So & Sato Law Offices

Private equity, venture capital, emerging companies, corporate M&A, international disputes

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

English, Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin)

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)

1988
Loyola Law School, J.D.

1982
University of California, Los Angeles, B.A.