Mark Johnson
Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton

Mark Johnson is a partner in the firm’s Hong Kong office and a member of the International Dispute Resolution Group. His practice focuses on white collar/regulatory defense matters, cybersecurity matters and commercial litigation in Hong Kong and across Asia.

Mr. Johnson joined Debevoise in March 2015. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Johnson was a partner at a leading international firm in Hong Kong, where he oversaw the opening of the firm’s disputes practices in Singapore, Jakarta, Bangkok, Beijing, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo.

For more than 25 years in the region, Mr. Johnson has built a successful practice advising on shareholders’ and directors’ disputes, internal and regulatory investigations, commercial litigation and inquiries from a range of regulatory bodies, both in Asia and elsewhere. These include matters involving the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Independent Commission Against Corruption. Much of his work is in the financial services and private wealth sectors.

Mr. Johnson has become one of Asia’s most respected and experienced litigators. Chambers Asia Pacific (2018) ranks him as a Band 1 lawyer in China for financial services: contentious regulatory matters and as a leading lawyer for litigation. He is also ranked for dispute resolution in Chambers Global (2018).
 
Edwin Northover
Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton

Edwin Northover is an Asia-based, corporate partner. Edwin has a broad cross-border public and private mergers and acquisitions practice, with a particular focus on mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and distribution agreements in the insurance industry. Since moving to the Hong Kong office in 2012, he has worked on several of the most significant insurance M&A transactions in Asia. He also has extensive private equity experience, having worked on a number of strategic and co-investments. Edwin joined Debevoise in 2007 and was based in our London office prior to his move to Asia. He is qualified in both England & Wales and Hong Kong.

During 2013, Mr. Northover spent six months on secondment to the Mergers & Acquisitions team of a multinational insurance company in Paris. In 2015, he spent a period in the Financial Institutions Group of our New York office.

Edwin graduated in 2001 with a Double First Class Honours degree in Modern History from Merton College, University of Oxford. He went on to study at BPP Law School, London (2002-3). 
 
Jan Buschmann
Senior Associate, Debevoise & Plimpton

Jan Buschmann is a corporate associate based in Debevoise’s Hong Kong office. He has extensive experience advising on insurance transactions and regulation.

Mr. Buschmann joined Debevoise in 2018 from another leading international law firm, where he advised global insurance companies and other financial institutions on M&A transactions, portfolio transfers, reinsurance arrangements and the full range of regulatory matters. He is admitted to practice as a solicitor in Hong Kong and England & Wales.

Mr. Buschmann holds law degrees from the University of Cologne, the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) and the University of London, as well as a doctorate in law from the University of Bonn.

Mr. Buschmann speaks German, French and intermediate Mandarin.