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Since joining the firm, Karen Osafune has been handling a wide range of cases across a variety of areas, including corporate law, labor and employment law, finance, IT and personal information protection, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation and negotiations. In recent years, matters related to finance, IT and personal informationprotection have been steadily increasing. Given this trend, Ms. Osafune deals withvarious legal matters concerning the field of finance where she provides advice related to financial laws and regulations pursuant to the Banking Act and the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, in addition to the field of IT and personal informationprotection where she holds legal consultations concerning the establishment of privacy policies and cross-border data transfers, inter alia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking advantage of her tenacious and flexible nature coupled with her in depth knowledge and experience gained through handling various legal matters, Ms. Osafunealways strives to offer the best possible practical solutions for her clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Osafune\u2019s passion to become a lawyer was born out of her desire to help people in need and to solve new challenges of a legal nature. Ms. Osafune understands the importance of communication and does her utmost to meet the expectations of her clients so as to build relationships of trust where they can feel comfortable consulting with her on any matter. She is a highly dependable professional committed to continuous improvement as an attorney specializing in a wide range of complex legal matters whilst fostering a familiar presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education \uff06 Professional Career<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Apr 2022<\/td>Graduated from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan; Admitted to practice in Japan; Joined Kitahama Partners<\/td><\/tr>
Mar 2020<\/td>Kyoto University Law School (J.D.)<\/td><\/tr>
Mar 2018<\/td>Kyoto University (LL.B.)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":86,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3133","professional","type-professional","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKaren Osafune -associate - Kitahama Partners<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Since joining the firm, Karen Osafune has been handling a wide range of cases across a variety of areas, including\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/professionals\/karen-osafune\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Karen Osafune -associate - 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