About Chika Igarashi

Chika Igarashi is a partner at Nishimura & Asahi (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo) who is admitted in Japan and New York. She specialises in banking and financial regulation, with a particular focus on AML/CFT, economic sanctions, foreign-exchange control and global compliance. She advises financial institutions and corporations on complex regulatory frameworks, data protection, and governance issues, often involving multi-jurisdictional elements. Drawing on her extensive regulatory experience, she also serves as a committee member of the Council on Customs, Tariff, Foreign Exchange and Other Transactions at Japan’s Ministry of Finance, and she provides practical guidance on the implementation of financial regulations and compliance policies.