{"id":1654,"date":"2025-07-11T09:49:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T00:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/en\/?page_id=1654"},"modified":"2026-06-02T03:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:29:11","slug":"lawyer-kentaro-sano","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/en\/lawyer-kentaro-sano","title":{"rendered":"Kentaro Sano"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile home-professionals__item\" id=\"gtm-professionals-2\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"472\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/lawyer-sano_2x.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-4\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group home-professionals__name is-style-fadeIn is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18rem\"><strong>Kentaro Sano<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COUNSEL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>E: kentaro.sano@mps-legal.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-fadeIn is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Practice Areas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Employment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corporate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mergers &amp; Acquisition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Real Estate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Litigation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Legal Support for Start-up Businesses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-fadeIn is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Admissions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Japanese Bar (The Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association)<br>Labor and Social Security Attorney(Tokyo Labor and Social Security Attorney Association)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-fadeIn is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Waseda University, School of Law (J.D.), 2018<br>Waseda University, Faculty of Law (LL.B.), 2016<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-fadeIn is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Professional Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Counsel, Mori &amp; Partners, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senior Associate, Mori &amp; Partners, 2023<br>Associate, Momo-o, Matsuo &amp; Namba, 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"\/en\/lawyer-kentaro-sano\" id=\"lawyer_read_more\" class=\"is-style-fadeIn is-layout-flow\">View full profile<\/a>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-fadeIn is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/RSE-%E8%AA%BF%E6%9F%BB%E5%A0%B1%E5%91%8A%E6%9B%B8-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Report on digitalization of legislative affairs and the organization and utilization of legal data<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, The Digital Agency of the Japanese Government&nbsp;(2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/en\/column\/understanding-job-offer-revocation-in-japan-legal-framework-and-essential-considerations-under-japanese-employment-law\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/en\/column\/understanding-job-offer-revocation-in-japan-legal-framework-and-essential-considerations-under-japanese-employment-law\" target=\"_blank\">Understanding Job Offer Revocation in Japan: Legal Framework and Essential Considerations under Japanese Employment Law<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:61px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-fadeIn is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><strong>Media Features<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Esports Legal News&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/esportslegal.news\/2023\/10\/18\/acquiring-mobile-gaming-enterprises-seven-essential-legal-due-diligence-checkpoints\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Esports M&amp;A in Japan: DD Checklist before Fusion<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Esports Legal News&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/esportslegal.news\/2024\/01\/22\/brand-protection-in-the-japanese-gaming-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Brand Protection in the Japanese Gaming Industry<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full.php","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1654"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1893,"href":"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1654\/revisions\/1893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}