With a mandate to increase its Asia revenues, Hogan Lovells continues to recruit at partner level, today (28 April) announcing the hire of Wataru Kamoto from local boutique Hibiya-Nakata to its corporate practice in Tokyo.
A Japanese-qualified lawyer (bengoshi), Kamoto joins the Anglo American law firm on 30 April. The corporate specialist joined Hibiya-Nakata after leaving Allen & Overy (A&O) in 2011, and also previously worked at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
