Aiko was admitted to practice law in Japan in 2000 and in the state of New York, U.S.A. in 2007 and joined the firm in 2020.
Prior to joining the firm, she served as a counsel at a multinational law firm for 20 years, where she gained experience in structuring, negotiating, and implementing various business and finance transactions. She focused her work on mergers and acquisitions, including both domestic and cross-border deals, compliance and corporate governance, and general corporate counseling. She also focused her work on policy and regulatory in the life sciences and healthcare industry and the telecommunications industry, including regulatory and compliance advice on digital health, AI, blockchain, cybersecurity and privacy, IoT and cloud services, internet, e-commerce and social media, telecom services, and software and app development.
From April 2010 to June 2011, she was seconded to a U.S. medical device company as a full-time general counsel. From February 2012 to March 2015, she was seconded to a telecommunications company as a part-time legal counsel.
