The Tokyo office of US firm Latham & Watkins has suffered a blow with the loss of its only UK-qualified partner, who has left for Australian firm Clayton Utz.

Geoffrey Grice, who started at Clayton Utz’s Perth office on Monday (2 September), focuses on Asian project and asset finance as well as M&A and foreign investment. His departure leaves the Los Angeles-based Lathams with three partners in the Japanese capital.