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Nishimura & Asahi Receives Top Rankings in Chambers Global 2024
Yusuke specializes in the field of business and human rights advising companies across a range of sectors on their response to various human rights issues such as due diligence of human rights and compliance with related laws, regulations and international standards. As a representative of the Yangon office in Myanmar, he also has extensive experience advising international investors and companies doing business in Myanmar.
With a strong background in commercial transactions and corporate governance and compliance, Yusuke focuses on business and human rights, advising companies on various related issues, including the formulation of human rights norms, human rights due diligence, stakeholder engagement, the formulation of human rights clauses in contracts, compliance with modern slavery laws, and consulting on transactions with countries with human rights issues. He is a core member of the Business and Human Rights Projects Team of the Committee on International Human Rights within the Japan Federation of Bar Associations and spreads awareness of the field through lectures at universities and law schools, and by contributing to various publications and seminars. He currently serves as the representative of the firm’s Yangon office providing wide-ranging legal advice to international investors and companies investing and doing business in Myanmar. In addition, Yusuke is involved in a broad range of lawmaking activities in Myanmar to bring their laws into alignment with international standards and norms, and was the first foreign member of the Myanmar Association of Insolvency Practitioners.
Representative Work
Awards & Rankings
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Nishimura & Asahi receives top rankings in Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024
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The Nikkei "Most Successful Lawyers in 2023"
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Chambers Global 2023: Top rankings for Nishimura & Asahi
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Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023: Top rankings for Nishimura & Asahi
Seminars
Publications
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Sustainability Thinking and Practice Part 3
Transcripts of lectures
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Sustainability Thinking and Practice Part 2
Transcripts of lectures
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Sustainability Thinking and Practice Part 1
Transcripts of lectures
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Explanation of Global Standards and Laws and Regulations of Sending Countries for the Smooth Recruitment of Migrant Workers
Books
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Business and Human Rights from a Corporate Lawyer’s Perspective
Articles
News
- Appointment
- Yusuke Yukawa Appointed as an Officer of the Business Human Rights Committee, International Bar Association (IBA)
- Media
- Comment in an article on the international arbitration of a Japanese company's operations in Myanmar
- Media
- Comments on the current business environment in Myanmar
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- Myanmar protesters test values of their Japanese employers
- Media
- Companies facing a dilemma amid risks of boycotts and requests for suspension of tax payments by employees
Education
- 2007
- Stanford Law School (LL.M.)
- 1998
- Keio University (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
- Officer of the Business Human Rights Committee, International Bar Association (IBA)
- Representative of Yangon Office
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York
- Fenwick & West, Silicon Valley
- TMI Associates