Susan Onuma is a partner in the firm's New York office and co-chair of the Asia practice group. She focuses her practice on corporate, business/commercial and employment/immigration law.
Ms. Onuma has experience in commercial transactions, real estate, joint ventures, licensing and acquisitions involving foreign corporations and often serves as the U.S. general counsel for their subsidiary companies, assisting them in all facets of their U.S. business operations and helping them establish best practices in the areas of corporate compliance, employment, export controls and antitrust among other areas.
She regularly advises multinational clients on legal issues associated with the manufacturing and distribution of products in the U.S. and internationally. In addition to advising on commercial transactions, including technical licensing agreements, import/export agreements, distributorship and sales representative agreements, she provides key litigation support to foreign clients with respect to the litigation process in the U.S.
In addition to providing legal advice in the area of employment and labor law, Ms. Onuma also oversees the Immigration practice group which handles business immigration and visa matters, including E, L and H nonimmigrant visas and employment-based immigrant visas. She also represents individual clients in the area of estate planning and administration of estates.
Representative Experience
Represents numerous Japanese corporate and individual clients in various industries, including chemicals, consumer goods, electronics, food, manufacturing, medical products, hospitality, real estate, retail, pharmaceutical and international trade.Memberships & Associations
Asian Women in BusinessAsian American Bar Association of New York
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Professional Activities
U.S.-Japan Council, Board of DirectorsCommunity Activities
Japan Society, Corporate SecretaryJapanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, Board of Trustees
Japanese American Association of New York, past-president, Board of Trustees
