Working in-house and at a law firm concurrently in Japan with Yuka Yamada

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Yuka Yamada has taken on an exciting adjacent working path in addition to being General Counsel, Head of Legal and Compliance at Mercedez-Benz Finance Japan, she is also Counsel at GI&T Law Firm. This is really an unusual opportunity and yet another way to do law differently. We are thrilled to bring you this episode to hear more about how Yuka is able to do this and what has been her career path to date to enable such a fantastic way of working.

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In this episode you’ll hear:

• The unfortunate incident that brought Yuka her interest in the law

• The career path she chose looking for challenges and new knowledge

• Taking time out of her career for parenting at a precious time

• Growing her career goals with her experience and confidence

• Her favourite saying and other fun facts

About Yuka

Yuka is a General Counsel, Head of Legal and Compliance of Mercedes-Benz Finance Japan, which is a group of the German automobile company. Also, from January 2024, Yuka started working at GI&T law firm as an attorney while maintaining her Mercedes position.

Prior to joining Mercedes, Yuka worked at Baker Mckenzie, a US based global law firm and Mitsui & Co., Ltd (Mitsui- Bussan), a major Japanese trading company as well as another German automobile company.

Yuka has significant experience in labor law, anti-trust law, personal data protection law and integrity topics which gives her diverse skills as both as an external attorney and in-house counsel.

Connect with Yuka

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuka-yamada-a28776221/

Links

Restaurant Okada: https://restaurantokada.com/

Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson https://amzn.asia/d/iW71lcx

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