Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has further strengthened its intellectual property practice with the addition of partner Mitsuhiro Imamura and his team of paralegals in the firm’s Tokyo office. Imamura and his team join K&L Gates from DLA Piper, and are a key addition to the firm’s global intellectual property practice, giving K&L Gates, for the first time, the ability to file Japanese patent and trademark applications, among other capabilities.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has continued the expansion of its Asia real estate practice with the addition of Mori Inada as a shareholder in its Tokyo office. Inada joins the firm from Morrison & Foerster, where he was a partner.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Debt Finance Practice with the addition of Clara Shirota as a partner in Tokyo. Shirota joins from Clifford Chance, where she was counsel.
Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Jeremy White has joined its Tokyo office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Mr. White brings to the firm more than 20 years of experience in cross-border M&A, carve-outs, and joint ventures. His arrival further cements Morrison & Foerster’s position as the top international law firm in Japan. Jeremy White comes to Morrison & Foerster from Baker & McKenzie LLP in Tokyo.
King & Spalding has added prominent energy lawyers Anthony Patten and Lachlan Clancy as partners in its Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) Practice Group in Singapore. Clancy, who will join the office later in the month, is scheduled to relocate to the firm’s Tokyo branch in due course. Patten and Clancy were most recently at Shearman & Sterling, where Patten was a partner and Co-Head of the firm’s Oil and Gas Group.
In keeping with its stated goal to strategically expand its award-winning Intellectual Property & Technology Practice, leading global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Robert J. Hollingshead as a Shareholder and Chair of its Japan IP Practice. Hollingshead’s joining underscores Greenberg Traurig’s commitment to the growth of its Tokyo office. Hollingshead will help grow the firm’s IP presence in Japan and assist clients from the firm’s Tokyo office as well as spending time in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Hollingshead joins from the Tokyo office of Morrison & Foerster, LLP, where he was a partner and leader of its Japan patent practice since 2008.
Clifford Chance adds Michihiro Nishi in Tokyo bolstering M&A team Leading international law firm Clifford Chance announced today that Michihiro Nishi will join its Corporate practice as a partner in Tokyo. Michihiro has extensive corporate experience advising private equity funds and public companies on investments, corporate governance, disclosure and stock exchange matters. Michihiro joins from Skadden Arps and prior to that he was at Mori, Hamada & Matsumoto.
Tags: Clifford Chance LLP | TokyoMorrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Nozomi Oda has joined its Tokyo office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Ms. Oda, admitted in Japan (bengoshi) and New York, brings to the firm extensive experience in a wide variety of transactions. Her arrival further strengthens Morrison & Foerster’s position as the top international law firm in Japan. Ms. Oda arrives to the firm from Latham & Watkins LLP. More >>
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