Recommendations and Impact of Such Amendment on Self-Regulatory Rules Concerning Travel Rule”Izuru GotoMarch 2, 2023Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Crypto Assets/NFTs
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SeminarsJanuary seminar“Legal nature of cryptocurrencies from the perspective of civil law”Izuru GotoJanuary 30, 2019Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions Crypto Assets/NFTs
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SeminarsInternational Symposium on Trust Law and Business“Recent developments in financial transactions with trust structures”Izuru GotoSeptember 18, 2017Practices : Structured Finance, Acquisition Finance and Securitization
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Seminarsthe Symposium Concerning Trust Business InnovationRecent Developments of Conversion Functions of TrustsIzuru GotoOctober 24, 2015Practices : Structured Finance, Acquisition Finance and Securitization
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Seminarsthe Japanese Association for Business Recovery symposium "Civil Code Reform (Law of Obligations) from the Perspective of Business Recovery and Finance Practice"“Assignment of Future Receivables”Izuru GotoMay 26, 2012Practices : Banking and Other Financial Transactions
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SeminarsPractical issues regarding Real Property TransactionsKeisuke Ide Noriyuki Katayama Izuru Goto Ken Takii Masamichi Sakamoto ...May 26, 2008Practices : Real Estate Fund and REIT
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SeminarsVarious issues regarding securitization transactions and insolvency proceedingsIzuru GotoNovember 28, 2005Practices : Capital Markets
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Seminars“Business securitization”Izuru GotoOctober 4, 2004Practices : Structured Finance, Acquisition Finance and Securitization
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SeminarsseminarNew Bankruptcy Law and securitization; Effect of amendment of Bankruptcy Law against structuring of securitization and treatment of insolvent originatorIzuru GotoJune 17, 2004Practices : Structured Finance, Acquisition Finance and Securitization
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Seminars“Effect of amendment of the law concerning assignment of receivables against securitization market”Izuru GotoMarch 10, 2004Practices : Structured Finance, Acquisition Finance and Securitization
- Fifteen lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen for The Best Lawyers in Japan 2025. （April 22, 2024）
- City-Yuwa Partners attorneys have been recognized as leading attorneys in their practice areas in Who’s Who Legal. （January 18, 2024）
- Seventeen lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen for The Best Lawyers in Japan 2024. （April 20, 2023）
- City-Yuwa Partners attorneys have been recognized as leading attorneys in their practice areas in Who’s Who Legal: Japan 2022. （October 25, 2022）
- Sixteen lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen for the 13th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan. （April 19, 2022）
- Chambers Asia-Pacific 2022 recommends City-Yuwa Partners in 2 areas and further recommends our 4 lawyers. （December 16, 2021）
- Sixteen lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen for the 12th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan. （April 15, 2021）
- City-Yuwa Partners has received high evaluation in the following categories in Chambers Global 2021 and Chambers Asia-Pacific 2021, published by Chambers & Partners. （February 18, 2021）
- Yoshiko Koizumi, Izuru Goto, and Mikio Tanaka have been recognized by the Asian Business Journal as Japan’s Top 100 Lawyers 2020. （July 22, 2020）
- Fifteen lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen for the 11th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan. （April 9, 2020）
- Ten lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen for the Tenth Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan. （April 4, 2019）
- Six lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen as Leading Lawyers in Japan by Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2018. （May 14, 2018）
- Ten lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen for the Ninth Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan. （April 6, 2018）
- Nine lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen as the Best Lawyers in Japan 2018 by Best Lawyers. （March 3, 2017）
- Eight lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen as the Best Lawyers in Japan by Best Lawyers. （February 26, 2016）
- Six lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen as Leading Lawyers in Japan by Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2016. （February 24, 2016）
- The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2016 has recommended our Firm in the areas of Banking and finance, Capital markets, Corporate and M&A, Labour and employment, Restructuring and insolvency, and Structured finance/securitization, and further recommended the following lawyers: （December 1, 2015）
- Asialaw Profiles 2016 – the guide to Asia-Pacific’s leading domestic and regional law firms has recommended our Firm in the areas of Capital Markets, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, and Investment Funds, and further recommended the following lawyers: （October 27, 2015）
- Eight lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen as the Best Lawyers in Japan by Best Lawyers. （May 25, 2015）
- Eight lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen as the Best Lawyers in Japan by Best Lawyers. （October 17, 2014）
- Six lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen as the Best Lawyers in Japan by Best Lawyers. （May 7, 2013）
- City-Yuwa Partners received high evaluation in several categories in the sectoral assessment of the Chambers Global 2012 and the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2012 made by Chambers & Partners. （April 12, 2012）
- City-Yuwa Partners received high evaluation in several categories in Individual recommendations of PLC Which Lawyer? made by Practical Law Company. （April 10, 2012）
- City-Yuwa Partners won the Debt Market Deal of the Year 2011 for its work led by Izuru Goto and Ken Takii, as well as the Real Estate Deal of the Year 2011 for its work led by Eri Furukawa, at the ALB Japan Law Awards 2011, organized by Asian Legal Business. （June 22, 2011）
- City-Yuwa Partners received high evaluation in several categories in the sectoral assessment of the Chambers Global 2011 and the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2011 made by Chambers & Partners. （May 20, 2011）