Tad Sano's practice focuses on regulatory compliance and encompasses a broad range of government regulations, product safety, installment sales regulations, foreign direct investment regulation, and competition law.
After graduating from Kyoto University, Tad served in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) for 35 years.
During his tenure as Director-General of the Trade Policy Bureau and Vice Minister for International Affairs, Tad completed economic partnership agreements with Mexico and Singapore and was engaged in the Doha Round negotiations in the WTO and in the individual trade negotiations between the U.S., the EU, and China.
Tad originally joined Jones Day in 2006. In September 2009, he was appointed chief executive assistant to Prime Minister Hatoyama. In July 2010, after completing his assignment, he rejoined Jones Day. Tad represents various clients in civil disputes. He also counsels and advises on U.S. and Japanese national security-related control and regulations and on many plurilateral and bilateral trade negotiations. Tad provides commentary to the media including the Nikkei newspapers with regard to trade and legal issues, and he speaks on these issues at international conferences.
Expérience
Interventions
- January 2012
不法行為責任訴訟セミナー：米国における訴訟戦略について - September 2011
知的所有権セミナー：岩井特許庁長官による「国際知財戦略」講演 - December 2010
エコノミスト・カンファレンス：ジャパン・サミット2010 日本における世代シフト: 新たな時代のリーダーと変革のビジョン - December 2010
政府規制セミナー：ＥＣＦＡにより台湾が中国への新しい玄関口に - May 1, 2009
Beyond US and China: Greening Megacities across Asia, Panelist, Scaling Up: From Green Buildings to Green Cities in the US and China - April 23, 2009
Making Asia's Growth Sustainable: Energy and the Environment, Panelist, Asia Society 19th Asia Corporate Conference: Redefining Asia's Challenges and the New Role for Vietnam - April 10, 2009
World Financial Crisis and the Future of the Japanese Economy, Okinawa Economic Forum - March 26, 2009
Organized Seminar on Patents in Life Sciences, Jones Day Tokyo Office - March 5, 2009
Current Political and Economic Situation in Japan, Lunch Seminar at Jones Day London Office - March 4, 2009
Emerging Centres: What is necessary to become a global financial centre?, panelist, Chatham House- JFE Symposium : The Post-crisis Landscape for International Financial Centres - Sink or Swim? - December 8, 2008
Future of East Asia – Building Trust for Shared Prosperity & Sustainable Development, Moderator, The 4th Asia Economic Summit - November 26, 2008
The Financial Mechanism which Created the Economic Crisis, Seminar at Deloitte Tomatsu Consulting - September 11, 2008
Development of the Global Economy and Local Economy, Risa Partners Seminar - September 10, 2008
Changing Laws and Regulations in China: Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance, Jones Day China Seminar - June 10, 2008
Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance: PL Risk in the Age of Globalization, Product Liability Committee of Japan Machinery Trade Center for Trade and Investment - May 28, 2008
Sustainable Growth and the Environment, Panelist, Asia Society 18th Asia Corporate Conference: A New Era for Global Business - Sustainable Growth for China and the World - May 26, 2008
Japanese Perspective on Economic Cooperation in Asia, 3rd Annual Shanghai Forum: Economic Transformation and International Order in Asia - April 22-24, 2008
China Risk :Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance, Jones Day China Seminar - March 5, 2008
Regional Integration in East Asia: A Japanese Perspective, Fudan University Roundtable - February 14, 2008
Organized Amended Consumer Product Safety Law Seminar 2 at Jones Day Tokyo Office - October 17, 2007
Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance, Toyota Motors Global Legal Meeting - October 17, 2007
Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance, Toyota Motors Global Legal Meeting - August 1, 2007
Organized Seminar on Emissions Trading at Jones Day Tokyo Office - June 15, 2007
Organized Seminar on Security Export Control Policy at Jones Day Tokyo Office - May 16-18, 2007
Enhancing Intra-Asian Partnership, panelist, Asia Society 17th Asia Corporate Conference: Coming Together; Moving Ahead: Asian Economies Lead through Integration and Innovation - April 26, 2007
Organized Amended Merger Guidelines Seminar at Jones Day Tokyo Office - March 22, 2007
Organized Amended Consumer Product Safety Law Seminar at Jones Day Tokyo Office - February 22, 2007
Japan's Strategic Context, A Closer Japan-US Economic Relationship, Seminar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - January 2007
Japan's Energy Policy, Shaping China's Energy Security Conference, Organized by Asia Centre in Beijing - November 2006
Transformation of the Leadership Model in Japan, Opportunities & Implications for the Foreign/Multinational Companies at ACCJ CEO Breakfast, American Club - November 2006
Issues toward EPA between Japan and the U.S., at Japan-US Businessmen's Conference at Imperial Hotel - July 2006
Globalization through Information Technology, Academy Hills Ark City Seminar - May 2006
Organized Seminar on Chinese Law with Nobutoshi Yamanouchi, Japan-China Economic Association in Tokyo & Kansai Economic Federation in Osaka - 15 décembre 2011
G-20: What Role is to be played by France and Japan ?
- Kyoto University (LL.B. 1969)
- Japan (Daini Tokyo Bar Association)
- Chief Executive Assistant to Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2009-2010); served in various positions in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (1969-2004), including Vice Minister of International Affairs and Executive Assistant to Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa (1993-1994)
- Japanese, English, French
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