Nishimura & Asahi

Restructuring and Insolvency practice, Labour Law practice

Partner, Tokyo

Yuri is a partner in our Restructuring and Insolvency team and also the co-head of our Labour Law Practice team. With over 20 year’s experience, she has extensive expertise in complex cross-border restructuring and insolvency cases. She also has plenty of experience supporting foreign clients on Japanese labor issues.

Yuri is specialized in Restructuring and Insolvency and also Labor Law. Especially, she is well-known in the restructuring market given her outstanding expertise and experience in cross-border restructuring and insolvency cases. She has plenty of experience providing foreign clients with restructuring and business closure of their Japanese subsidiaries. She also supports foreign clients on a wide range of labor issues, including labor disputes, personnel restructuring and general labor law matters on a daily basis. She is actively engaged in diversity & inclusion promotion activities. Utilizing her expertise as a labor-law specialist, as well as her experience as a member of the D&I promotion council at Nishimura & Asahi and as a director of LLAN (lawyers for LGBT & Allies Network), she has supported clients’ D&I initiatives.

Japanese, English

2003 | Admitted in Japan

2012 | New York University School of Law (LL.M.) 2001 | Kyoto University (LL.B.)