{"id":698,"date":"2019-06-26T06:55:24","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T21:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/?post_type=professional&#038;p=698"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:57:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:57:50","slug":"yasumasa-sakamoto","status":"publish","type":"professional","link":"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/professionals\/yasumasa-sakamoto\/","title":{"rendered":"Yasumasa Sakamoto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yasumasa Sakamoto\u2019s practice focuses on general corporate matters (especially with respect to Japanese enterprises with foreign capital) and corporate compliance (harassment investigations, violations of industry regulations, etc.), as well as overseas advancement\/withdrawal, cross-border M&amp;A, and dispute resolution. In recent years, Mr. Sakamoto has had an increasing number of opportunities to assist Japanese companies in drafting contracts in English and other foreign languages as they expand overseas, as well as provide assistance with respect to litigation and international arbitration in foreign countries arising out of disputes with foreign companies.&nbsp; Mr. Sakamoto also has experience handling inheritance and family law matters, as well as criminal cases, involving foreign nationals.&nbsp;<\/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\/5494\/\">A Lawsuit regarding International Jurisdiction in an International Inheritance Case Involving Shares in a Foreign Company<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/news\/5496\/\">Claims for Damages concerning the Violation of the Duty of Care Owed to an Employee of a Foreign-affiliated Company<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/news\/4931\/\">A Lawsuit concerning the Rescission of a Disposition to Withhold Medical Benefits<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/news\/4885\/\">Provided Legal Advice concerning the Acquisition of the Shares of a Thai Company<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/news\/4862\/\">Legal Reorganization and Share Transfer concerning a Chinese Subsidiary<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/news\/4860\/\">International Arbitration in Singapore<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/news\/4836\/\">International Arbitration in New York<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/news\/4831\/\">Court Appointed Trustee for the Corporate Reorganization Proceedings of a Company Engaged in the Civil Engineering Construction and Heavy Machinery Business<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compliance investigations (a number of cases involving quality fraud, harassment, violation of industry regulations)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cross-border M&amp;A involving Japanese manufacturing companies in India and Indonesia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establishing a joint venture company and assisting in overseas advancement of leading Japanese enterprises in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Legal affairs involving withdrawal of business of leading Japanese enterprises from China and Indonesia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inheritance case of an American citizen living in Japan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Criminal case of a foreign national (acquitted)<\/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>Jan 2017 &#8211; Present<\/td><td>Kitahama Partners, Partner<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jul 2015 &#8211; Aug 2015 <\/td><td>Visiting attorney at Assegaf Hamzah &amp; Partners (Jakarta, Indonesia) \u3000Training Program<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mar 2015 <\/td><td>Admitted to practice in the State of New York<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jan 2015 &#8211; Jun 2015<\/td><td>Visiting attorney at Rajah &amp; Tann LCT Lawyers (Ho Chi Minh City Office, Vietnam)\u3000Training Program<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dec 2014<\/td><td>Visiting attorney at Anek &amp; Associates International Legal Consultants (Bangkok, Thailand)\u3000Training Program\u3000Training Program<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sep 2014 &#8211; Nov 2014<\/td><td>Intern at Baker &amp; Mckenzie Ltd. (Bangkok Office, Thailand)\u3000Training Program<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>May 2014<\/td><td>Northwestern University School of Law (LL.M.)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sep 2011 &#8211; Oct 2011<\/td><td>Intern at Masuda, Funai, Eifert &amp; Mitchell, Ltd. (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.)\u3000Training Program<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jan 2008<\/td><td>Joined Kitahama Partners <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dec 2007<\/td><td>Graduated from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan; Admitted to practice in Japan<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mar 2006<\/td><td>Kyoto University Law School (J.D.)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mar 2004<\/td><td>Kyoto University (LL.B.)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Activities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Mar 2025<\/td><td>Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Funai Soken Holdings, Inc.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jul 2024<\/td><td>External Member, Ethics Committee, Nippon Life Hospital (Nippon Life Saiseikai Foundation)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Apr 2021-Mar 2022<\/td><td>Representative Attorney, Employment Consultation Center<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Feb 2020<\/td><td>Co-Chair, Business Program Committee, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) Kansai Chapter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Apr 2018<\/td><td>Vice Chairperson, International Committee, Osaka Bar Association<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Apr 2017-Mar 2019<\/td><td>Representative Attorney, Employment Consultation Center<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jun 2016<\/td><td>Support attorney for pilot projects on small and medium-sized enterprises doing business overseas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Apr 2016 &#8211; Mar 2017<\/td><td>Adjunct Lecturer, Kyoto University (Preparation for Civil Law-related Documents \/ Basic Law Exercise A)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Memberships<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Member of the International Committee (Osaka Bar Association)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support attorney for small and medium-sized enterprises doing business overseas (Japan Federation of Bar Associations)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":27,"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-698","professional","type-professional","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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