Jumpei Seto is an of counsel in the Corporate Department of Morrison Foerster’s Tokyo office. Jumpei regularly advises Japanese and international clients on a range of complex cross-border matters, with a particular focus on global capital markets and M&A transactions. As a native speaker of both English and Japanese, Jumpei has extensive experience representing issuers and underwriters on securities offerings, as well as Japanese and international clients in cross-border M&A, joint ventures, and minority and venture capital investments.

Jumpei has advised on a large number of global offerings conducted by Japanese real estate investment trusts (J-REITs) and infrastructure funds pursuant to Rule 144A/Regulation S, whether as the issuer’s counsel or underwriters’ counsel. Notably, Jumpei advised on the first-ever global offering of an infrastructure fund on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s market for listed renewable energy and social-infrastructure funds.

Having previously practiced in Northern California, Jumpei has also advised issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, compliance with SEC regulations, corporate governance matters, NYSE and NASDAQ compliance issues, and reporting obligations under the Exchange Act. He has significant experience guiding public companies and underwriters through IPOs, follow-on and secondary public offerings, PIPEs, at-the-market offerings, registered direct offerings, tender offers, and convertible debt financing. He also counsels Japanese clients on cross-border securities law issues relating to business combinations.

Jumpei has substantial experience in cross-border M&A transactions, advising both principals and financial advisors on numerous inbound and outbound matters. He has represented clients in a broad range of industries, including automotive, energy, insurance, life sciences, manufacturing, real estate, retail, and tech. In addition, he advises U.S. and Japanese venture capital and corporate venture capital clients in connection with investments in private companies.

Jumpei is admitted to practice law in California and is qualified as a gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi in Japan. He is a member of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association.

Jumpei is recommended by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025 for Japan: Corporate and M&A.