- External Seminars
IADC 2026 Midyear Meeting
Pursuit of Inclusivity and Belonging in an Evolving DEI Landscape
- Date
- February 11, 2026
- Venue
- New Orleans The Ritz-Carlton
Tokyo partner Yuri Sugano participated as a speaker in the “Pursuit of Inclusivity and Belonging in an Evolving DEI Landscape” at the IADC 2026 Midyear Meeting. The event was held in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Feb. 11, 2026.


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.