Toranomon Chuo Law Firm

Our Team

Attorney at LawKei SATO

Professional and Academic Associations:Tokyo Bar Association

Kei Sato has 7 years work experience as a sales staff and an accountant in small and medium‐sized enterprises and 5 years research experience in a doctoral program in labor law at Kyoto University. He always works faithfully and passionately for his clients. His practice area covers a wide range of areas, such as General Corporate, Compliance, Regulations & Risk Management, Dispute Resolution, Labor and Employment.

March 2002Kyoto University(LL.B.)
March 2004Kyoto University(LL.M.)
April 2004 – June 2010Private companies
March 2010Sophia law school(J.D.)
March 2015Withdrawal after completion of doctoral course requirements,Graduate school of Law, Kyoto University
December 2016Admitted to the bar and joined TRC
April 2020 Seconded to a Real Estate Investment Advisors Corporation
October 2022 Returned and resume working at TRC

Industry Sectors of Main Clients

Leasing companies, Payment and settlement of funds servicers, Claim collection servicers, Shipping companies, Real estate companies, Manufacturing companies

Main Practice Areas

  • Litigation / Dispute resolution(Civil litigation, Commercial litigation, Commercial non-contentious case procedures, Arbitration and other Alternative dispute resolution procedures)/Compliance(Compliance with regulatory laws, Support for establishing internal control systems)/Risk / Crisis Management(Investigations of unlawful acts, Support for public relations, Authorities relations, Handling whistle-blowing)/Labor and Employment(General labor law, Labor Tribunal Committee relations, Labor unions, Labor Standards Inspection Office relations, Layoff / Workforce reduction)/Credit management / Debt collection(Civil provisional remedies, Civil litigation, Civil execution)/Real Estate(Real estate management, Sales and Purchase / Leasing of real estate, Subleasing, Real estate financing, Construction-related disputes)/Criminal case

Principal Activities

April 2021 -Arbitrator candidate, Japan Sports Arbitration Agency
September 2019 -Ethics committee member, Japan Ice Hockey Federation