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Akihiro Saotome

Akihiro Saotome

Qualified as an Attorney in Japan (currently not registered) Currently on secondment to METI, Healthcare Industries Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau

Japanese, English

Akihiro Saotome is a Japanese qualified lawyer specialized in general corporate governance, as well as financial regulation and data protection. He graduated from the University of Hitotsubashi School of Law in 2014 and has been admitted to the Tokyo Bar Association in 2015. He started his career as a lawyer by joining Nippon Life Insurance Company in 2016. After graduating the University of Michigan Law School in 2021, he joined ZeLo in 2022. Currently seconded to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), working as a fixed-term government official in the Healthcare Industries Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau.

Education

2021
University of Michigan Law School(LL.M)
2014
Hitotsubashi University Law School (J.D)
2012
Faculty of Law, Hitotsubashi University (LL.B)

Experience

2022
Joined ZeLo
2016
Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
2015
Admitted to the Bar in Japan
2014
Passed the Japanese Bar Examination

Representative Works

  • Mainly handled contract reviews and legal consultations as an in-house councel. Provided legal support for new businesses, protected intellectual property rights and handled compliance and governance matters in an overseas subsidiary.

Qualification

08.2018
Certified Member Analyst of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan(not certified)
04.2019
Consumer Affairs Advisor

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