{"id":3929,"date":"2023-10-02T12:01:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T03:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/?post_type=professional&#038;p=3929"},"modified":"2026-06-02T12:44:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T03:44:53","slug":"hayato-sasaki","status":"publish","type":"professional","link":"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/professionals\/hayato-sasaki\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayato Sasaki"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since&nbsp;becoming&nbsp;an attorney,&nbsp;Hayato Sasaki&nbsp;has&nbsp;handled&nbsp;general corporate legal&nbsp;matters with a special focus on corporate litigation and dispute resolution (litigations and dispute&nbsp;resolutions, particularly those relating to non-life insurance&nbsp;matters, labor law, and taxation),&nbsp;and risk management and compliance (handling matters&nbsp;concerning corporate malfeasance and conducting investigations into corporate impropriety,&nbsp;etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr.\u00a0Sasaki\u00a0has handled a number of cases in the above fields, including lawsuits.\u00a0Based on\u00a0his\u00a0well-rounded\u00a0experience and knowledge\u00a0as to how these\u00a0disputes and\u00a0incidents of misconduct\u00a0typically conclude,\u00a0he\u00a0provides\u00a0advice and support aimed at the early\u00a0stages of dispute\u00a0resolution and\u00a0matters concerning\u00a0misconduct, as well as\u00a0stressing the importance\u00a0of prevention so that\u00a0any\u00a0dispute\u00a0or\u00a0incident of\u00a0misconduct\u00a0does\u00a0not occur in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition,&nbsp;drawing upon&nbsp;his&nbsp;experience of being remotely seconded to the legal affairs department of companies (manufacturing&nbsp;sector),&nbsp;Mr. Sasaki&nbsp;strives&nbsp;to provide advice and support&nbsp;with&nbsp;expedience&nbsp;taking into consideration&nbsp;the client\u2019s perspective, rather than&nbsp;from&nbsp;a&nbsp;stereotypical&nbsp;approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Work Highlights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/news\/5273\/\">JCAA Arbitration Case in Tokyo<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/news\/5076\/\">The Dissolution of a Japanese-American Joint Venture Company and its Conversion to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education \uff06 Professional Career<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Oct 2023<\/td><td>Joined Kitahama Partners<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dec 2017<\/td><td>Graduated from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan; Admitted to practice in Japan; Joined Takahashi Sogo Law Office<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mar 2016<\/td><td>Keio University Law School (J.D.)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mar 2014<\/td><td>Waseda University (LL.B.)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":70,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3929","professional","type-professional","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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