EY Law has hired Junzaburo Kiuchi as managing partner in Japan from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Tokyo office.

Kiuchi’s practice covers M&A, private equity, restructuring and general corporate matters. He has broad experience in capital markets, acting for Japanese clients on secondary listings and offerings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Kiuchi joined Freshfields in 2000, starting as an associate, moving on to a senior counsel role and then becoming a partner in 2007.

EY Law also recently added Kelly Ho to Lin and Associates. Its member firm in Hong Kong, to lead the corporate and capital market teams.