Lovells has added two new corporate partners to its Tokyo practice. Rika Beppu and Philip Hyde will join the firm from Simmons & Simmons' Tokyo office. Beppu is an M&A specialist and was the managing partner of Simmons & Simmons' Japanese practice. Hyde, a capital markets specialist, had worked at Clifford Chance as a finance lawyer prior to joining Simmons & Simmons.
June 10 2008