White & Case has hired Zenya Onishi as a finance partner in Tokyo from Linklaters, where he was counsel.

Onishi, who is qualified in Japan and New York, specialises in leveraged finance, acquisition finance and cross-border syndicated loan transactions. In June 2018, he led the Linklaters team representing the mandated lead arrangers Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., MUFG Bank Ltd. and Mizuho Bank Ltd. on a $5 billion loan facility for private equity firm Bain Capital's $18 billion acquisition of Toshiba Memory Corp., Japanese tech giant Toshiba Corp.'s memory-chip unit.

Onishi started his career in 2000 at the legacy banking and securities specialist firm Mitsui, Yasuda, Wani & Maeda and was part of the 20-plus-lawyer team that joined Linklaters in 2004. He did a one-year stint at the Magic Circle firm's London headquarters in 2006 and was promoted to counsel in 2014.