Clifford Chance (CC) Tokyo partner James Jamison is joining Deloitte in China as national general counsel.

Jamison is due to join Deloitte next month (7 March) to replace Peter Griffiths, who will step down this summer. He has been a litigation partner at CC since 2001, moving to Tokyo in 2008. He has also served as head of arbitration for the Asia-Pacific region since 2007.