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Turning Japanese: Debevoise & Plimpton launches in Tokyo in first new outpost in a decade

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Legal Business
22 March 2016
Asia

With Japan’s ageing population and cheap debt forcing its biggest corporates to look outside the country for growth, Debevoise & Plimpton has become the latest US law firm to launch in Tokyo.

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