Among top hires, Akin continues its Chicago build-out, while Latham, Reed Smith and Vinson & Elkins expanded their infrastructure, PE, corporate and regulatory benches
Additions from Clifford Chance, Mayer Brown, Akin and Freshfields headlined a week that also included an M&A hire for Paul Weiss and Cleary’s hire of a PE-focused debt finance partner
Market players will have to keep abreast of changes as the country ushers in a flurry of corporate legal updates. Francisco Lim, senior partner of ACCRA Law, reviews the developments.
Atsumi & Sakai partners Yuri Suzuki, Takafumi Ochiai, Ryosuke Oue, Naoki Kanehisa and Kenichi Tanizaki examine Japan’s regulatory repositioning on fintech in the wake of crypto- thefts
Japan’s regulatory sandbox was launched in June 2018 and is a cornerstone of the country’s efforts to promote fintech. Ryosuke Oue of Atsumi & Sakai reviews the progress so far