Masahiro Ohba

Akasaka Office
Admitted in Japan

After working at a consulting firm, law firms, and in the Web3 industry, Masahiro Ohba joined So & Sato Law Offices in October 2025.
As an attorney at KPMG Consulting, he was engaged in global compliance, crisis management, and misconduct response. He later worked at law firms that focused on financial and startup law, as well as a wide range of matters for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including M&A and business restructuring.

He also served as Legal Manager at HashPort and as Deputy Head of a leading industry association, gaining extensive experience in the Web3 sector. In addition, he also handles general corporate legal affairs and provides outsourcing legal services to companies.

Practice Areas

General Corporate, Legal Service Outsourcing, M&A, Web3, Fintech

Language

Japanese, English

10/2025- So & Sato Law Offices -Akasaka
01/2023 HashPort Inc.
06/2019 -01/2024 Unite Law and Accounting Office - Yokohama
12/2017 -06/2019 KPMG Consulting Co., Ltd.
04/2016 -11/2016 JAMCO Corporation
03/2013 Waseda Law School(Juris Doctor)
03/2010 Waseda University (LL.B.)
01/2024 Daini Tokyo Bar Association
11/2023 Japan Cryptoasset Business Association(NFT WG Vice Chair)
08/2024 Guidelines for NFT Business 3rd edition" JCBA
05/2024 ”Practical Q&A: 142 Questions on the Practice of International Family Law Cases From the LNF Mailing List" NIHON KAJO Publishing
04/2024 "Key Regulatory Considerations for Issuing RWA Tokens" JCBA