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Japan

Lawyers

Masanori Sato

Masanori Sato

Work Department

Structured Finance / Banking (Securitization, Real Estate Financing, Project Finance, LBO Finance, Derivatives, Banking); Sustainability / Environmental Law (Sustainability, Emissions Trading / Carbon Credits, Decarbonization / Green Transformation); Energy / Infrastructure (Power Generation / Battery Storage, Renewable Energy / Environmental Attributes, Infrastructure / PPP, Infrastructure Funds); Financial Regulation (Banking, Trusts, Financial Instruments Business); M&A (M&A / Reorganizations / Capital and Business Alliances, Private Equity); Asset Management / Funds (REITs, Infrastructure Funds); Real Estate / REITs (Real Estate Financing, REITs)

Position

Partner

Career

Background

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1988); University of Chicago Law School (LL.M., 1993); Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York (1993-1994); Linklaters, London (1994-1995)

Major Activities

Member of the Financial Law Board; Member of the Japan Branch Council of the International Project Finance Association; Professor at The University of Tokyo⁠, Graduate School of Law and Politics (⁠April 2019-March 2022⁠); Member of Study Group on “⁠New Security Legislation and Trusts⁠,⁠” organized by Trust Forum Foundation (⁠2025-⁠)

Memberships

admitted in Japan, 1990; New York, 1994

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