Mayer Brown has recruited two Japan-focused partners in the United States as the Chicago-based firm continues to bolster its Japan offering.

Partners Satoru Murase and Yoshihide Ito, who jumped from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, will be based in New York and Washington, D.C., respectively. Their arrival follows the recent opening and expansion of Mayer Brown’s Tokyo office with a trio from Ashurst, including former Tokyo office head Rupert Burrows.