Yuko Kaneko (Kubota)

Yuko is Corporate Counsel of Renesas Electronic Corporation. After graduating from the University of Tokyo (Japan) with an LL.B., Yuko obtained her qualification as an attorney-at-law in Japan in 2000, and commenced working as a private practice lawyer in Nishimura & Partners (currently Nishimura & Asahi). In 2010, Yuko took up a new in-house counsel role as Manager, Legal Affairs Office at Nippon Otis Elevator Company and thereafter she has served as General Manager, Legal & Compliance Department at Alconix Corporation. In 2018 she obtained her LL.M. at Florida Coastal School of Law and in 2019 she was certified as a Certified Fraud Examiner. Yuko is a registered lawyer of the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association, and a member of the Bulletin Committee thereat. She also served as a permanent member of the said Bar Association in 2020. She lives in Tokyo, Japan, and is a mother of three daughters. She joins Women in Law Japan activities to enhance diversity and inclusion.