People
Yuko Oba
Biography
Yuko’s practice focuses on cross-border dispute matters, private equity and general corporate matters.
She also worked in the Litigation practice in the New York office. Prior to joining A&O Shearman, Yuko practiced as an attorney at the Tokyo office of a major U.S. law firm.
Selected experience
- A Japanese food and healthcare company and its subsidiary in antitrust class action lawsuit in the U.S.
- A Japanese individual in an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and other U.S. authorities regarding alleged fraud involving product inspection data.
- A U.S. corporation as a plaintiff in U.S. trade secret litigation.
- A Japanese corporation as a defendant in U.S. patent litigation.
- A leading U.S. financial institution in an investigation by a government authority in the U.S.
- A major Japanese manufacturer in a DOJ investigation regarding product inspection data.
- An executive of a Japanese automotive parts supplier subject to an antitrust investigation by the DOJ.
- Numerous Japanese corporations on compliance issues, including antitrust and anti-corruption matters.
- Various Japanese corporations in internal investigations concerning various compliance-related issues.
- A Japanese corporation in a global assessment of its anti-corruption compliance structure.
Education
- LL.M., University of California, Berkeley School of Law, 2013
- LL.B., Keio University, 1992
Admissions
- New York, United States 2014
- Japan, 2007 (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association)
Languages
- English
- Japanese