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Osamu Watanabe
Biography
Osamu Watanabe is General Counsel at Moelis & Company, where he leads the Firm’s legal and compliance department.
Prior to Moelis & Company, Osamu was General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Sagent Advisors. Prior to that, he held senior positions at UBS, Credit Suisse First Boston, and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Osamu started his career in private practice at Sullivan & Cromwell, where he worked in New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Melbourne. He also clerked for the Honorable Morey L. Sear of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Osamu holds a B.A. in History from Antioch College and a J.D. from Yale Law School.