Ito & Mitomi law firm news

Japan’s Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu and Germany’s Hengeler Mueller have recently advised on the US$366m acquisition of Japanese tech giant Sanyo’s semiconductor business. Morrison & Foerster advised the acquiring company, US-based ON Semiconductor.

Morrison & Foerster has nabbed Linklaters' Tokyo office founder Tony Grundy to expand its global capital markets practice.

Japan-based intellectual property attorney (bengoshi) and former O'Melveny & Myers partner Yukihiro Terazawa (pictured) has joined Morrison & Foerster.

The dissolution of Asahi Law Offices has continued to pay benefits for international firms in Japan, with Morrison & Foerster significantly boosting its China-focused legal service offering out of Tokyo by recruiting former Asahi partner Shingo Hisata as well as a team of six China-registered attorneys from Asahi that are based in Shanghai.

Morrison & Foerster has continued its expansion in Tokyo with the recruitment of Anderson Mori corporate finance partner Ryugo Yoshimura.

Morrison & Foerster has nabbed a senior structured finance lawyer from Nomura Securities in Tokyo, helping the US firm develop its asset backed financing practice.