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• O’Melveny & Myers appoints new head for Hong Kong practice

  May 18 2012 O’Melveny & Myers’ capital markets specialist David Johnson has been appointed as the head of the firm’s Hong Kong practice. Johnson will relocate from California... more

• Vinson & Elkins hires top energy & infrastructure talent from Herbert Smith in Tokyo

  Apr 27 2012 Vinson & Elkins has scored a high profile recruit in energy and projects specialist James Watson. Watson joins Vinson & Elkins as a partner at the firm’s Tokyo... more

• Freshfields boots Asia energy practice with hires from Allens and Milbank

  Apr 17 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has boosted its energy practice in Asia with the hire of two new partners: Gavin MacLaren from Allens Arthur Robinson and Mark... more

• Indian firm Kochhar & Co is the first Indian law firm to launch an office in Japan

  Apr 13 2012 Indian law firm Kochhar & Co has launched a one-lawyer office in Tokyo after a two-year process to secure regulatory approval from the Japanese authorities.... more

• Proposed reform would allow foreign firms more than one office in Japan

  Apr 09 2012 A reform bill drafted by the Justice Ministry of Japan would, if passed, allow foreign law firms to set up more than one office in the country. Some foreign law... more

• Khaitan, Anderson Mori, and Amarchand lead largest ever Indian mutual fund investment

  Apr 04 2012 Khaitan & Co and Japanese law firm Anderson Mori & Tomotsune have led a deal for the largest ever Indian mutual fund investment, with Asian private insurance leader... more

• Top Japanese firm set to launch in Singapore

  Nov 14 2011 Japanese firm Mori Hamada & Matsumoto is set to open a Singapore office in early 2012 pending regulatory approval. The firm - one of Japan's Big Four corporate law... more

• MoFo boosts Tokyo M&A practice with O’Melveny & Myers hire

  Nov 10 2011 Morrison & Foerster has boosted its mergers and acquisitions capacity in Tokyo with the hire of partner Dale Araki, who was formerly the managing partner of O’Melveny... more

• Irish firm Dillon Eustace launches in Hong Kong

  Sep 08 2011 Irish investment funds law firm Dillon Eustace has launched an office in Hong Kong. The office will be led by partner Paul Maloney and will serve the firm's Hong... more

• Mayer Brown reconfigures German practice around Düsseldorf

  Aug 19 2011 Mayer Brown has announced plans to close its Berlin and Cologne offices, shifting their operations to a new office in Düesseldorf, which is set to open at the start of... more

• Freshfields shifts partners and shuffles the management team

  Jun 16 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has reolocated a number of partners across its global network, prompting a number of promotions to the firm’s management team.... more

• AZB, Anderson Mori and JSA advise Kokuyo on $79.78 million stationary company acquisition

  Jun 01 2011 Japan's Kokuyo S&T Co. will acquire 50.3 percent stake in stationary products maker, Camlin for estimated Rs. 360 crore ($79.78 million). Japanese firm, Anderson... more

• K&L Gates raids Clifford Chance for ten lawyers in Tokyo

  May 17 2011 US firm K&L Gates has given big boost to its Tokyo office, raiding Clifford Chance for ten lawyers. The team of three partners, four counsels and three associates... more

• Khaitan, AZB and Morrison on Krosaki’s acquisition of 51 percent shares in Tata Refractories

  May 17 2011 Tata Steel has sold its 51 per cent stake in group company Tata Refractories to Nippon Steel's associate Krosaki Harima Corporation (KHC) for Rs. 576.3 crore ($ 128... more

• Japan Disaster revives debate on Nuclear liability and safeguards

  Apr 15 2011 Are Indian nuclear power plants at risk? In the light of recent nuclear tragedy in Japan, India needs to re-examine the ability of its nuclear power plants to... more

• Morrison & Foerster boosts Tokyo tax practice with White & Case hires

  Apr 05 2011 Morrison & Foerster has boosted its tax practice with the hire of top international tax lawyer Eric Roose of White & Case. Roose joins Morrison & Foerster’s Tokyo... more

• White & Case hires two partners from Paul Hastings in Tokyo

  Feb 15 2011 White & Case has bolstered its Tokyo office with the hire of two partners from Paul Hastings. Jun Usami, leaves a role as the cochair of Paul Hastings's Tokyo... more

• Davis hires seven in Tokyo

  Feb 02 2011 Canadian law firm Davis LLP has bolstered its Tokyo practice with the hire of seven Japanese lawyers, including leading corporate and structured-finance lawyer Hiroaki... more

• Allen & Overy and Linklaters lead sale of part of RBS's project finance portfolio

  Jan 13 2011 Allen & Overy and Linklaters have taken leading roles on the sale of a part of RBS’s £3bn project finance portfolio to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. A&O advised... more

• Norton Rose hires Ashurst partner to lead Asia-Pacific oil and gas team

  Jan 10 2011 Norton Rose has hired energy partner Ashley Wright of Ashurst in Singapore to lead its Asia-Pacific oil & gas team. The hire will give a boost to the firm’s ambitions... more

• Japanese firm Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu in recruitment spree

  Jan 03 2011 Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu has is going against the trend, recruiting ever larger numbers of new graduates. The firm now recruited 23 graduates from the Supreme... more

• Setting standards for legal education around he world

  Oct 21 2010 Legal educators from India, China, Japan and France spoke at Harvard Law School last, discussing the challenges they face in regulating the number of law students and... more

• Singapore Firm Rajah & Tann makes plans for expansion

  Sep 23 2010 Singapore firm Rajah & Tann has appointed Lee Eng Beng to the role of managing partner. Senior Counsel Lee will take up the position on 1 October, and plans to... more

• The globalised legal profession - what are the barriers?

  Jul 29 2010 Interesting article from The Economist about the globalized legal profession. The article looks at some of the remaining barriers to professional mobility inside... more

• Amarchand and AZB on JFE’s $1.1 bn investment in JSW Steel

  Jul 29 2010 JFE Holdings,the second largest Japanese steelmaker, has announced its India investment to buy a 14.9 percent stake in India’s third largest steel manufacturer JSW... more

• $4 billion pharma deal steers clear of hostility.

  May 18 2010 The merger of Japanese drugmaker Astellas Pharma Inc and OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc steered away from hostile takeover and has been concluded as a consensual acquisition.... more

• Japan eases restrictions for foreign law firms

  May 13 2010 Japan’s Ministry of Justice has announced plans to ease the restrictions upon foreign law firms operating within the country, allowing them to establish corporate... more

• Australian firm Blake Dawson bulks up Asian presence with new Tokyo office

  Apr 13 2010 Australian firm Blake Dawson has opened the doors of a new Tokyo office, making it the first Australian law firm to secure a licence to practice and have an office in... more

• Mori Hamada & Matsumoto makes seven new partners

  Mar 15 2010 Japanese firm Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has chosen seven associates from among its own ranks for promotion to the partnership. The firm has beefed up its M&A practice by... more

• Ashurst partner Alan Kitchin joins Clifford Chance in Tokyo

  Feb 22 2010 Clifford Chance has appointed former Ashurst partner Alan Kitchin as head of its Tokyo corporate and projects practice. Kitchin left Ashurst's London office this... more

• K&L Gates continues expansion with Tokyo, Moscow launches

  Jan 20 2010 K&L Gates has opened offices in Tokyo and Moscow one week after the firm’s chairman vowed to continue with its strategic growth. The US firm has hired a trio of... more

• Foley & Lardner sued for allegedly revealing trade secrets

  Aug 26 2009 Virginia-based patent holding SPH America has sued Foley & Lardner for allegedly revealing confidential information and for undermining the company's settlement... more

• Paul Weiss wins lead role on Sumitomo-Citi deal

  Jul 31 2009 Paul Weiss, and Japanese law firms Mori Hamada & Matsumoto and Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu are advising on one of the largest Japanese M&A deals in 2009, Sumitomo... more

• Greenberg Traurig strengthens Tokyo presence with Bingham hire

  Nov 11 2008 Greenberg Traurig has secured its Tokyo presence by restructuring its office as a registered foreign law firm and has boosted its numbers with the hire of Bingham... more

• Clifford Chance hires Linklaters partner Reiko Sakimura for Tokyo office

  Sep 26 2008 Clifford Chance has hired a Linklaters capital markets partner Reiko Sakimura for its Tokyo office. Sakimura became a Linklaters partner in 2005 after spending four... more

• Skadden private equity partner Kenju Watanabe joins Paul Hastings in Tokyo

  Sep 08 2008 Kenju Watanabe, formerly of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, has joined Paul Hastings as partner in the Tokyo office. Watanabe's practice focuses on... more

• Simmons' Tokyo office plundered by Lovells

  Jun 10 2008 Lovells has inherited Simmons & Simmons' Tokyo office as Simmons scales back its international ambitions. Simmons had been reviewing its Japanese operation for six... more

• Toga Joins Bingham’s Tokyo Office as Securities Partner

  Apr 25 2008 Takayasu Koga has joined Bingham’s Tokyo office as a securities partner. Koga was previously the assistant director in charge of inspections at Japan’s Securities... more

• Law firm Bingham McCutchen LLP completes Japanese transaction

  Oct 10 2007 Bingham McCutchen LLP, a US law firm with a large office in Boston, has completed a joint venture combination with a Japanese law firm known as New Tokyo International... more