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Baker McKenzie has hired finance and projects specialist Jon Ornolfsson as a partner in Tokyo from Morrison & Foerster.

Ornolfsson becomes Baker McKenzie’s second Asia partner hire in a matter of days. It recently added employment law expert Tess Lumsdaine as a partner in Hong Kong from Herbert Smith Freehills.

With about 17 years of experience, Ornolfsson advises multinational and Asia-based clients on cross-border energy and infrastructure projects. He joined Morrison & Foerster in 2019 from Ashurst, prior to which he was at Herbert Smith Freehills.

With this addition, the number of partners in Baker McKenzie’s Tokyo office has risen to 47.

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