Moves

The addition of Yoshiyuki Asaoka will help the firm capitalise on more inbound and outbound M&A opportunities.

Kiyohito Motoyama, Saiko Ishii, and Ryo Shiino take on newly created positions within the firm’s Logistics and Industrial, Asset Management, and Compliance divisions, respectively.

Naomi Moore joins from Akin Gump, as the firm builds out its restructuring capabilities to meet growing demand.

The law firm has highlighted private capital, energy transition, ESG, tech and cyber risk, as strategic focus areas.

Rongjing Zhao joins from Kirkland & Ellis, marking the fourth PE partner appointment for the law firm this year.

The firm expects activity across energy, insurance, and securities to drive domestic M&A dealflow this year.

The firm has added 40 new executives – including eight partners – from rival, EY, since April 2022.

Former executives from the HKMA and SFC will replace outgoing HKEX board members, from April.

Tabitha Saw joins MoFo from White & Case and brings experience advising investors and owner operators on complex real estate and data centre transactions – a sector the law firm sees as offering ample opportunity.