Yuka Nakanishi | Atsumi & Sakai

Overview

Publications & Seminars

Awards

Admitted

Japan (2014)

Bar Association

Daini Tokyo Bar Association

Education

Keio University (LL.B, 2010)

The University of Tokyo, School of Law (J.D., 2012)

The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan

Background

White & Case LLP, Tokyo (January 2015- December 2019)
Atsumi & Sakai Europe Limited (London) (August 2020-August 2023)

Member

Vice-President of the Banking, Finance and Capital Markets Commission (September 2023-August 2025), Japan National Representative (August 2025-), AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers)

Publications

Startup Legal Playbook, Japan Chapter, International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw) (2025) [Co-author]
Startup Legal Playbook, Japan Chapter, International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw) (2024) [Co-author]
"Survey Report on Foreign Systems that May Affect the Proper Handling of Specified User Information," Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (2024) [Co-author]
"UK Seeks to Preserve its Position as the European Financial Center with the "Edinburgh Reforms"," Weekly Financial Affairs, March 7, 2023 issue (2023) [Co-author]
“Study Report on Overseas Stablecoin Use Cases and Analysis of Related Regulations,” Financial Services Agency (2022) [Co-author]

Web Articles

"Lending to a Company Incorporated in Japan: Signing and Closing a Corporate Loan Transaction," Practical Law, Thomson Reuters (2025) [Co-Author]
"Coronavirus: Government measures in key jurisdictions," Japan Chapter (February 2021) [Co-author]

Newsletters

"Battery Storage Subsidies in Japan" (February 2023) [Co-author]