Impact of Barriers to Trade on Financing and Foreign Investment

The introduction and global spread of blanket tariffs and other restrictions on trade has had a number of intended and unintended consequences including influencing financing and investment. Panellists will consider impacts of tariffs on elements of finance and investment such as traditional finance based on corporate margins and leverage based on EBITDA (subject to increased volatility as a result of changes in supply chains and shipping lines); supply and asset-based finance using accounts receivable, inventory and equipment as collateral (subject to issues such as margin compression and collateral volatility), and investment in foreign trade zones and custom bonded warehouses.

Presenters

Don Waters

Partner, McMillan LLP

Toronto

Kenichi Tanizaki

Senior Partner, Atsumi & Sakai

Matsudo-shi

Kenichi Tanizaki is a Senior Partner at Atsumi & Sakai; he is qualified as an attorney (Bengoshi) in Japan and is also admitted in New York. He currently co-heads the firm’s Project Finance Team and Derivatives Team.

He has experience advising major banks and financial institutions, fintech companies and venture capitalists on a wide range of banking and finance matters, including (i) API deployed by a bank, a securities firms, and insurance companies, (ii) cashless settlement, (iii) money transfer service, (iv) regulatory, compliance and AML/CFT issues and (v) other innovative services (e.g., emerging technologies, digital economy, AI, data protection, data usage).

Mr. Tanizaki has presented seminars on financial regulations, fintech and financial transactions at domestic and international financial institutions, as well as at seminar companies. He holds an LL.B degree from Kyoto University, an LL.M degree from Northwestern University School of Law and a J.D. from Omiya Law School.