TAKAYUKI ONO represents companies and executives in government enforcement actions, complex commercial litigation, and risk management counseling. Tak’s practice focuses on challenging cross-border and multi-jurisdictional issues, including complex, high-stakes matters that involve the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and other federal agencies and state attorneys general.
Tak has extensive experience working on matters that involve whistleblower allegations related to fraud and corruption, including conducting sensitive internal investigations and advising on crisis management. Tak also has broad litigation experience, which includes arguing dispositive and discovery motions, taking and defending depositions of fact and expert witnesses, and drafting major briefs in complex cases. He has represented clients in a variety of sectors, including those in the automotive, biotechnology, energy, financial, healthcare, medical devices, pharmaceutical, retail, and technology industries.
As one of the very few Japanese-English bilingual lawyers focused on high-stakes U.S. disputes, Tak draws on his deep understanding of Japanese business culture and language skills to assist Japanese companies and their U.S. affiliates as well as multinational companies and their Japanese affiliates.
Prior to joining Sidley, Tak was an antitrust associate at a major global law firm, assisting clients facing government investigations and litigation involving allegations of anticompetitive conduct. In a previous career, Tak served as a professional journalist after graduating from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, one of the premier journalism schools in the world. As a news reporter, he conducted live, on-air reports and interviews for an award-winning television news station in Wisconsin.
Tak is passionate about increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the legal profession and is actively involved in strategies and initiatives that promote those goals. He is the Chicago Associate Co-Leader of Sidley’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee. He is also the past Chair of Associate Board of the Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms.