Lawyers

Rika Sato

Admitted to bar:  Japan (1992) and New York (1998).


Practice Areas:

International and Domestic Disputes, General Corporate, Cross-Border transactional matters, Labor and Employment, Turnaround and Insolvency.


Biography:

Rika has extensive experience in international and domestic disputes, labor and employment, and turnaround and insolvency matters. Rika continuously advises on companies general corporate and cross-border transactional matters.


Education:

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (LL.M.1997), The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (1992), Waseda University (LL.B. 1986)


Membership:

The Tokyo Bar Association, the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, the Japan Association of the Law of Civil Procedure, the Japanese Association of Turnaround Professionals, Japanese Federation of Insolvency Professionals, INSOL International, Management Lawyers Council, the International Bar Association

Language:

English and Japanese


Yusuke Ohira

Admitted to bar:  Japan (2008) and New York (2018)


Practice Areas:

International and Domestic Disputes, General Corporate, Cross-Border transactional matters, Labor and Employment, Turnaround and Insolvency.


Biography:

Yusuke has substantial experience in international and domestic disputes, labor and employment, and turnaround and insolvency matters. Yusuke continuously advises on companies general corporate and cross-border transactional matters.


Education:

University of California, Los Angeles (LL.M. 2015), The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (2008), The University of Tokyo School of Law (J.D. 2007), The University of Tokyo (LL.B. 2005)


Membership:

Daini Tokyo Bar Association, the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, New York State Bar Association

Language:

English and Japanese