Satoshi has extensive experience in a broad range of practice and industry areas, including: corporate/mergers and acquisitions, compliance, litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution (ADR), private equity, venture capital and start-ups, banking and finance, and securities law. He is also recognized for his expertise in, insurance matters, pharmaceutical/medical sciences, and consumer law. He has practiced in Japan, Thailand and the US (with an internationally respected law firm in New York City), and is qualified in Japan and the US. Satoshi is consistently recognized as a Top Ranked lawyer by international commentators.

Highlights of Satoshi’s professional activities and memberships include: member of the Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association, member of the International Advisory Board (IAB), Columbia Law School (2006-2014), Chairman of Arbitration Center Committee, Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association (2011-), Special Member of the Dispute Reconciliation Committee for Nuclear Damage, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology (2011-), Member of the Commission on Policy Evaluation and Evaluation of Incorporated Administrative Agencies, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (2013-2015), Member of the “Subcommittee for Reform of Incorporated Administrative Agencies,” Counsel for Promotion of Administrative Reform, Headquarters for Promoting Administrative Reform of the Cabinet Secretariat (2013-2014), Director of Japan ADR Association (2014-), and Board Member of the Japan Association of Arbitrators (2016-).

Satoshi holds an LL.B. degree from the University of Tokyo, and an LL.M. degree from Columbia University School of Law.