Kazuki Sano
Lawyer : Japan
Profile and Expertise
Kazuki Sano built experience working in a consulting firm in Bangkok, Thailand, specialising in business expansion support, business registration and general legal support. He then moved to Yangon, Myanmar, to work for a legal consulting company One Asia Lawyers (Myanmar). He now specialises in expansion strategies for businesses looking to expand into Malaysia, such as M&A, contract, labour laws and other administrative legal matters subsequent to expanding into Malaysia, and liquidation services with qualified Malaysian lawyer for Japanese corporations.
- Experience
- Publications
- Seminars
- Newsletter
- Assisting the acquisition of a Malaysian manufacturer company by a Japanese company
- Assisting the acquisition of a Malaysian construction machinery company by a Japanese construction company
- Assisting the acquisition of a Malaysian film production company by a Japanese film production company
- Assisting the acquisition of a Malaysian real estate company by a Japanese holding company
- Assisting the acquisition of a Vietnamese educational company by a Japanese educational company
- Facilitating expansion of Japanese manufacturing, trading and service companies into Myanmar
- Researching the foreign restriction of manufacturing, trading and service companies in Myanmar
- Facilitating expansion of Japanese manufacturing, trading and service companies into Thailand
- Facilitating the acquisition of a Thai company and conducting due diligence for Japanese manufacturing company
- Assisting the expansion of regional Japanese banks into Thailand
- Facilitating the corporate acquisition of a Thai company by a Japanese manufacturing company based in Hong Kong
- Assisting a Japanese trade company based in Thailand with a termination of a joint venture and continuing shareholding agreements subsequent to a partner’s death
- Facilitating the termination of joint venture by a Japanese manufacturing company with their Thai partners, and conducting property valuations etc
-Expansion, Development and Withdraw of a Business in Laos (Dobunkan, May 2017)
-Property Laws in the Mekong Countries (Taisei, August 2017)
-Foreign Restriction in ASEAN (Junkan Keirijouhou, November 2017)
- Modern employment problems illustrated by case law (Thailand Ayutthaya Japan Trade Association, May 2015)
- Legal system and investment in Myanmar (Japan ASEAN center, Oct 2016)
- Legal update of distribution in ASEAN (Japan ASEAN center, Oct 2016)
- M&A cases study and legal update in ASEAN (Japan ASEAN center, Aug 2017)
- Legal update of investment regulations in ASEAN (Japan ASEAN center, Jan 2018)
Education/Background
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2007: Graduated University of Kobe Faculty of Law
2010: Graduated Konan University law
school (LLM)
2011: Passed bar examination
2012: Completed the law trainee
2013: Began working for M&A Advisory Co., Ltd
2016: Began working for One Asia Lawyers
2016: Japan Federation of Bar Association:
Lawyer in charge of small-to- medium
enterprises foreign venture support
2020: GMAP Visiting Professor, Kobe Law School
Admitted/Professional Experience
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Tokyo Bar Association
Languages
Japanese, English
Contact
kazuki.sano@oneasia.legal
JP: +81-50-5241-1891
MY: +60-10-282-6875