Morrison & Foerster has hired a locally qualified litigation partner in Tokyo as the firm sees growing needs for regulatory export control advice in Asia.

Takahiro Nonaka joins from DLA Piper where he was a Tokyo partner advising Japanese and foreign multinationals on employment and general commercial litigation as well as compliance and investigations in anti-corruption, antitrust, data privacy and other enforcement matters. He joined DLA Piper in 2016 from Sidley Austin and became a partner in 2019.