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So & Sato Law Offices Offices
So & Sato Law Offices
#937, SHIN-KOKUSAI BUILDING
3-4-1 MARUNOUCHI
CHIYODA-KU
100-0005
Japan
#937, SHIN-KOKUSAI BUILDING
3-4-1 MARUNOUCHI
CHIYODA-KU
100-0005
Japan
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William Gillespie
Work Department
Private equity, venture capital, emerging companies, corporate M&A, international disputes
Career
| October 2023 | So Sato Law Office (Senior Advisor) – Tokyo |
| November 2022 | BGC Godo Kaisha (Founder/Director) – Tokyo |
| March 2018 – May 2019 | Cogito Optical Technology Company (Advisor to CEO), Beijing |
| March 2005 – | Tiger Capital Partners (Founder/Principal) – London/Beijing |
| January 1999 – May 2004 | Yuasa and Hara (Foreign Counsel) , Tokyo |
| September 2012 – February 2018 | Perkins Coie (Asia Director of Business Development / Special Counsel), Beijing / Shanghai |
| August 2000 – September 2003 | Temple University Law School Japan (Adjunct Professor), Tokyo |
| February 1998 – October 1998 | Tokyo Aoyama/Baker & McKenzie (Associate Attorney), Tokyo |
Languages
English, Japanese, Mandarin
Memberships
| 1988 – | The State Bar of California |
| 1988 – | California State and U.S. Federal District Courts and California Court of Appeals, 2nd District |
| 1998 – 2004 | Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association, as a foreign lawyer |
| 2012 – 2018 | China Ministry of Justice, as a foreign lawyer (inactivated) |
Education
| 1988 | Loyola Law School, J.D. |
| 1982 | University of California, Los Angeles, B.A. |