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Yoshitaka Sakamoto

Yoshitaka Sakamoto

TEL:
81-3-6775-1215
FAX:
81-3-6775-2215

Yoshitaka Sakamoto has engaged principally in the fields of M&A and general corporate matters, and regularly advises both Japanese and non-Japanese clients in this regard.
In addition to his professional experience at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Mr. Sakamoto worked for the Civil Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Justice, where he was in charge of the legislative project to revise Japanese corporate laws (2017-2019). He also worked for Reed Smith LLP in Los Angeles as a foreign secondee (2016-2017).

Sakamoto Yoshitaka

Practice Areas

Practice Groups

  • Corporate Transaction Group
  • Dispute Resolution Group
  • Financial Services & Transactions Group
  • Competition Law Group
  • Corporate Crisis Management Practice Group

Background

2006 The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
2008 The University of Tokyo School of Law (J.D.)
2008 - 2009 The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
2012 - 2013 Adjunct Lecturer, The University of Tokyo School of Law
2016 Graduate study, University of Southern California (LL.M.)
Aug 2016 - Jul 2017 Associated with Reed Smith LLP, Los Angels
Sep 2017 - Dec 2019 Seconded to the Civil Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Justice (in charge of the legislative project to revise the Companies Act)

Publications

Professional Admissions

  • Japan (2009)
  • California (2019)

Professional and Academic Associations

  • Daini Tokyo Bar Association

Languages

  • Japanese (first language)
  • English