Mayer Brown has bolstered its corporate and securities practice in Japan with the hire of Greenberg Traurig M&A partner Eiji Kobayashi.

Kobayashi, who joins Mayer Brown’s corporate and securities practice in Tokyo, has more than 20 years of experience specializing in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, as well as regulatory and investigation matters in the technology, automobile, real estate and life sciences sectors.