A group of former Clifford Chance and K&L Gates lawyers have launched their own practice in Tokyo.

Japanese lawyer Ayuko Nemoto has launched Aquaxis Law Offices, along with nine other lawyers in Tokyo. Nemoto has spent over 15 years collectively at Clifford Chance, K&L Gates and most recently Sonderhoff & Einsel Law and Patent Office. She left Sonderhoff & Einsel earlier this month.