Overview
Satoko is an Independent Non-Executive Director (and a Statutory Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of YCP Group. She is an attorney licensed to practice law in Japan and New York working at Médecins Sans Frontières Japon.
After completing training at the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, Satoko worked as a corporate lawyer at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu and Morrison Foerster Tokyo for a period spanning over two decades and has considerable experience in cross-border M&A, investments, financing, corporate governance and other corporate matters. During her time at Morrison Foerster, she also worked as in-house counsel at a leading global private equity firm and multiple Big Tech companies.
Born in New York and raised in Tokyo, London, Zurich and Hong Kong, Satoko is fluent in Japanese and English.
Education
- LL.M. from Harvard Law School
- LL.M. from University of Cambridge
- LL.B. from Keio University
