Sano, Tadakatsu

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• French
• Japanese

Lawyer Overview

Tadakatsu Sano's practice focuses on risk management and regulatory compliance and encompasses a broad range of government regulations such as security products export control, product safety, foreign direct investment regulation, energy and environment, and antitrust law.

Tadakatsu spent 35 years at the Japan Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), where he worked in the field of international trade policy. During his career at the Ministry, he was involved in the U.S./Japanese auto negotiation and semiconductor talks; contributed to launching the OECD study of regulatory reform, which pushed the Japanese government to submit bills to deregulate public sector activities such as telecommunications, energy supply, and financial business; established a new scheme to facilitate financial assistance through trade credit insurance system; and worked with the U.S. State Department on export control of strategic products. During his tenure as director-general of the Trade Policy Bureau and vice minister for international affairs, he completed economic partnership agreements with Mexico and Singapore and was engaged in the Doha Round negotiations in the WTO and in the individual trade negotiations between the U.S., the E.U., and China. He also served as executive assistant to Prime Minister Hosokawa. At Jones Day, Tadakatsu's clients include major Japanese companies such as an electric utility company, an engineering company, and transport machine manufacturers.

Tadakatsu provides commentary to the media including the Nikkei newspapers with regard to trade and legal issues, and he speaks on these issues at international conferences.

Areas of Practice

• Government Regulation
• Product Response Team

Representative Cases

• France-based oil and gas company structures joint venture in compliance with Japanese antitrust law , (2009)
• Japanese electrical equipment company contemplates trade regulations with respect to transaction with Indian company
• Japanese engineering company reviews export control regulations related to Myanmar , (2009)
• Japanese multi-level marketing company complies with Japan's METI regulations , (2009)
• Lender acquires 13-hotel portfolio
• Major Japanese electric utility undertakes countermeasures against foreign investor's attempt to increase stake in company , (2009)
• Major Japanese transport machine manufacturer complies with trade regulations involving export to China , (2009)
• U.S. electric appliance manufacturer complies with Japanese product safety requirements , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Food & Drug Administration, Government Agencies & Programs, Housing & Urban Development, Law Enforcement Agencies, Medicare & Medicaid, Social Security -- Disability, Social Security -- Retirement & Survivors Benefits, State & Local Agencies, Veterans' Affairs, Welfare

Bar Admissions

• Japan

Education

• Kyoto Daigaku - Japan

Published Works

• Overseas Protectionist Policy, 2009
• Protectionist Policies Abroad, Nikkei Business, 2009
• Future Issues of the Doha Round, Hokkaido Shinbun, 2008
• Proxy Fight against J-Power : TCI's Troubled Approach, Sankei Shinbun, 2008
• Japan's Energy Policy － From Anti-Pollution to Energy Saving and Efficiency for Environmental Conservation, OGEL 1 (2008) : China's Energy and Environmental Challenges, 2008
• An Overview of MITI, and Economic Relationships between Japan and Switzerland, Switzerland and Japan Common Grounds and Challenges : Yearbook 2007/08 Swiss-Japanese Chamber of Commerce, 2007

Address

Kamiyacho Prime Place
1-17, Toranomon 4-chome
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001, Japan

Phones

81.3.6800.1886 (Business Phone)

Faxes

81.3.5401.2725 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com