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MoFo’s Asia expansion continues with project finance addition from Ashurst

BY Aparna Sai |

Morrison & Foerster has appointed Jon Ornolfsson as a partner in the firm’s global project finance group in Singapore from Ashurst.
Latham nabs corp trio in Tokyo from MoFo

BY Aparna Sai |

Latham & Watkins has hired Ivan Smallwood, Noah Carr, and Stuart Beraha as partners in the Tokyo office from Morrison & Foerster.
MoFo nabs project finance specialist in SG from Links

BY Aparna Sai |

Morrison & Foerster has appointed project finance lawyer Tessa Davis in Singapore from Linklaters, where she headed the energy practice for the office in the city-state.
K&L expands corp practice in Tokyo with MoFo hire

BY Aparna Sai |

K&L Gates has hired M&A specialist Dale M. Araki as a partner in Tokyo from Morrison & Foerster.
MoFo strengthens lit practice in Tokyo with Latham partner hire

BY Aparna Sai |

Morrison & Foerster has expanded its litigation practice in Tokyo with the appointment of Daiske Yoshida as a partner from Latham & Watkins.
Morgan Lewis hires 2 partners in Tokyo from Mofo

BY Aparna Sai |

Morgan Lewis & Bockius has continued its hiring in Asia by adding two corporate partners in Tokyo from Morrison & Foerster; Motonori “Moto” Araki and Mitsuyoshi “Mitsu” Saito. Araki will serve as Tokyo managing partner.
MoFo stars in $1.5 bln Japan-Bangladesh tobacco deal

BY Aparna Sai, Reuters |

Morrison & Foerster, Dr. Kamal Hossain & Associates and DFDL Bangladesh have represented Japan Tobacco Inc on its $1.5 billion agreement to buying the tobacco business of Bangladesh’s Akij Group, which was advised by Rouf & Associates.
Paul Hastings hires HK corp partners from MoFo, Troutman

BY Aparna Sai |

Paul Hastings has hired a pair of corporate partners for its Hong Kong office: Samuel Ng, who joins from Morrison & Foerster, and Jason Kuo, who was previously with Troutman Sanders.
MoFo snaps up corp partner in Tokyo from S&C

BY John Kang |

Morrison & Foerster has hired Jesse Gillespie as a corporate partner in Tokyo from Sullivan & Cromwell.
Ropes, MoFo, Akin Gump on Toshiba’s $18 bln sale of chip unit to Bain-led consortium

BY John Kang, Reuters |

Morrison Foerster has advised Toshiba on a $18 billion deal to sell its chip unit to a consortium led by Bain Capital, which turned to Ropes & Gray for advice.