Yuki Segawa is an associate in the Tokyo office of Latham & Watkins.

Yuki represents public and private companies, as well as private equity firms in cross-border transactions. Yuki also represents multi-national corporations in connection with internal investigations and compliance issues.  

Before joining Latham, he served as a law clerk in the US District Court for the District Court of Massachusetts and worked at another global law firm. Yuki received his JD from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was a member of the Georgetown Law Journal.

Yuki’s experience includes advising: 

  • The underwriters in Mitsubishi HC Finance America’s US$500 million senior notes offering*
  • The underwriters in Sumitomo Mitsui’s US$3.5 billion senior notes offering*
  • The underwriters in Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group’s US$1 billion perpetual subordinated notes offering*
  • The underwriters in Astroscale Holdings Inc.’s ¥21.2 billion initial public offering*
  • The lead manager in ¥8.4 billion equity offering of ispace, inc.*
  • The initial purchasers in $1.8 billion senior notes offering by Rakuten Group, Inc.*
  • The issuer in JFE Holdings’ ¥119.5 billion equity offering*
  • The underwriters in ¥264.9 billion equity offering by Rakuten Group, Inc.*
  • The issuer and selling shareholders in ¥185.2 billion equity offering by Socionext Inc.*
  • The underwriters in Nomura’s $1.5 billion senior notes offering*

*Matter handled under the supervision of Bengoshi or Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi

Matters handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 2021
  • BA in Mathematics, Carleton College, 2018