Japan-based intellectual property attorney (bengoshi) and former O'Melveny & Myers partner Yukihiro Terazawa (pictured) has joined Morrison & Foerster.

However, Terazawa will be practising with Morrison & Foerster's Japanese joint venture partner, Ito & Mitomi. Morrison & Foerster was one of the first international law firms to be licensed in Japan, opening its Tokyo office in 1987. The firm's Tokyo office, led by the energised and energising Ken Siegel, is today in the top 10 of Japan's largest law offices. The firm frequently works with Ito & Mitomi when advising on multi-jurisdictional transactions.