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• 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

• Squire Sanders set to launch in Singapore

  Apr 12 2012 Squire Sanders has announced the imminent launch of a new office in Singapore, after receiving an operating license from the Attorney-General's Chambers. The... 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

• Clifford Chance appoints Andrew Whan to lead corporate/M&A in Tokyo

  Aug 30 2011 Clifford Chance has relocated Hong Kong partner Andrew Whan to its Tokyo office to replace outgoing local head of corporate/M&A Alan Kitchin. Kitchen has left the... 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

• US firms flock to Hong Kong

  May 16 2011 US firms are flocking to Hong Kong with 46 of the top 100 US firms (by revenue) having a presence in the city. In the past year firms such as Locke Lord Bissell &... more

• DLA Piper merges with DLA Phillips Fox to enter Australian market

  May 04 2011 International law firm DLA Piper has entered the Australian market after merging with local firm DLA Phillips Fox. The integration of the two firms bolsters DLA... more

• Herbert Smith promotes 13 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 28 2011 Herbert Smith has promoted 13 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round – down from 18 last year. The firm has made up six lawyers in London, two... 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

• Top UK firm Clifford Chance merges with two Australian firms

  Feb 17 2011 Clifford Chance, the UK’s highest-grossing law firm last year, has announced a merger with two Australian firms. Clifford Chance will join with Sydney firm Chang,... 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

• Morrison & Foerster elevates 14 to partnership

  Jan 06 2011 Morrison & Foerster has promoted 14 associates to the partnership in its annual promotions round. The details of the promotions are as follows: Hong Kong... more

• White & Case promotes 35 lawyers to global partnership

  Oct 14 2010 US firm White & Case has promoted 35 lawyers to its partnership. “Our new partners are all outstanding lawyers, with diverse experience and expertise,” said White... more

• Squires and Hammonds move toward transatalantic merger

  Sep 27 2010 Merger talks between US firm Squire, Sanders & Dempsey and UK firm Hammonds have progressed, and partners in both firms will probably have the chance to vote on the... 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

• King & Wood appoints new international managing partner

  May 07 2010 Beijing’s King & Wood has scooped up top talent Rupert Li, formerly a capital markets partner at Clifford Chance, and has appointed him as the firm’s international... more

• A&O promotes 25 associates to counsel

  Apr 28 2010 Allen & Overy has announced the promotion of 25 lawyers to counsel positions in their annual promotions round. This is a significant increase on last year’s numbers,... more

• Linklaters promotes 14 to partnership

  Apr 26 2010 Linklaters has announced the promotion of 14 lawyers to the partnership. This year’s promotions round is a little lighter than the 2009 round, when 18 lawyers were... more

• Herbert Smith promotes 18 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 23 2010 Herbert Smith has promoted 18 lawyers to the partnership, bringing their worldwide partner numbers to 272. Senior partner David Gold said: “I congratulate our new... 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

• 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

• Clifford Chance advises Citi and UBS on Indonesian high-yield transaction

  Aug 26 2009 Clifford Chance has advised Citi and UBS on an exchange offer, consent fee offer and new money issuance by Matahari International B.V., a special purpose finance... 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

• Indian law firm Kochhar & Co expands with offices in Tokyo and Singapore

  Sep 22 2008 About a decade after Rohit Kochhar decided to set up a corporate law firm Delhi with two other lawyers, Kochhar and Co is the only Indian law firm that has six offices... 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

• Skadden Arps' funds specialist joins Clifford Chance in Tokyo

  Mar 25 2008 Clifford Chance has cherry-picked Tokyo-based funds lawyer John Fadely from his role as head of Skadden Arps' Asian private funds practice and brought him in as a... more

• Baker & McKenzie Establishes Tokyo Antitrust Group

  Jan 27 2008 Baker & McKenzie has formed an antitrust practice group in Tokyo made up of attorneys in its office there, building on the firm's worldwide antitrust services. The... more