John Y. Sasaki

Experience:	JSV Foreign Law Office, Tokyo, Japan Attorney-at-Law (Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi) October 2006 to present Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Tokyo, Japan Partner, Business and Finance February 2002 to October 2006 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, California Associate, Corporate and Securities August 1997 to January 2002 Anderson Mori, Tokyo, Japan (now Anderson Mori & Tomotsune) Foreign Attorney November 1995 to June 1997 Komatsu & Koma, Tokyo, Japan Foreign Attorney July 1994 to October 1995 Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan, Los Angeles, California (formerly Whitman & Ransom; now Holland & Knight) Associate October 1991 to June 1994
Bar Admissions:	Japan (Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi), 2003 U.S.A., State of California, 1991
Education:	Boalt Hall, University of California at Berkeley, J.D., 1991 Cornell University, School of Arts and Sciences, B.A., Psychology, 1987, with distinction
Publications:	"Start-Up Financing Documents: Annotated Model Contracts", Shouji Houmu, 2020 Round-Table Discussion: "What do Foreign Lawyers Do?", Liberty and Justice, Japan Federation of Bar Associations (Vol. 69, No. 10, October 2018) “Law and Finance of Venture Companies in Japan”, Shouji Houmu, 2010 “The New Corporation Law: An Executive Summary of Major Revisions with Highlights for Litigators” (co-authored with Kiyoshi Takahashi of TMI Associates), ABA Litigation Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2006 “Japan: Start-ups increasing but structure still unresolved” (co-authored with Tatsuhiro Takahara of TMI Associates), The 2006 Guide to Private Equity and Venture Capital
Public Speaking:	Adjunct Lecturer, Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Law, "Start-Up Law and Practice: The Silicon Valley Model”, Fall 2020-present. Adjunct Lecturer, Keio University, "Drafting International Agreements", Fall 2011-Winter 2020. Keynote Speaker, “Venture Business Support Symposium - Searching for a New Japanese Business Model beyond the Silicon Valley Model”, Tokyo, Japan, March 2000, co-sponsored by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.
Languages:	English (native) Japanese