Scott Sugino is a corporate partner based in O’Melveny’s Los Angeles and Tokyo offices who specializes in technology-focused mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, strategic alliances, and IP transactions. He represents leading technology companies and technology-focused investors in their global business activities.
As part of O’Melveny’s Fintech Group, Scott advises project teams and investors building crypto companies, exchanges, and protocols. In Southern California’s burgeoning space technology sector, Scott works with companies and investors who are creating the next generation of commercial space technologies and businesses.
Scott has been recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal as one of the “Most Influential Minority Attorneys.” Internationally, he is recognized in leading legal publications/rankings including:
- Corporate and M&A in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
- Intellectual Property in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
- M&A in The International Financial Law Review 1000
Languages
Honors & Awards
- Corporate and M&A in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
- Intellectual Property in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
- M&A in The International Financial Law Review 1000
- "Up-and-coming practitioner" for Corporate and M&A in Asialaw Profiles
Admissions
Bar Admissions
- California
- Registered Foreign Lawyer in Japan
Education
- University of Chicago, J.D.: with honors; Member, University of Chicago Law Review
- Hitotsubashi University, M.A.
- Harvard University, A.B: cum laude
Professional Activities
Publications
- "Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs): Overview," Thomson Reuters Practical Law (November 29, 2022)
- "Talkin' Tokens," Orange County Business Journal (October 17, 2022)
Speaker
- "Decentralized Automated Organizations (DAOs): Practical Applications and Legal Framework," Practising Law Institute (November 16, 2022)
