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Launching your own firm in Japan treating clients as your team mates with Akiko Araki
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Akiko Araki shows us that in addition to big law there is another way to do law in Japan. Your way.
Akiko is the founder and Managing Partner of Araki International IP & Law. We follow her career from her first inspiration to be a lawyer to cleverly setting up her own practice when she transitioned into studying IP law.
If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we’d love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Head over to Apple Podcasts to leave a review and we’d love it if you would leave us a message here!
In this episode you’ll hear:
- Akiko’s inspiration for becoming a lawyer when she was young
- How she learned to be an associate who practices effective rather than perfect work
- Finding her niche in the area of IP law and deciding to register her own law firm name early on
- What it’s really like to run your own law firm
- Her favourite book and other fun facts
About Akiko
Akiko Araki is the founder and Managing Partner of Araki International IP & Law. After a ten-year career with major law firms including US-based global firms, she founded Araki International to create an accessible platform for international clients who need legal supports to develop their business. As an attorney admitted both in California and Japan, she supports clients especially in cross-border matters, advising on Intellectual Property (IP), technology transactions, IT, data privacy, consumer law, labor law, general corporate and dispute resolutions. With its culture of promoting collaborations, Araki International welcomes various opportunities to work with clients and colleagues in a professional and friendly way.
Connect with Akiko
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akiko-araki-397740122/
Website: https://arakiplaw.com/en/
Links
Poseidon: https://www.poseidonrestaurant.com/
Ally Mcbeal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ally_McBeal
Connect with Catherine
Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/oconnellcatherine/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawyeronair
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/catherine.oconnell.148
Twitter: https://twitter.com/oconnelllawyer
82 episodes
Manage episode 348175651 series 3273746
Akiko Araki shows us that in addition to big law there is another way to do law in Japan. Your way.
Akiko is the founder and Managing Partner of Araki International IP & Law. We follow her career from her first inspiration to be a lawyer to cleverly setting up her own practice when she transitioned into studying IP law.
If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we’d love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Head over to Apple Podcasts to leave a review and we’d love it if you would leave us a message here!
In this episode you’ll hear:
- Akiko’s inspiration for becoming a lawyer when she was young
- How she learned to be an associate who practices effective rather than perfect work
- Finding her niche in the area of IP law and deciding to register her own law firm name early on
- What it’s really like to run your own law firm
- Her favourite book and other fun facts
About Akiko
Akiko Araki is the founder and Managing Partner of Araki International IP & Law. After a ten-year career with major law firms including US-based global firms, she founded Araki International to create an accessible platform for international clients who need legal supports to develop their business. As an attorney admitted both in California and Japan, she supports clients especially in cross-border matters, advising on Intellectual Property (IP), technology transactions, IT, data privacy, consumer law, labor law, general corporate and dispute resolutions. With its culture of promoting collaborations, Araki International welcomes various opportunities to work with clients and colleagues in a professional and friendly way.
Connect with Akiko
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akiko-araki-397740122/
Website: https://arakiplaw.com/en/
Links
Poseidon: https://www.poseidonrestaurant.com/
Ally Mcbeal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ally_McBeal
Connect with Catherine
Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/oconnellcatherine/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawyeronair
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/catherine.oconnell.148
Twitter: https://twitter.com/oconnelllawyer
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