Press Release 03.20.25
Nika Yeo is an associate in the firm’s Finance practice and is based in New York.
Nika represents aircraft leasing companies, banks and alternative investment companies in aircraft sales, leasing and financing transactions. She began her career at Pillsbury in the Litigation practice, representing clients in arbitration and enforcement proceedings, DOJ investigations, and commercial and intellectual property disputes.
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Nika also maintains an active pro bono practice at the firm. She has represented clients in asylum proceedings, advised small business owners on negotiating agreements with customers and researched reproductive rights issues for nonprofit organizations. Nika is fluent in French and Russian and proficient in Spanish and German. She speaks basic Korean, Japanese, Italian and Latin.
Professional Highlights
- Nagashima, Ohno & Tsunematsu Fellowship in Japanese Law
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- Served as a research assistant for professors Jeong-Ho Roh, Nobuhisa Ishizuka and Daniel Serviansky at Columbia Law School
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- American Review of International Arbitration, Student Editor
Education
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J.D., Columbia Law School, 2022
B.A., East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University, 2019
Admissions
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New York
Languages
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Spanish
French
Italian
Japanese
German
Korean
Russian
Latin