NAGASHIMA OHNO & TSUNEMATSU

Lawyers

Yasunobu Sato

Admitted to bar 1984, Japan (1984-1999, 2006 Tokyo Bar, 2004-2006 Nagoya Bar)
Education Waseda University, (BA in Political Science, 1982)
Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1989)
University of London, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (PhD. in Law, 2000)
Professional
Experience
Attorney-at law, Sato Law Office, Takahashi Law Office,1984-1988.
Foreign Associate, United Nations Centre for Human Rights (Geneva); Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton (New York, Washington D.C.); Loef Claeys Verbeke (Amsterdam, Brussels), 1988-1991.
Legal Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Canberra, Australia); Human Rights Officer, United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), 1991-1993.
Senior Associate, Mitsui, Yasuda, Wani & Maeda, 1993-1999 (1995-1997, seconded to Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD))
Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, 1999-2000.
Professor, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University 2000-2005,
Professor, The University of Tokyo (The Graduate Program of Human Security, The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) 2004-present
Languages Japanese, English (Limited French, Chinese and Vietnamese)
Publications "The New Arbitration Law in Japan: Will it cause changes in Japanese Conciliatory Arbitration Practices?" Journal of International Arbitration, Vol. 22, No. 2, 141-148. (April 2005).
"Dispute Processing and Law in Vietnam towards Market Economy" in Kobayashi & Imaizumi (eds)., Dispute Resolution System in Asian countries, IDE=JETRO, (2003 in Japanese).
"The Recent Development of ADR in Vietnam (1)-(4)," JCA Journal Nos. Oct. 2002-April 2003 (2002-3 in Japanese).
Commercial Dispute Processing and Japan, Kluwer Law International, The Hague, London and Boston (2001).
Hybrid Dispute Processing, APEC Discussion Paper No. 39 (2001).
Cultural Conflict in Dispute Processing under Globalisation: International Cooperation for Legal Aid in Asia, APEC Discussion Paper No. 36 (2000).
"Financing Infrastructure Projects in Central and Eastern Europe," European Financial Services Law (September 1997)
"Lessons from UNTAC Human Rights Operation," Technology and Development (JICA) No. 10, 1997.
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