Kirkland is expanding with a new office in Tokyo, Japan, to support the growth of the Firm’s long-standing transactional practice in Asia. One of the largest and most sophisticated economies in the world, Japan has become a destination for private equity investment and cross-border M&A activity and recorded its largest M&A deal value in over 20 years in 2025.

The Tokyo office opens as the Firm celebrates 20 years of operations in Asia, where we are consistently recognized for excellence, including with Chambers Asia-Pacific rankings as a leading firm for Corporate/M&A: Private Equity, Investment Funds and Capital Markets and a 2025 Legal 500 China “Law Firm of the Year” award for restructuring and insolvency.