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Contact Information
- TEL
- +81-3-5223-7726
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Practice Areas
Masanori Sato：Awards
- Awards
- Top Rankings Received from The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022
- Awards
- Top Rankings Received from Chambers Asia-Pacific 2022
- Awards
- Our lawyers recognized by IFLR Asia Best Lawyers 2021
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
- Magazine Article
- "New Developments in Infrastructure Funds (Part 1) - Issues for Consideration in Creation of Funds Investing in Concessions/PPP"
- Magazine Article
- "Issues Regarding Changes in Reference Rates for Interest Rate Swap Transactions"
- Magazine Article
- "Commentary on Updated Sample Fallback Provisions for Bilateral Loans Issued by the Japanese Bankers Association"
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
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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)
- Chairman of the Education Subcommittee, Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC) Japan
- Financial Law Board
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Board Member of Japan Association of the Law of Finance
- 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-)
- 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