Hunton Andrews Kurth adds Tokyo energy partner from White & Case

by Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |

 

Hunton Andrews Kurth has hired energy and infrastructure expert Kristian Bradshaw as a partner in Tokyo from White & Case, where he was a local partner, Bradshaw announced in a LinkedIn post.

He will become Hunton Andrews Kurth’s only partner in Tokyo after…

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