Kimihito Kato / Attorney
Kimihito Kato
Partner, VASCO DA GAMA OFFICES
Attorney at Law
Admitted in Japan (Tokyo Bar Association) and the State of New York, U.S.A.
Career
| March, 1990 | Graduated from Waseda University, School of Law |
| April, 1995 | Admitted in Japan(member of Tokyo Bar association) |
| April, 1995 | Worked for Matsuo & Kosugi |
| 1999 | Served as member of Committee to Improve Business Custom in Sports Industry (Ministry of International Trade and Industry: MITI=Japan Sports Industries Federation) |
| 2001 | Master of Laws (LLM) from New York University School of Law Worked for Morrison & Foester LLP in Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 2002 | Admitted in the State of New York |
| September, 2003 | Worked as a partner at B.D.J. Law and Accounting Office |
| November, 2003 | Passed California bar examination (to be registered in California State) |
| June, 2006 | Established Kato & Partners |
| August, 2008 | Established VASCO DA GAMA OFFICES as a partner |
Practice Areas
- Entertainment Law
- Media Law
- Sports Law
- License Law (Including Character License and Corporate License)
- Finance Law
- International Law Practice
- Corporate Law
- Litigation
Titles and Memberships
- Arbitrator of Japan Sports Arbitration Agency
- Member of The Copyright Law Association of Japan
Publications
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“IFTA Arbitration Award Enforcement Booklet” (co-written by Kato Esq. and Kataoka Esq. Published by Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), January, 2008. )
- “Entertainment Legal Practice”(co-written by Kato Esq. , Kataoka Esq. and Okawara Esq. Published by Nikkei Publishing Inc.December,2007)
Lectures
- "How to deal with a copyright problem in Entertainment Business" at Japan Reserch Institute for New Systems of Society (May, 2010)
- "New Trends of Entertainment Finance" at Japan Reserch Institute for New Systems of Society (July, 2009)
- "Legal Practice in Character Licensing" at CharaBiz Lectures of The University of Tokyo The Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies (2008/11)
- “New Trend of Law in License Agreement Practice in the first half of 2008” (hosted by LIMA, July, 2008 )
- “What’s the Entertainment Law?” at the 6th lecture for the students who want to be lawyers (hosted by Waseda Law School, June, 2008)
- “Corporate License Agreement and Legal Protection- New Legal Knowledge for Corporate License” at the 4th Character Business lecture (hosted by LIMA, April, 2008)
- “New Business Model in Entertainment and License Agreement - from Movie, Music, Game to Sport” at Licensing Asia 2007(co-hosted by Nihon Keizai Simbun Inc. and LIMA)
- “New Legal Knowledge for Trade Marks and Brand License” at the 2nd License Business Practice lecture (hosted by LIMA, April, 2007)
- Special Program in Tokyo International Film Festival (UCLA EXTENTION Entertainment Department, October, 2004)
- “Secrets To Sell Japanese Films in The Worldwide Market” at Japan External Trade Organization (July, 2004)
- “All You Need To Know About How To Contract With Hollywood” at Japan Research Institute for New Systems of Society (November, 2003)