Nobuhiko Funakushi > 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

Real Estate, Securitization, IPO/Start-ups, Cross-border Transactions, IT, General Corporate

Career

09/2023 – So & Sato Law Offices (Marunouchi Office)
06/2022 – Outside auditor at VALTES Co., Ltd.
09/2021 – The Law Firm ALCIEN.
03/2020 – Outside auditor at I-ne Co., Ltd.
2016/02 – Funakushi General Law Firm (Representative Attorney)
06/2014 Open Door Corporation (General Manager of Legal Department)
01/2007 Tokyo Marunouchi & Haruki Law Offices (now the Tokyo-Marunouchi Law Offices) (Partner)
02/2000 Joined Haruki, Sawai & Inoue Law Office
04/1999 Joined Toda & Tsuchida Law Office

Languages

Japanese/English

Memberships

 

The Information Network Law Association
04/2017 – Business Reform Committee, Japan Federation of Bar Associations

Education

03/1999 Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
03/1995 Waseda University (LL.B.)

Lawyer Rankings

Japan > Investment funds: Independent local firms

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.