Despite ongoing economic turmoil, Japan’s legal market had a steady 2014, marked by a number of team moves among the international firms.
This began early in the year, when K&L Gates significantly boosted its Tokyo office with the recruitment of six lawyers, including two partners, across its disputes, real estate, and finance practices. Shearman & Sterling also launched a global nuclear power practice in Tokyo with the hire of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman’s international nuclear group head George Borovas.
