About Norihito Sato

Norihito Sato is a partner of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, and has broad experience in Japanese and cross-border M&A, including joint ventures, strategic alliances, going-private management buyouts, and private equity fund carve-outs. He leads the TMT (AI/IoT) team and is focused on IoT and automotive sector transactions and regulatory matters. He was seconded to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and advises key players in the industry. His recent deals include Hitachi’s carve-out transactions (eg, capital restructure of Hitachi Astemo (a joint venture between Hitachi and Honda Motors) with JIC Capital’s participation (2023), and establishment of a joint venture between Hitachi Global Life Solutions and Arçelik (2020)).