MoFo adds Japanese corporate specialist to New York office

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MoFo adds Japanese corporate specialist to New York office

Firm makes second hire in a month in the Big Apple

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Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) has added Japanese law experience to its New York office.

Corporate partner Yasuhide Watanabe joins from Japanese firm Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu's New York office.

Watanabe has more than 30 years of experience with Japanese and US clients on M&A, international joint ventures, and the trade regulation aspects of transactions.

His arrival closely follows a previous addition by MoFo to its restructuring practice in New York.

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