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Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyer of the Year: Women in Business Law Awards Asia-Pacific 2023
We are pleased to announce that Yuri Sugano was recognized as Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyer of the Year at the Women in Business Law Awards Asia-Pacific 2023, presented by Delinian Limited, London, UK and held at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore on Sept. 7, 2023.
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 and inclusion promotion activities. Utilizing her expertise as a labor-law specialist, as well as her experience as a member of the DE&I Promotion Committee at Nishimura & Asahi and as a director of LLAN (lawyers for LGBT & Allies Network), she has supported clients’ D&I initiatives.