Mitsui Yasuda law firm news

Linklaters and Clifford Chance are the first international firms in Tokyo to take advantage of new regulations, which took effect on 1 April, permitting enhanced cooperation between Western and Japanese qualified lawyers.

Linklaters and Clifford Chance are the first international firms in Tokyo to take advantage of new regulations, which took effect on 1 April, permitting enhanced cooperation between Western and Japanese qualified lawyers.

White & Case is the latest firm to profit from the demise of Japanese firm Mitsui Yasuda Maeda & Wani, following the departure of name partners Mitsuhiro Yasuda and Akihiro Wani, together with a team of more than 20 lawyers, to Linklaters.

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has hired its second partner from Japanese firm Mitsui Yasuda Maeda & Wani.

What were the top deals of 2003? ALB set itself the difficult task of singling out the 10 most innovative, groundbreaking and significant deals of the year in the Asia-Pacific region. And here's what we came up with ...

Japan has given itself the chance to establish a joint venture arrangement between local and foreign firms that could be the envy of the region. But will it be taken? Stephen Mulrenan reports from Tokyo