Yoko SAKURAI joined Aoyama & Partners at 2003. She has been handled many patent applications in the areas of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology and also has experience in patent litigation.
She studied pharmacology in the Faculty and the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Kyoto University. She was involved in the research of neurodegenerative diseases and immunological diseases in the university and a pharmaceutical company, and acquired knowledge and technique of molecular biotechnology.