Yumiko Ohta

Partner

Tokyo

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Yumiko Ohta, partner in the Orrick's Tokyo office, is a member of the Employment Law Group. Yumiko focuses mainly on employment law advice as well as various corporate transactions including compliance, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, litigation and general corporate transactions.

Yumiko also has knowledge related to international trade such as customs rules and export controls.

Before joining Orrick, Yumiko was an associate at Tanabe & Partners and advised clients in corporate transactions and employment law as well as represented clients in civil and family cases. She has experience serving as a statutory auditor for Japanese corporations. Prior to practicing law, she worked at Mitsubishi Corporation for seven years. While there, she was involved in LNG projects and other global business.

Posts by: Yumiko Ohta

Preparing Coronavirus Workplace Safety Responses in APAC Countries

Laura Becking, Mimiao Hu, Yumiko Ohta, Chanani Sandler and Michael DisotellPosted on March 27, 2020

As the coronavirus, now officially named the “COVID-19 virus,” continues to spread across the world, employers are also looking to ensure a safe working environment for their employees. In addition to our previous perspectives for U.S. employers and EU employers, this updated overview provides employers in the rest of the Asia-Pacific (“APAC”) region with practical advice to develop their COVID-19 virus response strategy. Specifically, this overview covers the countries of: The People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. READ MORE →

The Coronavirus in the International Workplace – How do Multinational Employers React Appropriately?

Nicola Whiteley, Emmanuel Bénard, André Zimmermann, Mario Scofferi, Yumiko Ohta, Léo Theillac, Adélaïde Jomier, Marianna Karapetyan and Francesco BrandiPosted on March 18, 2020

This updated overview provides multinational employers practical advice to develop their coronavirus response strategy on an international level and to ensure a safe working environment for their employees under local employment and labor laws of UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan. Stay tuned for updates as new developments occur.
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The Coronavirus in the International Workplace – How do Multinational Employers React Appropriately?

Nicola Whiteley, Emmanuel Bénard, André Zimmermann, Mario Scofferi, Yumiko Ohta, Léo Theillac, Adélaïde Jomier, Marianna Karapetyan and Francesco BrandiPosted on March 10, 2020

The Coronavirus in the International Workplace – How do Multinational Employers React Appropriately?

Nicola Whiteley, Emmanuel Bénard, André Zimmermann, Mario Scofferi, Yumiko Ohta, Marianna Karapetyan, Léo Theillac, Adélaïde Jomier and Francesco BrandiPosted on March 9, 2020

The Coronavirus in the International Workplace – How Do Multinational Employers React Appropriately?

André Zimmermann, Louisa Kallhoff, Marianna Karapetyan, Mario Scofferi, Francesco Brandi, Yumiko Ohta, Emmanuel Bénard, Léo Theillac, Adélaïde Jomier and Nicola WhiteleyPosted on February 14, 2020

This overview provides multinational employers practical advice to develop their coronavirus response strategy on an international level and to ensure a safe working environment for their employees under local employment and labor laws of Germany, France, Italy, UK and Japan. READ MORE →

Japan Enacts Work Style Reform Law

Yumiko Ohta, Kane Huang and Yusuke KobayashiPosted on August 8, 2018

In Japan, reforms over the years of its labor laws, which have been largely premised on a system of lifetime employment and time based wages, have remained minor and labor related issues such as low productivity, depressed wages, karoshi (death by overwork) from long working hours and power harassment, employers that coerce its employees to perform, but do not pay them properly for, overtime work, and increased prevalence of using contingent employees (employees paid on an hourly basis, contract employees and dispatched workers) as adjustable and disposable work forces, became entrenched. READ MORE →

Orrick Establishes Automated GDPR Readiness Assessment Tool

Emmanuel Bénard, Mike Delikat, Yumiko Ohta, Nicola Whiteley and André ZimmermannPosted on September 7, 2017

On September 6, 2017, Orrick announced the launch of its innovative online automated GDPR Readiness Assessment Tool. The tool helps organizations assess their state of readiness with the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that comes into effect on 25 May 2018. The tool segments the GDPR into 14 workable themes and takes users through a series of questions relating to each theme. READ MORE →

Orrick World: A Quarterly Report of Global Employment Law Issues for Multinationals

Yumiko Ohta, Andrea Piermartini Rosi, Gary Siniscalco, Michael Weil and Nicola WhiteleyPosted on December 1, 2015

Asia Employment Law Update

Proposed Regulations May Complicate Reductions in Force in China

On December 31st, 2014, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (“MOHRSS”) issued a notice to solicit public opinions on the draft Regulations on Personnel Cutbacks by Enterprises (“Draft Regulations”). The Draft Regulations set out detailed implementing rules for “mass layoffs” (defined under the Labor Contract Law as being a layoff of more than 10% of the workforce or more than 20 employees) and, if adopted in their current form, will further complicate the process for conducting reductions in force in China.

Employment Law and Litigation

Employment Law and Litigation

Yumiko Ohta

Posts by: Yumiko Ohta

Preparing Coronavirus Workplace Safety Responses in APAC Countries

The Coronavirus in the International Workplace – How do Multinational Employers React Appropriately?

The Coronavirus in the International Workplace – How do Multinational Employers React Appropriately?

The Coronavirus in the International Workplace – How do Multinational Employers React Appropriately?

The Coronavirus in the International Workplace – How Do Multinational Employers React Appropriately?

Japan Enacts Work Style Reform Law