About
Senior Advisor at So & Sato Law Offices in Tokyo with experience advising on private equity, venture capital, emerging companies, corporate M&A and international disputes. He has held senior roles including Founder/Director of BGC Godo Kaisha, Founder/Principal of Tiger Capital Partners, Foreign Counsel at Yuasa and Hara, and Asia Director of Business Development / Special Counsel at Perkins Coie.
Practice areas
Private EquityVenture CapitalEmerging CompaniesCorporate / M&AInternational Disputes
Office
Expertise
Cross-border TransactionsAsia (Japan/China) MarketsBusiness Development
Education
- Loyola Law School, J.D. (1988)
- University of California, Los Angeles, B.A. (1982)
Admissions
- The State Bar of California (1988 - )
- California state and U.S. Federal District Courts and California Court of Appeals, 2nd District
- Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association (as a foreign lawyer, 1998 - 2004)
- China Ministry of Justice (as a foreign lawyer, 2012 - 2018; inactivated)
Languages
EnglishJapaneseMandarin