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Practice Areas
Masanori Sato:Awards
- Awards
- Lawyers from Mori Hamada & Matsumoto were included in the 13th edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan™ and the inaugural Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™
- Awards
- Top Rankings Received from Chambers Global 2022
- Awards
- Top Rankings Received from The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022
Masanori Sato:News
- Public Service
- MHM advised on financing for a biotech venture company utilizing a value securitization scheme
- Public Service
- Masanori Sato became a professor at The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Law and Politics
- Public Service
- Masanori Sato became the member of Study Group on Providing Welfare Facilities Using Private Investment Funds (organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government)
Masanori Sato:Legal Topics
Masanori Sato:Newsletters
Masanori Sato:Seminars
- Jul. 4, 2017External Seminars
- "Comparative Analysis of the Legal Framework and Market Practice for Infrastructure/PPP in Australia/UK and in Japan"
Masanori Sato:Publications
- Book
- "6000 Legal Measures for Financial Institutions Vol. IV - Loans and Collection"
- Magazine Article
- "(Editorial) Benefits and Limitations of Enterprise Mortgages (Part 2) – From the Perspective of Finance Transactions"
- Magazine Article
- "(Editorial) Benefits and Limitations of Enterprise Mortgages (Part 1) – From the Perspective of Finance Transactions"
Masanori Sato:Other
Background
- The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1988)
- University of Chicago Law School (LL.M., 1993)
- with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York (1993-1994)
- with Linklaters, London (1994-1995)
Major Activities
- Director of Securitization Forum of Japan (July 2007-)
- Member of the Study Group on the Listed Infrastructure Market, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (2012-2013)
- Member of Study Group on Providing Welfare Facilities Using Private Investment Funds (organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government) (2016-2017)
- Financial Law Board
- Board Member of Japan Association of the Law of Finance
- Board Member of the Financial Lawyer Forum
- 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 the Trading Legislation Study Group, The Small and Medium Enterprise Agency (December 2019-March 2021)
Bar Admissions
admitted in Japan, 1990; New York, 1994
Daini Tokyo Bar Association