About
So Saito is a lawyer focused on FinTech, Web3 and finance serving as Founding Partner at So & Sato Law Offices in Tokyo. So founded the firm in 2015 as So Law Office after working from 1999 as associate, partner and counsel at Nishimura & Partners (now Nishimura & Asahi), with a period as a foreign intern at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York. So is admitted to practice in Japan and New York, holds an LL.M. from New York University School of Law, and has served as Legal Advisor to the Japan Blockchain Association since 2014. So brings a regulatory and transactional perspective on crypto-asset and blockchain regulation, financial licensing, funds and M&A. The work provides direct exposure to how new financial and Web3 business models are structured to fit Japanese law, and to the questions regulators and counterparties raise along the way. So is particularly relevant to conversations around FinTech and crypto regulation in Japan, token and fund structuring, compliance for Web3 and AI businesses, and corporate legal questions for startups entering the Japanese market.