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佐藤 賢
佐藤 賢

Suguru SATO

  • Partner
  • Tokyo

Suguru specializes in domestic and cross-border investments, M&A transactions, shareholders meetings, and general corporate transactions. He is adept at providing advice and support in a client-friendly and practical manner gained from his experience on secondment with two major corporations.

Suguru Sato has broad experience and expertise in handling domestic M&A transactions between listed companies, investments in startup companies, acquisitions by private equity funds, going private transactions through tender offer, and cross-border transactions, including strategy planning, structuring, and execution. He gained experience on secondment to two major corporations and had the opportunity to be involved in their internal decision making regarding investments in closed companies and capital and business alliances. Based on this experience, he is able to support his clients in the execution of their transactions, including internal decision making, from a client-friendly viewpoint. He also has substantial experience in advising on shareholder meetings, post-merger integrations, and domestic and cross-border general corporate transactions. Suguru Sato strives to provide his clients with flexible and prompt legal services in line with their particular needs.

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Education

2018
University of Southern California Gould School of Law (LL.M.)
2009
The University of Tokyo, School of Law (J.D.)
2007
The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)

Professional Experience

Marubeni Corporation 
Butzel Long, Detroit 
KDDI CORPORATION