Panoramic: Automotive and Mobility 2025
Maria Yaka
Associate
Languages
English, Japanese
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Overview
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Experience
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Maria Yaka is an associate in the Intellectual Property (IP) practice in the firm’s Tokyo office. She is a Japanese qualified lawyer (bengoshi) with particularly strong experience advising clients on cross-border matters.
Maria obtained her LL.B from Gakushuin University and her J.D. from Keio University Law School. Maria is fluent in both Japanese and English, having spent time in England before returning to Japan. Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, she worked at a highly respected domestic law firm in Japan.
Representative experience
Advising clients on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters under Japanese law, including those related to contracts and terms of use, and various other IP, labor, and M&A related matters.*
Advising multiple international and Japanese companies on various litigation matters in Japan, including matters related to product liability, labor laws, and building surrender.*
Advising global and Japanese companies with respect to data privacy issues.*
Advising global and Japanese companies with respect to a wide range of regulations in Japan, including those related to antitrust law, consumer law, and pharmaceuticals and medical devices.*
Advising the overseas subsidiary of a Japanese company with respect to a fraud-related investigation.*
Advising the Japanese subsidiary of a global company with respect to employment-related matters.*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., Keio University Law School, 2019
- Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
Bar admissions and qualifications
- Japan - Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association