Profile

Kumi is a shareholder with Graham and Dunn in Seattle, Washington. She focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate planning and governance, and general business transactions.

Overview

Additional Practice Emphasis

Business Transactions  

BAR ADMISSIONS

Washington, 1996

Kumi is a member of the Graham and Dunn Board of Directors. 

Kumi focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate planning and governance, and general business transactions. Her experience includes both private and public company mergers, stock and asset sales and purchases, “going-private” transactions, and other corporate planning measures. She assists financial institutions with state and federal banking matters and has worked on numerous new bank formations, holding company reorganizations, business combinations, and regulatory compliance issues. She has also spoken on corporate governance and M&A topics at local and national conferences.

Born in Hong Kong and raised in Tokyo, Japan, Kumi has lived in Seattle since graduating from law school in Boston.

Honours Achieved

• Washington CEO Magazine, “Top Attorneys in Business Law,” , 01/2007-12/2007
• Washington Law & Politics, “Rising Star,”, 01/2003-12/2008
• Washington CEO Magazine, “League of Justice,” , 01/2006-12/2006

Colleges Attended

• J.D., Boston University School of Law, 1995
• B.A., cum laude, Wellesley College, 1992

Languages Spoken

• English
• French
• Japanese