Jeremy D. Pitts
Biography
Jeremy Pitts is a member of the Finance & Projects Group in the Tokyo office. He was a member of Baker McKenzie's Global Executive Committee from 2008 to 2012, Chairman of the Asia Pacific Region from 2010 to 2012. He has also held positions as chair of the Firm's Global Banking and Finance Practice Group; chair of the Firm's Financial Industry Group and Managing Partner of the Tokyo office.
Jeremy is a banking lawyer by background and manages the Firm's relationship with a number of financial institution clients in Japan and in the region, focusing on financial regulation and compliance, as well as product development and structured finance transactions. Mr. Pitts has practiced banking and finance law since 1985. During this time, he spent five years in the Sydney office and the remaining years at the Tokyo office.
While in Japan, Jeremy was named a leading banking and finance lawyer by numerous ranking publications. Both the PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook and Asia Pacific Legal 500 have listed him as a leading banking and finance lawyer. Chambers Global has also recognized him as a top tier lawyer (Band 1) for foreign regulatory banking and finance. Chambers Asia described Jeremy as "an excellent regulatory practitioner" and noted that he is "one of the few leading lawyers to specialize in legal issues relating to Japanese regulatory bodies."
Practice Focus
Jeremy has extensive experience advising financial institutions and has comprehensive knowledge of Japanese financial markets and practices. He routinely works with the Firm's global and regional clients, including banks, trust banks, securities companies, fund managers and insurance companies.
He works closely with a seasoned team of Japanese lawyers on Japanese law matters, assisting foreign financial institutions with regulatory matters and the development of new products for the Japanese market, including distressed asset transactions, capital markets, derivatives, securitization, fund management, trusts, insurance and other similar products.
Jeremy also works with foreign financial institutions on structured financing transactions, real estate transactions and project finance transactions in Japan, and has also worked with Japanese banks on cross border project finance and acquisition finance matters.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Australia & New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan - Member
Admissions
- England & Wales~United Kingdom (1994)
- New South Wales~Australia (1985)
- Foreign Registered Lawyer (gaikokuho jimu bengoshi)~Japan (1993 - 2009, 2013 - 2019)
Education
- University of New South Wales (LL.B.) (1984)
- University of New South Wales (Bachelor of Commerce) (1984)
Languages
- English
- Japanese
Previous Offices
- Sydney