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Lateral Hires

NAME

LEAVING

GOING TO

PRACTICE

LOCATION

POSITION

Motonori Araki

Morrison & Foerster

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

Corporate,M&A

Tokyo

Managing Partner

Peter Cheng

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Deacons

Corporate, Capital Markets

Hong Kong

Partner

Marcus Dearle

Haley Ho & Partners

BryanBryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Family Asset Protection

Hong Kong

Partner

Gerald Fujii

White & Case

Withers

Real Estate

Tokyo

Partner

Ken Lebrun

Shearman & Sterling

Davis Polk & Wardwell

M&A

Tokyo

Partner

Yoshiyuki Omori

Deloitte

Withers

Investment Funds

Tokyo

Partner

Mitsuyoshi Saito

Morrison & Foerster

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

Corporate,M&A

Tokyo

Partner

Naoki Ueyama

Masuda & Partners

Withers

Real Estate

Tokyo

Partner

Steven Wheeler

Kaynex

Withers

Real Estate

Tokyo

Partner

Koji Yamamoto

Deloitte

Withers

Investment Funds

Tokyo

Partner

Promotions

NAME

FIRM

PRACTICE

POSITION

LOCATION

Sharon Chong

RHTLaw Taylor Wessing

Commercial Litigation and Disputes

Partner

Singapore

David Couper

Kirkland & Ellis

Cross-border Leveraged and Acquisition Financing Transactions

Partner

Hong Kong

Swarnima

Trilegal

Employment

Partner

Bangalore

Charlotte Yeung

Appleby

Funds and Investments

Senior Associate

Hong Kong

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