DLA Piper adds to Tokyo team

DLA Piper has expanded its finance and projects and corporate teams with the appointment of two partners in the Tokyo office.

Kaoru Umino will lead the finance & projects practice and Dan Matsuda will lead the energy sector within Tokyo’s corporate practice, the firm said.

Umino has more than 25 years of experience advising on complex cross-border finance and corporate transactions in New York and Tokyo. She has previously worked as a managing director and associate general counsel for JP Morgan in Japan, where among other responsibilities she was responsible for the Legal & Compliance Department.