Mako Sasaki leads Nissan’s Intellectual Property Department as division general manager and also serves in Nissan’s Legal Department. She is an attorney admitted to practice in New York with more than 20 years of experience, including roles in the capital markets practices of Shearman & Sterling in Tokyo and Sidley Austin in New York, as well as senior in-house legal roles in Japan, the United States and Korea across the automotive, pharmaceutical and media industries. Her perspective draws on global, cross-industry experience spanning cross-border financial transactions and strategic intellectual property transactions. Ms. Sasaki holds a Juris Doctor from American University Washington College of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia.