Yuki Sato > So & Sato Law Offices > Chiyoda, Japan > Lawyer Profile

So & Sato Law Offices
#937, SHIN-KOKUSAI BUILDING
3-4-1 MARUNOUCHI
CHIYODA-KU
100-0005
Japan

Work Department

Capital Markets and Investment Funds; Regulatory and Compliance; M&A; General Corporate

Position

Partner

Career

11/2021 –            Outside Director at coconala Inc.

06/2020 –          Legal Professional Corporation So & Sato Law Offices (Representative Partner)

01/2019 –            So & Sato Law Offices (Partner)

10/2018              Director and Member of Auditing Committee at Net Protections Holdings Inc.

12/2016 – 12/2018            King & Wood Mallesons Tokyo Office Foreign Law Joint Enterprise (Partner, December 2016 – December 2018)

09/2016 –            Member of Auditing Committee at DLE inc.

06/2016 – 06/2021           Member of Auditing Committee at Zuu Co., Ltd.

03/2015 –            Member of Auditing Committee at Hatena Co., Ltd.

03/2015 – 03/2017            Member of Auditing Committee at save the Children Japan

09/2014 – 03/2015            Part Time Lecturer at Rikkyo University

10/2013 – 11/2016            Namura & Partners Legal Professional Corporation (Toranomon Chuo Law Firm Legal Professional Corporation from December 2014 to November 2016) (Partner)

09/2011 -12/2012             White & Case LLP, Singapore Office (Foreign Associate)

06/2006 – 09/2013            White & Case Law Offices, White & Case LLP, Tokyo Office (Associate)

10/2005 – 04/2006            Yamamoto Sogo Law Office (Associate)

Languages

Japanese/English

Memberships

10/2005-    Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association, Japan

Japan Federation of Bar Associations

2007-          Corporate Law Committee at Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association

04/2012-   New York State Bar Association

11/2017-     Information Technology Laws Committee at Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association

 

Education

Hitotsubashi University (LL.B., 2000); University of Southern California Gould Law School (LL.M., 2011)

Leisure

Golf

Lawyer Rankings

Japan > Investment funds: Independent local firms

(Leading individuals: Bengoshi)

Yuki SatoSo & Sato Law Offices

So & Sato Law Offices‘ funds team is ‘distinctive in its expertise in venture capital finance‘ and is able to offer advice to funds throughout the life cycle of a project. The group is instructed by a range of clients, in particular domestic venture capitalists, which the group assists with fundraisings and investments, both in Japan and internationally. Practice head Yuki Sato ‘has good knowledge and experience of the investment business‘ and is noted for her technological knowledge, while counsel Chiho Saito is particularly active in matters related to real estate investment funds.