U.K.-based Withersworldwide has strengthened its corporate practice in Asia with the hire of veteran corporate partner Kazumitsu Goto from TMI Associates, one of Japan’s biggest law firms.
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Goto, who joins on Oct. 4, is the first partner-level hire for the firm’s Tokyo office this year. He joins alongside associate Ryokei Abe from King & Wood Mallesons. With the pair’s arrival, Withers has launched a Tokyo-based corporate mergers and acquisitions team.