Laurie Lebrun, a Partner of Major, Lindsey & Africa, established her company’s Tokyo office in 2007. Based in Tokyo since 2005, Laurie is actively engaged in private practice and in-house placements in both Japan and Korea.

Legal Background

A New York qualified lawyer, Laurie practiced for more than five years in the New York and Tokyo offices of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton as a securities and mergers and acquisitions lawyer. During this time, Laurie was involved in transactions in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines and throughout the United States.

Laurie received her B.A. in international politics from Columbia University, her M.S.F.S. in international business diplomacy from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and her

J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center. Following law school, she was a judicial clerk for one year for Chancellor William T. Allen of the Delaware Court of Chancery.