This publication carries latest news on hires and moves in the Asia-Pacific wealth management sector.

International law firm Withers has hired senior tax advisor and Shingo Iizuka for its Tokyo office. He previously worked at Deloitte's Tokyo team, where he was director of the private company and the global employer practices, and prior to that was deputy director in the Tokyo bureau of Japan's National Tax Agency.

Iizuka is experienced in fields of tax, advising institutional clients and family businesses on their personal and corporate tax affairs, regulatory compliance, tax aspects of restructuring and tax investigations. He worked for the National Tax Agency fror more than 25 years.

Withers Japan, Zeirishi Houjin was established in June 2015, and provides corporate and personal tax advice. Iizuka will work alongside zeirishi Takeo Mizutani and Chizuko Tomita and partner Eric Roose, who heads the international corporate tax group in Asia.