Yasunobu Sato

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Yasunobu Sato

Admitted to bar	1984, Japan
Languages	Japanese, English (Limited French, Chinese and Vietnamese)
Contact	TEL : +81-3-6889-7104 FAX : +81-3-6889-8104
Practice Areas	International Arbitration, Asia, Vietnam

Biography

Yasunobu Sato is an advisor at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu and is a professor at the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Graduate Program on Human Security. He has practised law in Japan, the United States and Europe. Mr. Sato worked for refugee protection, peace keeping/building and law & judicial reform as a legal official with the following international organizations:UNHCR as legal officer in Australia, UNTAC as human rights officer in Cambodia and EBRD as counsel in London. He has represented the Peace-Building Study Groups since 2002 and been a member of the Council of the Center of International Assistance for Judicial Reform, the Committee of International Relations, Japan Federation of Bar Associations since 2006.

Education/Professional Experience

1982	Waseda University (B.A. in Political Science)
1984-1988	Attorney-at law, Sato Law Office, Takahashi Law Office
1989	Harvard Law School (LL.M.)
1988-1991	Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York and Washington, D.C.; Loef Claeys Verbeke, Amsterdam and Brussels
1991-1993	Legal Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); Human Rights Officer, United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC)
1993-1999	Senior Associate, Mitsui, Yasuda, Wani & Maeda (Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), 1995-1997)
2000	University of London (PhD. in Law)
1999-2000	Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University
2000-2005	Professor, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University
2004-present	Professor, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
2006-present	Advisor, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Seminars

December 8, 2016	Seminars	Network Governance for Access to Justice in Asia: New Paradigm for Solution of Refugee Crisis
December 8, 2016	Seminars	Working Smart in Second Generation Rule of Law Assistance – Lessons Learned & Promising Tools for Sustainable Reform
September 8, 2016	Seminars	Human Rights and business in Myanmar – a case study
November 30, 2015	NO&T Seminars	The State of Dispute Prevention and Resolution in Vietnam
November 4, 2010	Seminars	Japan Federation of Bar Association's CSR Guideline and Pro Bono
October 22, 2007	NO&T Seminars	Legal Environment for Investment in Vietnam after her WTO Accession

Publications

July, 2009	Articles	How to deal with corruption in transitional and developing economies: A Vietnamese Case Study Journal of Financial Crime Volume 16 Issue 3 (July 2009) pp.16-3
March, 2008	Articles	Hybrid Dispute Processing in Japan: Linking Arbitration with Conciliation Vijay K Bhatia et al (eds) "Legal Discourse across Cultures and Systems" pp.53-74
April, 2005	Articles	The New Arbitration Law in Japan: Will it cause changes in Japanese Conciliatory Arbitration Practices? Journal of International Arbitration, Vol. 22, No. 2 (April 2005) pp.141-148
April, 2003	Articles	The Recent Development of ADR in Vietnam (1)-(4) JCA Journal Nos. Oct. 2002-April 2003
March, 2003	Articles	Dispute Processing and Law in Vietnam towards Market Economy Dispute Resolution System in Asian countries (Kobayashi & Imaizumi eds.)
August, 2001	Books	"Commercial Dispute Processing and Japan" (Co-author) Kluwer Law International
July, 2001	Articles	Hybrid Dispute Processing APEC Discussion Paper No.39
February, 2000	Articles	Cultural Conflict in Dispute Processing under Globalisation: International Cooperation for Legal Aid in Asia APEC Discussion Paper No.36
September, 1997	Articles	Financing Infrastructure Projects in Central and Eastern Europe European Financial Services Law, September 1997
January, 1997	Articles	Lessons from UNTAC Human Rights Operation Technology and Development, No.10

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