{"id":710,"date":"2019-06-26T07:10:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T22:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/?post_type=professional&#038;p=710"},"modified":"2025-03-13T13:10:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T04:10:54","slug":"toshiaki-sano","status":"publish","type":"professional","link":"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/professionals\/toshiaki-sano\/","title":{"rendered":"Toshiaki Sano"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As a result of Toshiaki Sano\u2019s previous experience working for a financial institution, his primary area of legal practice is finance. Specifically, he handles project finance including, but not limited to, real estate non-recourse loans, renewable energy, and PFI matters. He also handles corporate reorganization matters, due diligence in M&amp;A, and business revitalization matters. Recently, there have been increasing opportunities to engage with the start-up business community, and he has been focusing on assisting such startup companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Work Highlights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Project finance matters (real estate non-recourse loans, renewable energy, PFI\/PPP, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Due diligence in M&amp;A matters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Various advisory matters regarding corporate restructuring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Business revitalization matters (private liquidation, civil rehabilitation)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>General corporate legal affairs, corporate advisory matters, general civil matters, and other matters<\/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 2016 &#8211; Present<\/td><td>Kitahama Partners, Partner<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jan 2012<\/td><td>Joined Kitahama Partners<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jan 2010<\/td><td>Employed at the Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dec 2009<\/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 2008<\/td><td>Kyushu University Law School (J.D.)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Apr 2001<\/td><td>Employed at Nikko Salomon Smith Barney Securities<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mar 2001<\/td><td>Keio University, Faculty of Economics<\/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>Jun 2023 &#8211; Present<\/td><td>Outside Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Vega corporation Co., Ltd. (listed on the Growth Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mar 2022 &#8211; Jun 2023<\/td><td>Auditor, NCB Capital Co., Ltd.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sep 2021 &#8211; Present<\/td><td>Adjunct Lecturer, Institute for Legal Practice, Fukuoka University (Corporate Legal Theory)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>May 2020 &#8211; Present<\/td><td>Auditor, NCB Venture Capital, Co., Ltd.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jul 2019 &#8211; Sep 2023<\/td><td>Auditor, NCB Capital Investment Co., Ltd.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Oct 2018 &#8211; Present<\/td><td>Member of Council of External Experts on Self-Monitoring, Fukuoka Airport<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Apr 2015 &#8211; Mar 2025<\/td><td>Academic Advisor to Institute for Legal Practice, Fukuoka University (Corporate Law)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":30,"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-710","professional","type-professional","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Toshiaki Sano -partner - Kitahama Partners<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As a result of Toshiaki Sano\u2019s previous experience working for a financial institution, his primary area of legal practice is finance. 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