Nan Sato

Practice Areas

International Employment

Career

Nan Sato is a partner in the Fisher Phillips Philadelphia office. She advises international companies on employment matters around the globe. She also has extensive experience in the labor and employment law aspect of sports.

Nan regularly represents U.S. companies operating abroad as well as foreign companies who are looking to expand into the U.S. market. Nan is a Registered Foreign Lawyer (Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi) in Japan and an attorney at Field-R Law Offices in Tokyo, Japan. As a U.S. attorney with both Chinese and Japanese legal knowledge, she is uniquely situated to examine issues from the view point of U.S. companies and provide them with the practical solutions for their operations in China and Japan.

Nan’s employment law expertise is not limited to Asia. She frequently advises employers on their international employment issues in Europe, the Middle East, Canada, and Latin America. She counsels clients globally on establishment of new international operations, acquisition of employees, termination processes, international labor relations, as well as cross-border employment disputes.

Professional Memberships

Lecturer, Master in International Sports Law, ISDE Law Business School

Member, American Bar Association Labor & Employment Section

Member, AIJA

Member, Sports Lawyers Association

Member, Women In Sports Law

Member, LawInSport

Member, Inter-Pacific Bar Association

Member, Philadelphia Bar Association

Member, American Sailing Association

Member, International Employers Forum

Personal

J.D., 2012, cum laude, University of Illinois College of Law

B.A., 2008, summa cum laude, Temple University