UK-headquartered law firm Linklaters has bolstered its corporate practice in Japan through the appointment of Tokyo-based Yoshiyuki Asaoka, effective May 22.
Peter Frost, Japan managing partner, told FinanceAsia that the new hire strengthens Linklaters’ capacity to advise clients on strategic outbound and inbound investments.
“Japan remains an incredibly active MA market both for inbound and outbound MA. In particular, we are seeing a very strong trend of inbound financial sponsor activity, with a particular focus on energy transition and digital transformation,” he said.
Asaoka was most recently a partner at local law firm, Nishimura Asahi, where he spent over a...
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