Fumihide Sugimoto advises domestic and international clients on offerings of debt, equity and other securities, including preferred, subordinated and hybrid securities. His Japanese clients include banks and other major financial institutions, as well as a variety of publicly listed companies. His practice areas include providing advice on initial public offerings, corporate governance issues, listed company disclosure issues, corporate restructuring and consolidation, bankruptcy, takeover defense and foreign company continuing disclosure requirements. He also advises on asset finance and securities and banking regulatory matters, including capital requirements for financial institutions.