Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Dale M. Araki as a corporate/M&A partner in its Tokyo office. Araki joins the firm from Morrison & Foerster. More >>

Shearman & Sterling is pleased to announce that Karl Pires joins the firm as an M&A partner based in its Tokyo office. More >>

Squire Patton Boggs has announced the appointment of corporate partner Mörk Murdock. Mr. Murdock is a leading US lawyer who joins the firm after 14 years at Davis Polk, where he previously led the Japan M&A practice in Tokyo. More >>

Morgan Lewis today continues its expansion in Asia by welcoming corporate partners Motonori “Moto” Araki and Mitsuyoshi “Mitsu” Saito, resident in Tokyo. Moto has also been appointed Managing Partner of the Tokyo office. More >>

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is pleased to announce the addition of two new partners, Patric McGonigal and Ryunosuke Ushijima to King & Wood Mallesons Law Office (Foreign Law Joint Enterprise). It is a further step taken to strengthen the capacity of our Japan practice group, following the joining of three Japanese partners and two Japanese counsel in 2016, and the internal promotions of new partners in 2018. Currently, our locally qualified Tokyo team combines the expertise of nearly 20 lawyers including eight partners and two counsel, offering a wide range of services covering corporate, M&A, banking and finance, cross-border investment, restructuring and insolvency, real estate, labor and employment, Chinese law matters, litigation and international dispute resolution (including cross-border arbitration and mediation). More >>

Mayer Brown is pleased to announce that a three-lawyer team has joined the firm’s new office in Tokyo, including Shri Maski and Gordon Palmquist, who join as partners in the firm’s Banking & Finance and Corporate & Securities practices, respectively, and Tomo Adachi, who joins as a senior associate in the firm’s Banking & Finance practice. Mr. Maski and Mr. Adachi were previously at Ashurst, while Mr. Palmquist rejoins the firm from Shearman and Sterling. More >>

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Dooyong Kang as a corporate partner in its Tokyo office. Kang joins K&L Gates from Jones Day. More >>

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has announced that Peter Coney joins its Tokyo office as Head of Litigation & Dispute Resolution for Tokyo. Peter is a well-recognised Dispute Resolution expert in international arbitration and litigation, contentious regulatory and employment, and has been active in the Tokyo legal market for more than 10 years. He has assisted both private and public clients from a wide array of sectors including manufacturing, construction and infrastructure, energy, financial services, telecommunications and government. More >>

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm and the largest international firm in Japan, is pleased to announce that Jesse Gillespie has joined the firm’s Tokyo office as a partner in its Corporate practice. Mr. Gillespie comes to Morrison & Foerster from Sullivan & Cromwell. He brings to the firm strong expertise in cross-border capital markets transactions. More >>

Mayer Brown is pleased to announce that the firm intends to open a new office in Tokyo, Japan in the first half of 2018. The office, which will be spearheaded by a team led by new partner Rupert Burrows, will draw on Mayer Brown’s global platform to serve the firm’s growing client base in Japan.  Mr. Burrows, who comes to the firm from Ashurst, where he served as the head of that firm’s Tokyo office, is highly regarded in Japan for his broad experience in projects and energy work around the world, including related corporate M&A transactions and finance. More >>